Mississippi River Basin 2019 Asian Carp Partnership Projects for USFWS Funding | F19AS00220

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The Mississippi River Basin 2019 Asian Carp Partnership Projects for USFWS Funding (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00220) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discretionary grant initiative under CFDA 15.608 focused on Asian carp management and control in the Ohio River Basin and the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The main purpose is to fund a set of targeted, high-priority projects that help implement two multi-agency plans: the Ohio River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework. These projects are intended to support coordinated, on-the-ground efforts to slow the spread of Asian carp and, over time, work toward eliminating further expansion in these basins and their tributaries, aligning with the Service's leadership responsibilities under the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014.

This announcement is not a competitive grant solicitation and it does not include an application process. Instead, it serves as a formal notice of intent to make single-source awards (non-competitive grants) under the federal justification authority cited as 505 DM 2.14B(4). The Service states that competition is not practical because the intended recipients are state natural resource management agencies (or their designated entities) that have unique jurisdictional authority over the waters and lands where the work will occur. These agencies are also already embedded in the established multi-agency partnerships addressing Asian carp, and they bring technical capacity, local operational knowledge, and the ability to coordinate with and leverage other funding streams and related control activities in a way that outside entities cannot easily replicate.

The planned single-source recipients listed in the notice include the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Iowa State University (as the designee for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. In total, the opportunity anticipates 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $971,500. While the notice does not lay out a separate set of deliverables in the excerpt provided, it emphasizes that the funded work represents the highest priority actions identified through the basin partnerships and is meant to directly advance the shared strategy frameworks for control and containment.

Key timing information reflects that the opportunity record was created on June 25, 2019, with an original closing date of July 1, 2019, but that date functions more as an administrative posting deadline than a deadline for applicant submissions, since the public is not being invited to apply. The eligibility field is effectively restricted to the named agencies and the specific designee mentioned, rather than open to general public or nonprofit competition. The notice also makes a clear limitation: applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are not eligible under this award, signaling that funds are intended for the specific priority projects identified for this funding action rather than continuing or expanding previously funded work.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Mississippi River Basin 2019 Asian Carp Partnership Projects for USFWS Funding" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.608.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 25, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 01, 2019 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grants to the LDNR, MNDNR, IA State U, INDNR, KDFWR, TWRA, MDFWP, ALWFF, WVDNR, PAFBC under justification 505DM 2.14B(4).. (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 $971,500.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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