Restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem on private lands in South Carolina | F18AS00354

Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00354

The opportunity titled "Restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem on private lands in South Carolina" (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00354) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding action under the Department of the Interior. It is presented as a Notice of Intent to Award, meaning it is not a typical open competitive grant solicitation and there is no full announcement package associated with it. Instead, the Service is indicating its intent to make a single-source award through a cooperative agreement, with one expected award and an award ceiling listed as 1 (as published in the notice).

The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to facilitate on-the-ground restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem on private lands in South Carolina, with the stated aim of benefiting Federal trust resources. In practice, this type of work often involves activities that rebuild or improve longleaf pine habitat conditions, such as planning and implementing restoration actions, applying appropriate management techniques, and focusing efforts on sites where ecological returns are highest. The notice emphasizes that restoration will be carried out through cooperative interactions between the Service and an Alliance partner, with both parties sharing longleaf pine restoration goals and working together on restoration planning, selection of techniques, and prioritization of sites.

From an administrative standpoint, the listing categorizes the opportunity as discretionary funding and specifies the funding instrument as a cooperative agreement, which generally signals substantial involvement by the federal agency during implementation (for example, close coordination on technical decisions, work planning, or monitoring approaches). The activity category is listed broadly across education, environment, science and technology, and other research and development, and the associated CFDA number is 15.631.

Although the posting lists eligible applicants as "unrestricted" in a general sense, the key practical detail is that this is a single-source intent-to-award notice, so it is not designed for multiple applicants to compete. The notice was created on September 16, 2018, with an original closing date of September 21, 2018, reflecting that the action was time-bound and oriented toward finalizing an intended award rather than running an open application process.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem on private lands in South Carolina" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.631.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 16, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 21, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (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 $1.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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