OpportunityTitle: Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Federal agencies are eligibile to apply.    Projects must be located within the Great Lakes watershed.
Description: The Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership (Partnership) provides funding to complete on-the-ground fish habitat projects. The Partnership recognizes that most work to protect, restore and enhance fish habitat will be done at the local level by local watershed associations, municipalities, tribes, states and non-governmental organizations. The Partnership will work with organizations to encourage local conservation actions that fit within the Partnership&#146;s Strategic Plan priorities. A &#147;project&#148; is defined as an action that will protect, restore or enhance Great Lakes fish habitat. Project proposals will be compiled, ranked by a subcommittee of the Partnership and submitted to the Partnership&#146;s Steering Committee for review. The Service will be responsible for making final funding decisions. Focus areas for 2011 funding are: Fish habitat protection and restoration, specific to one or more of the following: a) Tributary stream restoration or protection to improve fish and aquatic species passage, riparian habitat, large woody debris, water temperatures, natural stream flow functions, or natural stream channel form; b) Coastal and connecting channel wetland restoration, enhancement and protection; c) Connecting channel restoration or protection to improve fish and aquatic species passage and/or riparian habitat.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Pam Dryer
GrantorContactText: Pam Dryer &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ashland, WI &lt;br/&gt;Phone 715-682-6185, ext. 17
CloseDateExplanation: October 15, 2010   Proposals are due on October 15, 2010 by 4:00 PM CST.  An email will be sent to confirm receipt of proposals.