Private Landowner Technical Assitance Program Request for Proposal
Proposals are due on February 15th, 2011.
Background
The Private Landowner Technical Assistance Program (Private Landowner TAP) is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) (www.nrcs.usda.gov) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) (www.nfwf.org). The purpose of this partnership is to provide grants on a competitive basis to support field biologists and other habitat professionals (botanists, ecologists, foresters, etc.) working with NRCS field offices in providing technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, foresters and other private landowners to optimize wildlife conservation on private lands.
This initiative seeks to promote more comprehensive and beneficial conservation planning; accelerate the implementation of additional high quality fish and wildlife conservation practice; monitor, assess and report on measurable conservation outcomes; and improve customers’ understanding of agency practices, standards and strategic initiatives. These shared biologists and professional land conservationists will help the delivery of Farm Bill conservation programs to private farmers, ranchers and non-industrial forest owners throughout the nation. At the same time, it will allow NRCS to more effectively contribute to the highest priority fish and wildlife conservation needs identified by other federal and state agencies through partnering with private landowners and conservation organizations. Private Landowner TAP aims to better focus and increase the effectiveness of Farm Bill assistance funded through programs such as Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and others.
For more information about the grant size, proposal requirements, applicant eligibility, funding priorities, criteriea for competetive proposals and other information. read the full request for proposal.
