Phase II of the Strategic Plan for Recovery of the Santa Cruz long toed salamander and California red legged frog in Larkin Valley Area Project | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The funding opportunity titled "Phase II of the Strategic Plan for Recovery of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander and California red-legged frog in the Larkin Valley Area Project" is a discretionary grant offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). It falls under the broad category of science and technology and other research and development activities, and it is listed under CFDA 15.650 (Research Grants - Generic). The focus implied by the title is continuing work associated with a larger recovery effort for two protected amphibian species in the Larkin Valley area, with this specific announcement covering a second phase of a strategic recovery plan.

This opportunity was posted and created on September 5, 2014, with an unusually short application window: the original and current closing date are both listed as September 8, 2014, and the announcement was archived on September 12, 2014. In practical terms, that indicates this was likely targeted, time-sensitive funding, potentially aligned with an existing partner, a predefined planning schedule, or a narrow procurement need connected to an ongoing conservation program. The listing does not indicate any cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants were not expected to provide non-federal matching funds as a condition of eligibility.

Eligibility is limited to special district governments. That restriction typically points to entities such as local resource conservation districts, water management districts, or other special-purpose governmental units rather than private organizations, universities, individuals, or general-purpose city/county governments (unless they also qualify as special districts under applicable definitions). The funding instrument type is a grant, signaling that the federal agency intended to support an approved project proposed by an eligible applicant rather than procure a product or service through a contract.

The financial fields in the announcement are listed as zero for estimated total funding, award ceiling, and award floor. In Grants.gov postings, zero values sometimes appear when the agency does not want to publish dollar amounts in the synopsis, when funding is contingent on appropriations or internal allocations, or when the posting is meant to formalize or route a specific award without advertising a competitive funding range. As written, the synopsis does not provide a definitive funding amount or expected award size, so the only way to confirm the budget expectations would be through the full announcement or by contacting the program point of contact.

From a programmatic standpoint, the title suggests the grant would support continued planning and/or implementation work connected to recovery of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander and the California red-legged frog within the Larkin Valley area. Recovery-oriented work for listed amphibians often includes items such as habitat protection and restoration planning, breeding pond and upland habitat management strategies, monitoring frameworks, identification and reduction of threats (for example, habitat fragmentation, altered hydrology, invasive predators, disease risks, or water quality impacts), landowner and stakeholder coordination, and development of phased actions tied to measurable recovery objectives. Because this is explicitly "Phase II" of a "Strategic Plan for Recovery," it likely builds on earlier work products from Phase I, such as baseline assessments, stakeholder engagement, mapping of habitat and land use constraints, or initial action prioritization, and then advances those into more detailed designs, implementation-ready actions, or expanded coordination and monitoring plans.

The opportunity is administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The listing points applicants to the full announcement on Grants.gov (www.grants.gov). For assistance accessing the announcement electronically, the contact provided is Chad Mitcham at FWS, reachable by phone at 805-644-1766 x311 or by email at chadmitcham@fws.gov.

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