The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) | F18AS00289

Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00289

This opportunity is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice of intent to make a single-source award, meaning it is not a competitive grant solicitation and there is no full public announcement or application package associated with it. The Service plans to issue one cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00289) to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) under CFDA 15.615. The posting was created on August 1, 2018, with an original closing date of August 9, 2018, and it indicates an expectation of one award to one recipient.

The main purpose of the cooperative agreement is to support conservation work focused on the Louisiana pearlshell mussel within its focal area in Louisiana. A major component of the project is community outreach through workshops that bring together a broad mix of stakeholders, including private landowners and local citizens as well as county, state, and federal agencies and other interested parties. These workshops are intended to build partnerships and improve coordination by opening and strengthening communication channels among people who influence land and water management decisions in areas important to the mussel.

Alongside outreach, the agreement also supports research led by LDWF on the species biology and habitat requirements. Specifically, LDWF will study the reproductive biology and microhabitat needs of the Louisiana pearlshell mussel. The practical goal of that work is to improve efforts to propagate the species (supporting future conservation or recovery actions) and to better define the microhabitat characteristics that are critical for conserving both the mussel and the habitat it depends on. The opportunity is categorized under education, environment, natural resources, and science and technology/research and development, reflecting the combined outreach and applied research nature of the work.

Although the eligibility field in the source data is listed as "unrestricted," the text of the notice makes clear that the Service intends to award to LDWF as a single source. In other words, this posting functions as a public transparency notice rather than an open call for proposals, and it signals that the federal agency is planning to partner directly with LDWF through a cooperative agreement, which typically involves substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.615.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 09, 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 $1.00 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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