Western Native Trout Initiative

Western Native Trout Initiative Receives $5000 Orvis Conservation Grant

In late September 2011, The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI) received a $5000 grant from the Orvis Company. The grant was sent to support WNTI’s conservation work for western native trout. Orvis is a WNTI partner, and in the past has supported several projects that WNTI also helped fund. Orvis sets aside 5% of pre-tax profits for the protection of natural resources. Orvis recognizes that healthy aquatic habitats and healthy fish populations create interest and participation in outdoor pursuits, including fly-fishing.

Over the years, Orvis has raised and donated in excess of $10 million for a variety of conservation efforts.

Thank You Orvis!

WNTI Steering Committee to hold its Fall Project Selection Meeting in Denver

The WNTI Steering Committee will be meeting in Denver on December 6th, 7th, and 8th to determine what projects it will be selecting for National Fish Habitat Partnership funding recommendations. For the past three years, WNTI has received $600,000 per year for projects. In 2012, depending on final Congressional budget decisions, WNTI is hopeful to receive similar funding. At the meeting, approximately 45 project proposals will be reviewed, and the top 8-10 projects will be submitted for funding.

Also at the meeting, the WNTI Steering Committee will be selecting a Development Director for the Initiative. The goal will be to increase the amount of funding that is available to the initiative in 2012 and beyond.

The project selection process will be on December 7th. That portion of the meeting is open for any WNTI-related partners, other Fish Habitat Partnerships or interested parties.

WNTI Reports on an All-Western Fish Habitat Partnership Meeting

On September 7, 2011, the Western Native Trout Initiative hosted a western National Fish Habitat Partnerships gathering at the annual American Fisheries Society meeting that was being held in Seattle, WA. For anyone’s interest, the notes from that meeting are posted below, as well as a list of attendees.

Notes From the 9/7/2011 Western Fish Habitat Partnerships Meeting in Seattle, WA

FHPs represented: Western Native Trout Initiative, Desert Fish Habitat Partnership, Kenai Peninsula, Hawaii, Reservoir, Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership, Mat –Su Alaska, and Great Plains. Candidate partnerships Southeast Alaska and Pacific Marine and Estuarine were also represented.
(A complete list of attendees is attached)

1. FHP updates and reports – Each of the Partnership representative s gave a brief update on their activities and their process for soliciting potential 2012 NFHAP-funded projects. Most have a deadline of October 1 to make sure the projects get entered into the Fish and Wildlife Service FONS system.

Some key comments included:

a) WNTI mentioned its current search for a Development Director, with an open RFP at this time, and reported on its new Small Grant Program that resulted in 14 project applications
b) Desert Fishes mentioned it needed to find a foundation for holding donated funds that have been and will be received.
c) Hawaii mentioned that they have had some Steering Committee overturn, and that their project request resulted in some science and data project proposals, but few habitat projects
d) Mat-Su reported that they were planning their upcoming science and data meeting and had a project RFP out.
e) Kenai reported that they were working on getting proposals submitted from their local groups
f) Reservoirs reported that they had an RFP out for projects, that they were planning a partnership meeting in October at Lake Havasu City. All are invited to attend.
g) Southeast Alaska gave a brief description of the path they took to become a candidate partnership and passed out a fact sheet describing the SEAK plans for the partnership and the next steps they are taking.
h) Pacific Marine & Estuarine passed out a fact sheet that described the Partnership with their reduced sphere of influence now that SEAK FHP has been formed for recognition. They have a new Coordinator and are working on developing their goals, priorities, governance structure and a Strategic Plan.

2. Status of 2012 NFHAP Budget -Tom Busiahn reported on the status of the 2012 NFHAP budget and guidance for the 2012 NFHAP project selection. The FWS is working on the final guidance at this time, and the budget looks like it will be similar to the 2011 budget. No one knows exactly how it will work out or when the 2012 budget will be finalized. There is likely to be a request to include individual project budgets in the FHP prioritized project requests that get submitted to Washington. This will require some additional work on the part of the Partnerships and the FWS regional FHP coordinators. Details will be available in the final guidance from the Service.

