ClosedOpportunity F25AS00035

F25AS00035 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants

Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior

At a glance

F25AS00035 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior). The application deadline was January 8, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $10K – $26M, with $26M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 15.615 (Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund).

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

Key facts

Sep 27, 2024Posted
Jan 8, 2025Application deadline

Posted: Sep 27, 2024
Close date: Jan 8, 2025
Award floor: $10,000
Award ceiling: $26,000,000
Est. total funding: $26,000,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Only State agencies that have entered into a Cooperative Agreement pursuant to Section 6(c) of the ESA and have provided the information necessary for the annual renewal (reconfirmation) of their Cooperative Agreement are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants that have not fulfilled both criteria will not be considered. While funding may only be awarded to States, groups such as counties or conservation organizations may work with a State agency that has a cooperative agreement on conservation efforts that are mutually beneficial, as a subgrantee.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

County governments

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

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.

Established by Congress in fiscal year (FY) 1997, the HCP Land Acquisition Grant program was designed to reduce conflicts between the conservation of listed species and competing land uses on specific parcels of land associated with approved and permitted HCPs. Under this program, the Service provides matching grants to States in support of land acquisition projects that will conserve species habitat in perpetuity through fee simple acquisition or the acquisition of permanent conservation easements. The Service considers the use of Federal acquisition dollars by States for habitat protection associated with HCPs to be an important and effective mechanism to promote species recovery, prevent extinction, and preclude the need to list species under the ESA in the future. All land acquired through these grants complements, but does not replace, the mitigation, minimization, and/or monitoring commitments of the HCP. Thus, this work is additive to the conservation commitments entered into when HCPs are permitted and serves as a meaningful way to leverage non-Federal investment in species recovery and connect conservation lands across the landscape.

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.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

15.615Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation FundProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 15.615

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$86.9M

FY25

—

FY26

$40.2M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.615. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 15.615

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 583 grant awards had funding actions under Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, with 49 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE$10.9M
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES$9.26M
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$4.94M
STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURAL RESOURCES$4.29M
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE$4.27M

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

Agency contact (as published)

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

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 $10k – $26m and total estimated program funding is $26,000,000.

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 F25AS00035), 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 15.615