Partners for Fish and Wildlife

Objective

Deliver Department of the Interior priorities and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) mission by providing financial and technical assistance to private landowners and Native American Tribes interested in voluntarily working with USFWS to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Provide technical assistance to State and Federal conservation agencies.

Who Can Apply

• Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Profit organization
• Individual/Family
• Anyone/general public
• State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
• Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)

Private landowners, tribal governments, local and state governments, educational, for-profit, and non-profit institutions and organizations are eligible for financial and technical assistance from Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. Projects must be located on private lands. Private land is defined by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act of 2006, 16 U.S.C. 3771-3774, as any land that is not owned by the Federal Government or a State. Private land includes tribal land and Hawaiian homeland.

Who Benefits

• Anyone/general public
• Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments

Private landowners, tribal governments, local and state governments, educational, for-profit, and non-profit institutions and organizations are eligible for financial and technical assistance from Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. Projects must be located on private lands. Private land is defined by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act of 2006, 16 U.S.C. 3771-3774, as any land that is not owned by the Federal Government or a State. Private land includes tribal land and Hawaiian homeland.

Assistance Types

• Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)

Program Contact

brad_milley@fws.gov
(970) 657-7132