Tom also discussed briefly the NFHAP Board’s review of the NFH Action Plan and the effort to revise the plan and add some new objectives. Tom distributed an information sheet that has the draft new objectives on it, and asked the FHPs to review and comment with suggestions and ideas. Comments can be sent to – partner@fishhabitat.org

The objectives are listed here:

Tom also reminded the FHPs that there is an upcoming all-FHP tele-conference call on Thursday, September 29.

3. Discussion of the Fish Habitat Partnerships Evaluation Measures and Evaluation Process-

The WNTI Coordinator, because he is on the working group that is developing the FHP evaluation process asked the attendees to comment on the draft FHP evaluation process, timeline, and evaluation form that is being developed. There was a good discussion that clearly pointed out that the partnerships that were present did not have a good understanding of the process, what was expected from the review and exactly what outcomes would result from the review.

Tom Busiahn was helpful, along with the Coordinator, is explaining the intent of the “test drive” of the evaluation process that all the partnerships are expected to be involved in.

1. Relation to the 5-year FHP review - According to NFHAP Board policy, the FHPs are subject to a 5-year review. The development of the new evaluation process comes from recognizing the need for such reviews. It is recognized that there is a wide range of FHP ages, from 5 years to less than 1 year, and that the reviews of an annual nature will be different for each of the partnerships due to that fact. It was clarified that the current thinking is that a separate 5-year review will not need to be completed by the older FHPs , and that the completed first annual review will suffice for that.

2. Performance Measures - It was explained to the group that the NFHAP Board had on July 27th, at the Wisconsin Board meeting, approved the testing of the FHP Performance Evaluation Measures to evaluate the how the process and the measures worked in a “test drive” situation. The Board indicated that the performance measures would be subject to change depending on how well they worked in the Test Drive. The Performance Measures are included here as an Appendix.

3. Draft Initial Performance Process, Timeline and Evaluation Form Handout - Robin Knox, the WNTI Coordinator distributed the draft process and timeline sheet to the FHPs present to get their reaction and comments so that he could report back to the Evaluation workgroup suggestions on how to improve the draft process and the Evaluation Form. In addition, the draft evaluation form was also distributed to the attendees to help them understand the process.

There was quite a bit of discussion about the evaluation process and what the outcome of the “Test Drive” would be, as well as lots of confusion about how well the draft evaluation form questions meshed with the Performance Measures, and exactly what was being evaluated. It was also pointed out that a new partnership, with only a year or less of projects, would have a far different response that an established FHP with 4 or 5 years experience.

The outcomes of the discussion provided Robin with ideas that will be forwarded to the Evaluation workgroup for their consideration and modification of documents.

One idea is that there needs to be just one cover letter, explicitly explaining that this evaluation is a “test” of the evaluation process and the performance measures, and that the measures and process will be modified as needed based on feedback and results.

A second idea is to clarify that the evaluation is not an evaluation of the projects that have been chosen by a given partnership, but an evaluation of the process by which projects are chosen, monitored for outcomes and how a partnership has operated in choosing projects.

A third idea is to separate the timeline and steps for the partnerships completion of forms from the timeline and steps that the Board review team will require. This would make the instruction sheet a little more simple and easier to understand.

In addition, a fourth idea was in the Evaluation Form, it was suggested that the Performance measure be listed with the evaluation question for clarity, and eliminating a need to have separate documents on hand.

The attendees expressed some concern about the timeline and amount of work that would be required to a) hold 17 different FHP conference calls and scheduling those; and b) getting the evaluations done during the timeframe when the FHPs are doing their project selection and ranking activities.

4. Future NFHAP Partnership meetings – Most attendees felt it was worthwhile to have these face-to-face meetings and discuss issues like understanding candidate partnerships, getting direct information on NFHAP issues like evaluations, and meeting the commitment to coordinate with other FHPs.

The next logical place would be the AFS 2012 meeting in Minneapolis, which is in an area where there are multiple FHPs. It was decided by those present that Maureen Gallagher would be an excellent person to arrange the next FHP gabfest.

