Funds Available for the Management and Control of Invasive Species Affecting Grazing Land

News Date February 03, 2006

        The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) requests applications for the management and control of invasive species affecting grazing land. Applications will be accepted from all 50 states, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands), and the Pacific Basin Area (Guam, American Samoa, and the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Priority consideration will be given to western range lands. NRCS will award up to $4,146,120 through a nationwide competitive grant process and pay up to 50 percent of the cost of projects selected through the process, not to exceed $500,000 per grant award. Applications are requested from eligible government or non-government organizations or individuals for competitive consideration of grant awards for projects between one and three years in duration. This notice sets forth the applicant and project eligibility requirements, application procedures, and grant award criteria. The deadline for applications is April 3, 2006. (This announcement is not intended to be a pesticide cost-share opportunity for individual applicants to use on an individual field or farm; but, rather an opportunity to approach an invasive species concern on a local, statewide, or regional basis. Proposals may contain strategies that includes financial incentives for individual farmers or ranchers, or groups of them.) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 10.902. Information available at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/glci/. or contact Tom Sommer, 202/205-4211, thomas.sommer@wdc.usda.gov.