ClosedOpportunity F23AS00080

F23AS00080 - Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program – Capacity Building Cooperative Agreement

Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior

At a glance

F23AS00080 - Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program – Capacity Building Cooperative Agreement is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior). The application deadline was February 28, 2023. Individual awards are listed as up to $172K, with $688K in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 15.667 (Highlands Conservation).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Dec 9, 2022Posted
Feb 28, 2023Application deadline

Posted: Dec 9, 2022
Close date: Feb 28, 2023
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $172,000
Est. total funding: $688,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Only the traditional Lead State Agency, as determined by the Governor of each Highlands State, may apply for funding under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. If the Governor assigns multiple Lead Agencies, those Agencies must coordinate on funding requests prior to submission and ensure no more than the maximum allowable amount per state of $172,000 is requested through this funding opportunity. The traditional Lead State Agencies are: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection New York Office of Parks, Preservation, and Historic Preservation New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Highlands Conservation Act (H.R. 1964, 2004; 16 U.S.C. 3901) (HCA) is designed to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in conserving land and natural resources in the Highlands Region through Federal grants to support land conservation projects in which a State entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to permanently protect resources of high conservation value.

This Cooperative Agreement will provide a one-time award of administrative funding to one lead State Conservation Agency in each of the four Highland States.

The expected eligible entities for this grant award are the following State Conservation Agencies:

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
New York Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Under a cooperative agreement, there is a participatory relationship between the Service and the recipient during the award, with shared performance responsibilities.

The State Conservation Agency, if awarded, will enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to fulfill the following outcomes:

Build capacity of the State Conservation Agency and others to maximize grant applications for HCA Base Funding and Competitive Funding grant rounds.
Build capacity to spend awarded grant funds and close HCA projects in a timely fashion.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Foa_Content_of_F23AS00080.pdfFull Announcement · Foa_Content_of_F23AS00080.pdfPDF · 395 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

15.667Highlands ConservationProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 15.667

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$7.5M

FY25

$13.1M

FY26

$9.7M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.667. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 15.667

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 40 grant awards had funding actions under Highlands Conservation, with 2 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

DEPT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION$7.59M
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES PENNSYLVANIA$6.25M
NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION$3.67M
NJ HIGHLANDS COUNCIL$1.39M
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION NEW YORK—

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Fish and Wildlife Service
jason_rasku@fws.gov
22041-3803

Places named in the notice

Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

Derived from the notice text. A place being named does not by itself restrict eligibility.

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $172k and total estimated program funding is $688,000.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity F23AS00080), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 15.667