Opportunity Information: Apply for F22AS00301
The Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program - Base Funding is a federal grant opportunity run under the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 3901). Its purpose is to help four states, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, conserve priority lands and natural resources in the Highlands Region. The program is focused on permanent protection: projects generally involve a state entity buying land, or buying an interest in land (such as a conservation easement), from a willing seller so that important conservation values are protected for the long term. In practice, the funding is meant to support real estate transactions that lock in conservation outcomes rather than short-term management activities.
A key requirement is that proposed conservation projects must align with areas identified as high conservation value in the Highlands studies that Congress directed the USDA Forest Service to develop and update. Those reference documents are the New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Study 2002 Update and the Highlands Regional Study Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 Update. In other words, proposals are expected to be grounded in the mapped and described priority areas from those studies, and the state must be able to show that the land being protected fits within the designated high-resource-value areas.
Funding is structured as cost-sharing. Subject to annual appropriations, each year the governors of the four eligible states may submit proposals requesting up to 50 percent of the total cost of an eligible land conservation project in the Highlands Region. That means the federal share can cover up to half of project costs, with the remaining share coming from state funds and potentially other non-federal sources, depending on the project budget and state approach.
This particular notice covers the Base Funding category. Highlands Conservation Act appropriations are split into two categories: Base and Competitive. Applicants responding to this notice are seeking Base Funding only, and the program explicitly prohibits proposing the same property under both the Base and Competitive opportunities. A separate notice is issued for Competitive Funds, so states need to choose which track to use for each property and keep submissions cleanly separated.
Administration of the program is handled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Eligibility is limited and specific: only State Conservation Agencies may receive awards. In addition, only the Lead State Agency (or agencies) designated by the governor of each Highlands state is allowed to apply. If a governor designates more than one lead agency, those agencies must coordinate their request before submission and ensure they do not exceed the maximum amount allowable through this base-funding opportunity. The notice also allows a subaward arrangement to another State Conservation Agency, which provides flexibility for states that divide land conservation responsibilities across agencies.
For reference details from the listing, the opportunity is discretionary and uses a grant instrument under CFDA 15.667, with the Fish and Wildlife Service as the issuing agency. The funding opportunity number is F22AS00301. The original closing date shown is 2022-10-31. The award ceiling listed is 1,460,000, and the eligible applicant type is state governments, reflecting the program design that routes federal support through state-level conservation leads rather than local governments or nonprofits.Apply for F22AS00301
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program - Base Funding" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.667.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-04-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-10-31. (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 $1,460,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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