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Invasive Species Specific Funding Program

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CALFED Bay Delta Program

  • Agency: CALFED-DFG, DWR, CalEPA, WRCB, NMFS, EPA, FWS, BOR, CDFA (NRCS)
    Goals of Program: To develop a long-term comprehensive plan to restore ecosystem health and improve water management for beneficial uses of the Bay-Delta system. The four primary objectives are water quality, ecosystem quality, water supply reliability, and Bay-Delta system vulnerability.
    Eligible Recipients: Anyone in the Bay-Delta and tributary watersheds, including agencies, individuals, or non-profit organizations.
    Available Funds: $18.7 million available; 7 topic areas; Introduced Species is one area
    Funding Cycle: Proposals due in the spring
    Contact Person: Rebecca Fawver (916) 654-1334
    Internet: http://calfed.ca.gov/
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

  • Agency: USDA (NRCS)
    Previously funded projects: Noxious weed ID pamphlet & posters, Mojave Desert RCD Web site, Noxious weed control demonstrations, Bio-control of yellow starthistle & other invasives meeting
    Goals of Program: Voluntary conservation program to assist farmers and ranchers of private agricultural lands to install cost-effective and technically sound natural resource management systems. The Education Assistance Component of EQIP is intended to complement the technical and financial assistance components by meeting the educational needs of land care providers.
    Eligible Recipients: Non-profit conservation, agricultural, commodity, and environmental organizations including RCD’s, Cooperative Extension, private non-profits and others.
    Available Funds: $540,000 (Education Assistance Grants)
    Funding Cycle: Proposals due April 2
    Contact Person: Gary Bullard (530) 792-5651, Mark Pason (530) 792-5660 (State) or local NRCS offices & RCD’s
    Internet: NRCS Programs
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

  • Pulling Together Initiative
    Previously funded projects: Lassen County Noxious Weed Project, Fort Ord, Save the Native Fish:Afton Canyon Saltcedar control
    Sponsors: NFWF, FWS, BLM, FS, NPS, DOD, and BOR
    Goals of Program: To provide a means for federal agencies to be full partners with state and local agencies, private landowners and other interested parties in developing long-term weed management projects within the scope of an integrated past management strategy.
    Eligible Recipients: Established or start-up local weed management area (WMA) partnerships
    Available Funds: 1.3 million (10 California projects funded, last funding cycle)
    Funding Cycle: Proposal due in November
    Contact Person: Eric Hammerling (415) 778-0999 (CA office) or Gary Kania (202) 857-0166
    Internet: http://www.nfwf.org/
  • Species Recovery Fund
    Goals of Program: To improve on-the-ground conditions for one or more of the KWA twenty-five species or species in one of the stated broader categories.
    Eligible Recipients: Any organization, agency, tribe, for-profit company, university, or individual working to improve on-the-ground conditions for one or more of the twenty-five highlighted species
    Available Funds: ten grants between $3,000 and $7,000
    Funding Cycles: Proposals due February 18, 2000 (check Web site for next deadline)
    Contact Person: Rebecca Harrison (202) 797-6892, or E-mail: harrisonr@nwf.org.
    Internet: http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/esa/safetynet.cfm
“War on Weeds” Mini-Grants

  • Agency: California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee (CINWCC) (1999 funds contributed by the BLM)
    Previously funded projects: Weed prevention flier, Lassen County Yellow Starthisle SWAT Team; ID handbook & tamarisk video, East Sierra WMA; Regional weed video, Battle Creek Watershed Conservancy
    Goals of Program: Provide funding opportunities for cooperative weed projects, research projects, and educational projects within California.
    Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, and County Agengies, non-profit groups, private landowners (Weed Management Areas). *Must be endorsed by one or more signatory agencies of CINWCC
    Available Funds: $10,000
    Funding Cycle: Application deadline: July 17, Awards announced July 23
Wildlife Conservation Board and Funding for Invasive Species Projects

  • Agency: Wildlife Conservation Board
    Previously Funded Projects: Arundo removal, Santa Clara County Parks and Rec; San Joaquin River Parkway
    Eligible Recipients: Nonprofit organizations, State, Federal, and local agencies as well as Native American tribes
    Available Funds: Approximately $20-30 million
    Funding Cycle: Ongoing application process
    Contact Person: Scott Clemons, California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program Manager (916) 445-1072, sclemons@dfg.ca.gov
    Internet: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wcb/

National Sea Grant College Program

  • Management and Prevention of Small Boat Transport of Invasive Species
  • Agency: National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Dept. of Commerce and Fish and Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Interior
    Eligible Recipients: Open to both Federal and non-Federal applicants
    Available Funds: $700,000 from NSGCP, and $300,000 from USFWS
    Funding Cycle: Application deadline: 5 PM EST on June 19, 2000, Awards announced: around July 15, 2000, Funds awarded: around October1, 2000
    Contact Person: Leon M. Cammen, Invasive Species Coordinator, National Sea Grant College Program, R/SG NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 713-2435 x136 leon.cammen@noaa.org
    Internet: http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/

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