Submitted: Robin Knox, WNTI Coordinator September 12, 2011

Attendees:
Cecil Rich FWS - AK
Mike Edwards Kenai FHP
Scott Roth FWS - CO
James Ray FWS - AK
K Koski SEAK FHP
Jeff Boxrucker Reservoir FHP
Gordon Smith Hawaii FHP
Megan Bean Desert FHP
Kayla Barrett Desert FHP
Tom Busiahn FWS - DC
John Biagi SARP FHP
Gary Davis Mat-Su FHP
Jeff Davis Mat-Su FHP
Neil Stichert FWS - AK
Roger Harding SEAK FHP
Christopher EstesWNTI FHP
Dan Dauwalter TU - Desert FHP
Dan Shively FWS - PSME FHP
Julie Carter WNTI FHP
Stan Allen PSMFC - PSME FHP
Jason Kline Desert FHP
Sue Mauger Kenai FHP
Gary Whelan NFHAP
Andrea Ostroff NFHAP
Robin Knox WNTI FHP

Western Native Trout Initiative Announces the Small Project Funding Recipients

Small Grant Recipients

The Western Native Trout Initiative, a venture of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and a National Fish Habitat Partnership, is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of the new “Small Project Funding Program”.

The purpose of this program is to provide a source of funding to organizations or groups that desire to become involved in the conservation – protection, restoration or enhancement – of western native trout at the local level. The small project funding program specifically supports collaborative approaches and partnerships involved in local efforts or community-based programs that provide for habitat, educational or public recreational angling programs that contribute to the Initiative’s efforts to conserve western native trout.

WNTI received 14 applications for small projects in 2011, and the WNTI Steering Committee selected the following projects at their recent summer meeting:

1. Rattlesnake Creek Community Stewardship Program - MT - $1485
2. “Every Cutthroat Counts” Upper Teton River Signage - ID - $775
3. Chicago Creek WCT Re-introduction Project – MT - $3000
4. Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers Outreach Project – OR - $2,000
5. Apache Trout in the Classroom Project – AZ - $3000
6. “Surviving Climate Change” RGCT Watershed Assessment - AZ - $3000

The WNTI is seeking additional funding to for projects in future years. The current round of projects was funded by a $15,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant. WNTI is currently seeking other funding through grant applications to the Orvis Company, Patagonia, and the Fish America Foundation.

WNTI National Fish Habitat Action Plan 2012 Request for Proposals

Each year, the Western Native Trout Initiative posts a project proposal request on its web page that is sent to cooperators across the West.

Submitted National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) proposals are added to the Fish and Wildlife’s Fisheries Operation Needs System (FONS) list, and then each FWS Regional office in the WNTI geographic area works with the states to determine the top 10 projects for their Region. These lists are completed by the end of November each year.

In December, the WNTI Steering Committee reviews the “top 10” lists and determines which projects will be prioritized for a NFHAP funding allocation for fish habitat conservation. Due to budget negotiations in the U.S. Congress, the amount of funding available to Fish Habitat Partnerships in 2012 is unknown. However, the WNTI is requesting project proposals be submitted as usual for 2012 funding.

Information on the program and the 2012 Request for Proposals has been posted on the WNTI web page.

Note: The deadline for WNTI NFHAP 2012 project proposals is September 15, 2012. For details, please download the WNTI 2012 Project Request form.

Other WNTI News

The TRCP Connection

In June and July, WNTI was featured on the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, as part of their “Conservation Leader” feature and the new Native Trout angling adventures video blog feature that they send out on a regular basis. Please go to TRCP.org and check out the videos. So far Rio Grande, Colorado River, Greenback and Westslope cutthroats have been featured. I believe Coastal Cutts are next on the video schedule.

WNTI at American Fisheries Society in September

WNTI will be participating in the National Fish Habitat Workshop on September 5th , 2011 in Seattle, as well as sponsoring a half-day all western partnerships meeting on September 9th. There are other fish habitat related meetings on September 6th – a Coastal Cutthroat workshop, and a fish habitat workshop in the afternoon of the 7th. If you can, please stop by these workshops and participate.

