<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This looks like an opportunity for coho restoration in the Trinity River basin.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Sarah McBride" <<a href="mailto:smcbride@usbr.gov">smcbride@usbr.gov</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 24, 2016 at 12:22:00 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tstokely@att.net">tstokely@att.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Reclamation and USFWS Announce the Availability of $2.1 Million in Grants to Help Imperiled Species</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><!--
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<title>Reclamation and USFWS Announce the Availability of $2.1 Million in Grants to Help Imperiled Species</title><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" id=""><p><img alt="Reclamation News Release Header" src="http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/images/nrheader.gif"></p>
<p><strong>Mid-Pacific Region<br>
Sacramento, Calif.</strong></p>
<p>MP-16-118</p>
<p>Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, <a href="mailto:shunt@usbr.gov">shunt@usbr.gov</a></p>
<p>For Release On: May 24, 2016</p>
<h4><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Reclamation and USFWS Announce the Availability of $2.1 Million in Grants to Help Imperiled Species</strong></span></h4>
<p><strong>SACRAMENTO, Calif.</strong> – The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce the availability of approximately $2.1 million in grants for projects that improve conditions for federally-imperiled species and their habitats impacted by the federal Central Valley Project. The CVP, owned and operated by Reclamation, is one of the world’s largest water storage and conveyance systems.</p>
<p>The grants are funded by the Fiscal Year 2017 Central Valley Project Conservation Program and Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program. The CVPCP and CVPIA HRP have established 16 specific Priority Actions related to CVP-impacted species, their habitats and corresponding geographic areas.</p>
<p>Each of the Priority Actions is supported by a threatened or endangered species recovery plan that provides strategies and guidance on how the species could be restored to a healthy and viable status. Applicants are requested to submit proposals that support these Priority Actions.</p>
<p>The 2017 grants continue 22 years of funding projects. This year, four categories of projects are being solicited for funding: land protection (fee title and conservation easement); habitat restoration; research; and species captive propagation and reintroduction.</p>
<p>State or local government agencies, private organizations, individuals and educational institutions are eligible to apply for grants. Applications for grants will close on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Federal agencies wanting to apply are encouraged to contact the program managers named in the announcement to discuss potential projects and the proposal submission process.</p>
<p>Instructions for submitting a proposal and background information on the programs is available at <a href="http://www.grants.gov/">www.grants.gov</a>. Applicants may search for the Funding Opportunity Announcement by Funding Opportunity Number BOR-MP-16-0004.</p>
<p>Additional information about the CVPCP and HRP may be found at <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpcp/">http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpcp/</a>. For questions, please contact Daniel Strait, Manager, Reclamation’s CVP Conservation Program and CVPIA Habitat Restoration Program, at 916-978-5052 or <a href="mailto:dstrait@usbr.gov">dstrait@usbr.gov</a>.</p>
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