Monitor Impacts to Rare Plant Species from Range Fire | F17AS00097

Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00097

The Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Monitor Impacts to Rare Plant Species from Range Fire" (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00097). The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the selected recipient would typically carry out the on-the-ground work with active involvement or collaboration from the federal agency, rather than operating as a fully independent grantee. The purpose of the project is to monitor rare plant species affected by a range fire and to produce reporting that helps determine how the fire impacted these sensitive resources. This monitoring and documentation is described as necessary both to evaluate damage to critical natural resources and to support the objectives of ecological stabilization measures put in place after the fire, which generally refers to actions intended to prevent further degradation and help the ecosystem recover following a disturbance.

The opportunity is categorized under several federal activity areas, including disaster prevention and relief, environment, information and statistics, and natural resources. It is tied to CFDA number 15.658, which is associated with Fish and Wildlife Service grant-making. The funding amount is relatively small and targeted: the award ceiling is $52,000, and only one award was expected. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to a broad range of applicant types (such as nonprofits, universities, local or state governments, tribal entities, or potentially private organizations), although the notice indicates eligibility could be subject to clarifications in an additional information section.

This opportunity was created on January 27, 2017. The original closing date indicates that the recipient had already been selected ("THE RECIPIENT HAS BEEN SELECTED"), which signals this listing functioned more as a formal public notice of an intended or completed award rather than an open call for new applications at that time. In practical terms, the funded work centers on field-based monitoring of rare plant populations in areas affected by the fire, paired with analysis and reporting that can inform whether stabilization efforts are working, whether additional protective steps are needed, and how managers should prioritize restoration or conservation actions to reduce long-term harm to rare species and their habitats.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the disaster prevention and relief, environment, information and statistics, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Monitor Impacts to Rare Plant Species from Range Fire" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.658.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 27, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by THE RECIPIENT HAS BEEN SELECTED. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $52,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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