WNTI Data Team meeting set for April 19th in Salt Lake City, UT.

The Western Native Trout Initiative is planning on hosting a western native trout data update meeting just prior to the start of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society meeting in Salt Lake City in April.

The date of the workshop is April 19th, and the purpose will be to review the progress on the Intermountain cutthroat data protocols, discuss future data needs of WNTI partners, and to learn about the role of WNTI in the National Fish Habitat assessment that is currently underway and scheduled to be completed in 2010. Gary Whelan from the National Fish Habitat Action Plan Science and Data Committee will be on hand to explain details about the National Fish Habitat Assessment, as well as discussing the future data needs of NFHAP.

The location of the WNTI meeting is Room 355 C at the Salt Palace Center, and is scheduled to start at 8:30 am. The meeting is open to all interested parties.

WNTI Plans on Hosting a Western National Fish Habitat Partnerships Meeting in Anchorage Alaska on July 16, 2010.

On July 16, 2010, in Anchorage Alaska, the Western Native Trout Initiative will be hosting a meeting of the western-based national fish habitat partnerships. This meeting is being held in conjunction with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies annual summer meeting. The informal get-together will allow for an exchange of information between the seven recognized western partnerships and the 3 candidate partnerships. Developing lines of communications and identifying key watersheds for habitat work in the coming years are basic functions of national fish habitat partnerships that will be addressed at the meeting.

The National Fish Habitat Board endorses the WNTI slate of projects for 2010 funding.

At their March 3-4, 2010 meeting in Memphis, TN., the National Fish Habitat Board approved 10 WNTI projects for action in 2010. The NFHAP Staff is preparing the final documentation of the projects for the US Fish and Wildlife Service Director's signature. On-the-ground work on the projects will begin this summer. The following are the WNTI 2010 Projects:

1. Deep Creek and Crazy Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Restoration Project (Crooked River), OR.
2. Stream-bank Stabilization and Fish Screen for BCT St. Charles Cr, ID.
3. Lower Wenatchee River in-stream Enhancement Project on 15 miles of stream, WA
4. Barrier construction and Gila trout restoration in West Fork Oak Creek, AZ
5. Renovation of Barrier to Protect Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in Tanques Creek, NM
6. 2.7 miles of Bear Creek Habitat Improvement for Greenback Cutthroat Trout, CO
7. Restoring Bull Trout stream habitat In the Therriault Creek Drainage, MT
8. Riparian Fence Exclosure on Middle Thompson Cr. For Colorado River Cutthroat, CO
9. Barrier construction and resoration of Yellowstone cutthroat trout to Four Mile Cr, MT.
10. WNTI - Protecting stream Habitat for Coastal Cutthroat Trout Via Water Reservations in SE AK.

The partner match associated with these projects totaled just over $4,000,000.

FishAmerica Foundation Announces Availability of One Million Dollars for Estuarine and Coastal Marine Habitat Projects.

APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS FISH HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS DUE MONDAY, May 17, 2010 BY 5:00 p.m. (EDT)

The FishAmerica Foundation announces the availability of approximately $1 million for local efforts to accomplish meaningful on-the-ground restoration of marine, estuarine and riparian habitats, including but not limited to salt marshes, mangrove forests, and freshwater habitats important to anadromous fish species (fish like salmon and striped bass that migrate to and from the sea). Approximately $200,000 of the available funding will be dedicated specifically to stream barrier removal projects furthering NOAA’s Open Rivers Initiative. Individual grant awards range between $10,000 and $75,000 per project.

Projects must result in the implementation of locally-driven habitat restoration projects that emphasize stewardship and yield ecological and socioeconomic benefits. These projects must clearly demonstrate significant benefits to marine, estuarine or anadromous fisheries resources, particularly sportfish, and should involve community participation through an educational or volunteer component tied to the restoration activities. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate the participation of NOAA Restoration Center staff to strengthen the development and implementation of sound restoration projects.

Projects in the Great Lakes must restore habitat for diadromous sportfish such as lake sturgeon, walleye, and brook trout in the Great Lakes and applicable tributaries. Projects focusing on the management or removal of aquatic invasive/nuisance species will not be considered.

