The US
Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting aquatic
habitat
restoration project proposals for FY 2010
funding through the Southeast
Aquatic Resources
Partnership (SARP) and the National Fish Habitat
Action
Plan. The request for proposals can be
viewed at www.southeastaquatics.net under
the "Request for Fish Habitat Project Submittal" quick
link on the home page. Project proposals may be
submitted through the web site, or forms may be
downloaded and e-mailed to Tripp Boltin at walter_boltin@fws.gov .
Proposals must be received by October 9, 2009.
Projects eligible for funding include those which
directly restore or enhance aquatic habitat via
on-the-ground modification. Minimal funding should be
included within the
proposal for post-project
monitoring. Additionally, projects to remove or
by
pass barriers to fish migration, excluding those
activities prescribed
within a license issued thru
FERC, should be included. An electronic photo
(jpeg
format) of the barrier(s) should be provided. Please
refer to this
web address for detailed information on
the Fish Habitat Action Plan and
Fish Passage funding
(
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/fisheries/opportunities.html).
Additional information regarding SARP can be found
at
www.southeastaquatics.netThe
project scoring criteria have largely been unmodified
from the criteria
used in FY 2009. Please
review the attached project scoring criteria and ensure
the information provided appropriately allows for your
proposal to be easily and accurately scored. The
priority estuary and coastal habitats and priority
waterbodies are also available at the SARP
website for reference. Projects submitted, but not
funded during the 2009 process will be included in
ranking projects for the FY 2010 funding.
Projects
submitted prior to last year will have to be
resubmitted for consideration
in this funding
cycle. As a note, the Service will add 30% of the
project costs to the final
project amount for
projects that are selected for funding. This is
to
provide support for the administrative costs of
project selection, funding,
and tracking
process.