California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Endangered Species Conservation and Recovery Program (Traditional Section 6)

Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025 by 5pm

Funding Amount: Awards typically range from $40,000 to $400,000.

ABOUT: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking high quality proposals for projects that will further the conservation and recovery of federally listed threatened and endangered wildlife, plant, and certain fish species in the state. These grants are awarded by USFWS to CDFW and project leads must be CDFW staff; however, CDFW welcomes collaboration with external partners who may be supported through contracts and payable grants. Projects proposed for funding may involve management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities or any combination thereof. Additionally, applicants may apply for funding to monitor candidate, at-risk, and recently delisted species. 

Successful applications will demonstrate a direct conservation benefit to the species or its habitat. Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to:

• Enhancement or restoration of federally listed species’ habitat

• Surveys and inventories of federally listed species and/or their habitats

• Introduction of federally listed species into suitable habitats within their historic range

• Propagation of federally listed animals and plants

• Research on the population health and status, genetics, and/or ecology of federally listed, candidate, at risk or recently delisted species

• Monitoring populations of federally listed, candidate, at risk, and recently de-listed species (note: for candidate, at-risk and recently recovered species only monitoring projects are eligible)

• Public education and outreach activities such as coordination workshops with local landowners, when those activities address a specific threat to an ESA-listed species

Priority will be given to projects designed to have a direct impact on the recovery of federally listed species, prevent extinction of a federally listed species, or prevent the need to list a candidate species. 

Applicants must provide a minimum of 25% of the total project cost in non-federal matching funds or in-kind services.

APPLY: For a detailed program description, please follow the link to the CDFW’s Endangered Species Conservation and Recovery Grant Program page. 

NOTE: If you are interested in applying or have any questions, please contact our Pre-Award Specialists Pia Gabriel at pg12@humboldt.edu, Kaz Wegmuller at kaz.wegmuller@humboldt.edu, or Jocelyne Takatsuno at jt366@humboldt.edu  before January 24, 2025.