[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74747-74749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28830]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0307; 91400-5110-0000-7B; 91400-9410-0000-7B]
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List for
Conservation Projects
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the FY
2009 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation projects
from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As required
by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of
2000, AFWA submits a list of projects to us each year to consider for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program. We then review
and award grants from this list.
ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate Conservation Grants Program
Coordinator, Division of Federal
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Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Mail Stop MBSP-4020, Arlington, Virginia 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, (703) 358-2156
(phone) or [email protected] (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106-408)
amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
777 et seq.) and established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program.
The Improvement Act authorizes us to award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a
total of up to $6 million annually. We may award grants from a list of
priority projects recommended to us by AFWA. The FWS Director,
exercising the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, need not
fund all projects on the list, but all projects funded must be on the
list.
Grantees under this program may use funds for sport fisheries and
wildlife management and research projects, boating access development,
hunter safety and education, aquatic education, fish and wildlife
habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling
legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit fish and/or
wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, or in a majority of the
States in any one FWS Region, or it must benefit a regional association
of State fish and wildlife agencies. We may award grants to a State, a
group of States, or one or more nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may award grants to the FWS, if
requested by AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. Also, AFWA
requires all project proposals to address its National Conservation
Needs, which are announced annually by AFWA at the same time as its
request for proposals. Further, applicants must provide certification
that no activities conducted under a Multistate Conservation grant will
promote or encourage opposition to regulated hunting or trapping of
wildlife or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested nongovernmental organizations that represent
conservation organizations, sportsmen's organizations, and industries
that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery. AFWA's Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority projects to the directors of State
fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote. By
statute, AFWA then must transmit the final approved list to the FWS for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program by October 1.
This year, we received a list of fourteen recommended projects. We
recommend them for funding in 2009, contingent on the Multistate
Conservation Grant Program receiving additional funds as specified in
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity
Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-059) passed in August 2005. AFWA's recommended
list follows.
MSCGP 2009 Cycle Recommended Projects
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Total 2009
ID Title Submitter WR request SFR request grant request
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09001............ Multistate AFWA............... $190,560.00 $190,560.00 $381,120.00
Conservation Grant
Program (MSCGP)
Coordination.
09003............ Community Archery ATA................ 114,000.00 0.00 114,000.00
Programs as
Recruitment and
Retention Tools.
09004............ Coordination of the AFWA............... 94,800.00 94,800.00 189,600.00
Industry, Federal,
and State Agency
Coalition.
09005............ Return on Investment: AFWA............... 192,397.20 94,762.80 287,160.00
An Analysis of Sport
Fish Restoration and
Wildlife Restoration
Programs.
09006............ Research Component USFWS.............. 1,029,522.00 1,029,522.00 2,059,044.00
for the 2011
National Survey.
09007............ Coordination USFWS.............. 170,378.00 170,378.00 340,756.00
Component for 2011
National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (FHWAR).
09008............ Trailblazer Adventure USSAF.............. 160,000.00 160,000.00 320,000.00
Program: Involving
Youth and Families
in Conservation.
09009............ Western Native Trout WAFWA.............. 0.00 360,000.00 360,000.00
Initiative (WNTI)
Implementation.
09012............ National CP33 MSU................ 779,730.00 0.00 779,730.00
Monitoring Program
Phase II: Evaluating
Mid-Contract
Management to
Increase Wildlife
Benefits.
09013............ Improving WAFWA.............. 143,073.50 143,073.50 286,147.00
Conservation
Education and
Connecting Families
to Nature Through
Programs Targeting
the Wildlife Values
of the Public.
09015............ Eastern Brook Trout VA Tech............ 0.00 170,000.00 170,000.00
Joint Venture--Fish
Habitat Partnership:
Sustainable
Infrastructure
Development and
Support.
09016............ Effectiveness of NWTF............... 160,993.61 160,993.61 321,987.21
Hunting, Fishing,
and Shooting
Recruitment and
Retention Programs.
09017............ Implementation of the SARP............... 0.00 468,000.00 468,000.00
Southeast Aquatic
Habitat Plan and the
National Fish
Habitat Action Plan
in the southeastern
U.S.
09018............ Coordination, AFWA............... 297,000.00 297,000.00 594,000.00
implementation and
maximization of the
Association's
Conservation
Education Strategy.
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3,332,454.31 3,339,089.91 6,671,544.21
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Dated: October 28, 2008.
Kenneth Stansell,
Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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