The complete announcement, RFP and Application are available on our website at www.fishamerica.org . If you have any questions regarding the Application or RFP, please feel free to contact me at egeorge@asafishing.org or 703-519-9691 ext 247.

Applications and required documentation must be received in FishAmerica’s office no later than May 17, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. (EDT). This is not a postmark deadline. Electronic and faxed applications will NOT be accepted. All submissions must be sent to:

FAF/NOAA RFP - Grant Applications
FishAmerica Foundation
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 420
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

Funding is expected to be announced in October 2010. Anticipated awards are contingent on notification of federal funding to the FishAmerica Foundation.

Visit www. westernnativetrout.org for WNTI project information and details.

Western Native Trout Initiative Submits 2010 Slate of Projects to National Fish Habitat Board

Robin Knox, Coordinator of the Western Native Trout initiative, reports that the Western Native Trout Initiative Steering Committee has approved 10 projects for submission to the National Fish Habitat Board and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director for their approval and funding in 2010.

The Initiative, started in 2006, has successfully acquired over $2,600,000 in funding for 50 native trout conservation enhancement projects across the western United States.

For the 2010 National Fish Habitat project year, the WNTI is projected 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service western regional offices prepared project lists for the WNTI Steering Committee to consider in December 2009. The WNTI Steering Committee selected a final list of projects, 10 this year that is forwarded to the FWS Washington office and then considered by the National Fish Habitat Board for their stamp of approval.

The following projects were selected for funding this year:

1. Deep Creek and Crazy Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Restoration Project (Crooked River), OR
2. Stream-bank Stabilization and Fish Screen for BCT St. Charles Cr, ID.
3. Lower Wenatchee River in-stream Enhancement Project on 15 miles of stream, WA
4. Barrier construction and Gila trout restoration in West Fork Oak Creek, AZ
5. Renovation of Barrier to Protect Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in Tio Grande Creek, NM
6. 2.7 miles of Bear Creek Habitat Improvement for Greenback Cutthroat Trout, CO
7. Restoring Bull Trout stream habitat In the Therriault Creek Drainage, MT
8. Riparian Fence Exclosure on Middle Thompson Cr. For Colorado River Cutthroat, CO
9. Barrier construction and resoration of Yellowstone cutthroat trout to Four Mile Cr, MT.
10. WNTI - Protecting stream Habitat for Coastal Cutthroat Trout Via Water Reservations in SE AK

The partner match Associated with these projects totaled just over $4,000,000.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is Accepting Project Proposals for Funding from Funds Provided by the Jackson Hole One-Fly Foundation – Deadline February 19th, 2010

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is a tremendous WNTI Partner. Chartered by Congress, the Foundation leverages money from a variety of sources to fund projects that benefit western native trout. Since 2005, NFWF has funded over 255 projects with approximately $26,000,000 of Foundation funds matched to millions of other dollars.

NFWF receives money from a variety of sources, and serves as a clearing house for distributing money to qualified science and habitat projects. NFWF works with NOAA, FWS, USFS, BLM, TU and others to fund aquatic wildlife projects across the country, and they have several native trout focus areas.

The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation Board (JHOFF) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) have entered into a conservation program partnership to co-fund stream improvement/native cutthroat trout conservation (protection, restoration, and enhancement) projects. We are requesting proposals for spring 2010 projects from eligible governmental, Tribal or non-governmental organizations. All proposed projects must advance the Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s missions of conservation of native trout and their habitat watersheds and must meet the specific criteria outlined below. Preference will be given to projects in the tributaries and main stem Snake and Yellowstone basins of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, and Upper Colorado basin, especially those that have been ranked as high priority by the Western Native Trout Initiative. Other native trout habitat conservation projects in the intermountain west may also be considered as funds allow. All applications must be received by

Wednesday February 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm PST.

Applicants should log onto the Foundation’s website: www.nfwf.org, go to the home page and selection the Jackson Hole One-Fly Foundation link. Pre-proposals will be evaluated and ranked by the BBN Review Committee according to the priorities and criteria described. 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.
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

The NFWF has the specific details about applying for grants. If you are interested, please visit their site for more detailed information on the fish conservation programs.

