Grants to Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Cal

Grants to Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and California Agencies and Tribes to Preserve Fish Populations

Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF)

GrantWatch ID# 194421

Agency: Federal

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Funding Source

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

CFDA Number: 11.438

Funding or PIN Number: NOAA-NMFS-WCRO-2023-2007769

Geographic Focus

USA: Alaska; California; Idaho; Nevada; Oregon; Washington

Important Dates

Deadline: 03/06/23 11:59 PM Eastern Time Save

Grant Description

Grants to Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and California state agencies and tribes for projects to address the preservation of fish populations. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to finalize. Funding is intended to protect, conserve, and restore populations of salmon and steelhead.

NOAA announces the availability of Federal funding, authorized pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58 (November 15, 2021) (hereinafter, the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill” or “BIL”), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Pub. L. 117-103 (March 15, 2022); and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, (December 29, 2022), for necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations. The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) program makes such funding available for projects necessary for the conservation of salmon and steelhead populations listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for the conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat. This announcement outlines the priorities and guidelines that will be used to award funding to eligible entities.

The objective of the FY 2023 PCSRF is to supplement state and tribal programs for salmon restoration by allocating federal funding to projects and activities that provide demonstrable and measurable benefits to Pacific anadromous salmonids (i.e., Chinook salmon, coho salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon and steelhead) and their habitat. These projects and activities are those necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a state as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat

Within the objectives of the overall PCSRF grant program, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL) funds will specifically be used to provide federal financial assistance to states and tribes to support Priority One projects that protect, restore, and conserve Pacific salmon and steelhead and their habitats, using approaches that enhance ecosystem resilience to climate hazards. Priority One projects shall demonstrate important and lasting changes that make a difference for the recovery and conservation of Pacific salmon and steelhead. BIL funding will also be used to support tribal capacity specific to tribes’ role as fishery managers and stewards of tribal trust resources for cultural, spiritual, subsistence, and recreational purposes (within Priority Three).

Program Priorities can be found starting on page 4 of the NOFO. See Attached Files, below.

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Eligibility

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and Federally-recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska).

Eligible states must submit applications through one designated state entity identified by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NMFS. Applications from multiple State agencies within one state will not be accepted.

Other Criteria that Affect Eligibility can be found on page 9 of the NOFO. See Attached Files, below.

Ineligible

Funding Restrictions can be found on page 20 of the NOFO. See Attached Files, below.

Pre-Application Information

Dates: Final applications should be submitted via Grants.gov and must be received no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 06, 2023. For applications submitted through Grants.gov, a date and time receipt indication will be the basis of determining timeliness. The proposal must be validated by Grants.gov in order to be considered timely. PLEASE NOTE: It may take Grants.gov up to two (2) business days to validate or reject the application. Please keep this in mind in developing your submission timeline.

No facsimile or electronic mail proposals will be accepted.

Applicants should: (1) be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting an application; (2) provide a valid unique entity identifier on an application; and (3) continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a federal awarding agency. NOAA may not make a federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time NOAA is ready to make a federal award, NOAA may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a federal award to another applicant. Applicants should allow a minimum of two weeks to complete the SAM registration; registration is required only once but must be periodically renewed.

State applicants are required to match or document in-kind contributions of at least 33% of received Federal funds. Indian tribes, representative tribal commissions and consortia are exempt from any cost share requirement.

View this opportunity on Grants.gov:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345226

For a list of application documents, see the Package tab (press Preview) on the Grants.gov page above.

Number of Grants

Expected Number of Awards: 25

Estimated Size of Grant

There are no restrictions on minimum funding requests, but there is a limit of $30,000,000 as the maximum amount requested by any applicant.

Term of Contract

The proposed start date should be no earlier than July 1, 2023, unless an earlier date is requested by recipient (and approved by the NOAA Grants Officer) or otherwise directed by the NOAA Grants Officer.

The PCSRF program announcement is for programs and projects to be conducted for a 1-year or up to a 5-year period.

Contact Information

For further information on PCSRF, please contact Jennie Franks, PCSRF Program Coordinator, NMFS West Coast Region at (503) 231-2344, or jennie.franks@noaa.gov.

Questions regarding this announcement should be directed to Kyle Bowers, PCSRF Federal Program Officer, NMFS West Coast Region at (208) 495-5898 or kyle.bowers@noaa.gov.

For additional support, please contact Sheryl Robinson, Grants Management Specialist, Sheryl.Robinson@noaa.gov or 509-426-4586.

RFP & Supporting Documents

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Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates / changes / addendums / conferences / LOIs.

194421_NOAA-NMFS-WCRO-2023-2007769_Full_NOFO.pdf

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