Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance | F18AS00361

Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00361

The Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00361) is a U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service notice of intent to make a single-source award rather than a competitive funding announcement. In practical terms, this means there is no full solicitation package to apply to and no open competition associated with the notice. The agency signaled its intent to issue one cooperative agreement, with an anticipated maximum (award ceiling) of $150,000 and a total of one expected award.

The planned recipient identified in the notice is the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida. The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to facilitate, develop, and support conservation tools and strategies that help a broad set of landowners and land managers participate effectively in conservation work on their own lands. The notice specifically mentions private, state, federal, and tribal landowners, emphasizing that the work is meant to function across ownership boundaries rather than being limited to a single property type or jurisdiction.

Programmatically, the focus is on achieving broader, landscape-level conservation outcomes for fish and wildlife and their habitats. That phrasing typically points to activities that improve coordination and consistency across many sites, such as shared planning frameworks, decision-support tools, outreach and engagement approaches, best-practice guidance, partnership-building methods, and strategies that make it easier for landowners to adopt habitat improvements or management actions that align with regional conservation priorities. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement (rather than a standard grant), it also implies substantial involvement by the Fish and Wildlife Service in carrying out the project, such as collaboration on technical direction, alignment with Service priorities, coordination with partners, or shared development of deliverables.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and aligns with environment, science and technology, and other research and development activity areas. It is associated with CFDA number 15.608. The record shows a creation date of September 18, 2018, and an original closing date of September 25, 2018, which in this context functions more like a notice period than a true application deadline, since the award is explicitly single-source and not accompanied by a full announcement. Although the eligibility field is listed as “unrestricted,” the text of the notice clarifies that the intended award is directed to the named organization, meaning other entities were not being invited to submit proposals under this specific posting.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.608.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 18, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 25, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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