WNTI 2008 Project Completion Reports Are Posted on WNTI Web Page

WNTI recently received final project reports from 3 projects that were funded from the WNTI multi-state grant in 2008. The projects were a) updating the Westslope cutthroat trout Status Review; b) developing a redband trout status and data protocol evaluation in select areas of Washington State; and c) developing a coastal cutthroat trout web-based interactive database using the StreamNet technology. The final reports from these projects will be posted at www.westernnativetrout.org in the individual species projects list.

Data Management for Western Native Trout

In 2009, WNTI signed a contract with Shannon Albeke and Seam Biometrics to look at ways to improve the compatibility of cutthroat population information that is used to develop conservation and enhancement actions for native trout. That effort is fully underway. The upgrading and maintaining of databases has consistently been one of the un-funded high priority actions. WNTI appreciates your cooperation in this effort as WNTI works to help with cutthroat trout data management and up-keep.

That project is fully underway. WNTI is planning on hosting a native cutthroat data meeting just prior to the start of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society meeting in Salt Lake City in April.

The tentative date of the workshop is April 19th, and the purpose will be to review the progress on the cutthroat data protocols, discuss future data needs of WNTI partners, and to learn about the role of WNTI in the National Fish Habitat assessment that is currently underway and scheduled to be completed in 2010.

Details about the data meeting will be posted on the WNTI web page as soon as they are completed.
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation requests proposals for native trout projects in the northern rocky mountain region.

The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation Board (JHOFF) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) have entered into a conservation program partnership to co-fund stream improvement/native cutthroat trout conservation (protection, restoration, and enhancement) projects. We are requesting proposals for spring 2010 projects from eligible governmental, Tribal or non-governmental organizations. All proposed projects must advance the Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s missions of conservation of native trout and their habitat watersheds and must meet the specific criteria outlined below. Preference will be given to projects in the tributaries and main stem Snake and Yellowstone basins of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, and Upper Colorado basin, especially those that have been ranked as high priority by the Western Native Trout Initiative. Other native trout habitat conservation projects in the intermountain west may also be considered as funds allow.

The Stream Improvement Program of the JHOFF/NFWF Conservation Partnership focuses on providing support for “on the ground” type projects that protect, enhance and/or restore flows/ and instream habitat for native cutthroat trout species; however, applied research projects may be considered if it can be demonstrated how results will inform benefit to natural resources management agencies leading to a specific measurable conservation outcome within a 3 year period.

II. PROJECT EVALUATION

Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the Stream Improvement Committee comprised of NFWF staff, JHOFF volunteer representatives and scientific advisors. Representatives of the Western Native Trout Initiative and the National Fish Habitat Board and if needed other experts will also be asked to review projects. Final funding decisions are made by the Stream Improvement Committee, NFWF Board and the JHOFF Board of Directors.

Grant applications are evaluated according to the merit of proposal, the adequacy and clarity of application information, and at a minimum, must address the questions regarding scope, methods/analyses, significance, feasibility, measureable outcomes, and cost. Without this basic information, the Committee cannot evaluate the application.

III. Deadline and Schedule

All applications must be received by

Wednesday February 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm PST.

Please note that extensions will not be granted since the Committee will meet in early March to make grant decisions. Applicants will use NFWF’s online application interface: EasyGrants. To start an application, please click on the following link: http://www.nfwf.org/easygrants. New users to the system will be prompted to register before starting their application. After clicking on “Start a new application,” select the Jackson Hole One Fly Funding Opportunity. Once you have started the application, you can save it and return at a later point to complete it, up until the application deadline. Please be sure to disable the pop-up blocker on your Internet browser prior to beginning the application process.

Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal by April 30, 2010.

For more information go to the NFWF Home page- www.nfwf.org/Home - and look in the highlights area for the Jacksonhole 1-Fly Foundation link.

For questions or clarifications on the application process, please contact Barrett Bohnengel at barrett.bohnengel@nfwf.org or 503-417-8700 ext. 6007.