Western Native Trout Initiative

Contact: Robin Knox
Coordinator, Western Native Trout Initiative
rknox@westernnativetrout.org
21 October 2009 Denver Colorado

BRING BACK THE NATIVES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

WNTI POTENTIAL NFHAP ALLOCATION

Bring Back the Natives Funding Available

Bring Back the Natives, A National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Public-Private Partnership for Restoring, Protecting, and Enhancing Populations of Native Aquatic Species is requesting project proposals for 2010 funding.

Application Procedure

Pre-proposal Due Date: December 1, 2009

Full Proposal Due Date: February 1, 2010

Applicants should log onto the Foundation’s website: www.nfwf.org, go to Special Grant Programs and select the Bring Back the Natives opportunity, and use the online process to submit a pre-proposal (the Bring Back the Natives program webpage can also be found at http://www.nfwf.org/bbn). Pre-proposals will be evaluated and ranked by the BBN Review Committee according to the priorities and criteria outlined above. In December 2009, the strongest pre-proposals will be invited to submit a full proposal due in February 2010. If invited for a full proposal, applicants may be required to solicit peer reviews of their proposal by up to five qualified and objective reviewers. The Foundation also retains the right to require additional peer review of proposals by external experts. Full proposal applicants will be notified of grant awards by June 2010.

For more information or questions about the application process, please contact:

Barrett Bohnengel
806 SW Broadway, Suite 750
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 417-8700
barrett.bohnengel@nfwf.org

Other Project news

1. US FWS 2010 proposed funding allocation for the National Fish Habitat Action Plan – This item is always of interest, because it gives a preview of the funding that may be available to the national fish habitat partnerships for project implementation. For the 2010 fiscal year (already started but not yet officially authorized) the WNTI is slated to once again to receive $600,000 for project implementation. This matches the allocations of the past two years and is great news for WNTI and its project partners. The FWS regional offices are preparing project lists for the WNTI Steering Committee to consider later this year. The WNTI Steering Committee will select a final list of projects, usually 8 to 10, that is forwarded to the FWS Washington office and then considered by the National Fish Habitat Board for their stamp of approval.