Providing Coordination and Leadership to the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative Phase II | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Providing Coordination and Leadership to the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative Phase II" (Funding Opportunity Number F15AS00449) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) discretionary funding action that was posted on August 28, 2015 and closed on September 4, 2015, with an archive date of September 8, 2015. It is classified as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in the work as it is carried out, rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The activity focus is broadly framed around education, environment, and science and technology and other research and development, and it is tied to CFDA 15.670, Adaptive Science. The estimated total funding amount listed is $310,000, and the notice indicates there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.

This notice is not a typical competitive grant solicitation. It is explicitly a notice of intent to award to a single source, and it states there is no full announcement associated with it. In practical terms, that means FWS already identified the intended recipient and is not seeking proposals from other applicants. Although the general eligibility field appears as "unrestricted," the eligibility narrative clarifies that this is not a request for applications and that the decision not to compete the award is based on Department of the Interior policy (505 DM 2.14, B.(2)) and is within the agency's discretion. The intended awardee named in the notice is the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to provide coordination and leadership for the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) during its Phase II effort. The core work described centers on bringing partners together to define a shared, landscape-scale vision for sustaining natural and cultural resources while facing climate change and other threats. Rather than focusing on a single species or a single site, the emphasis is on coordinated conservation planning and implementation across a broad region, with the expectation that participants align around common goals and translate those goals into practical strategies that can be implemented on the ground.

The notice highlights several major deliverables and roles expected under the agreement. First is establishing a shared vision, essentially a common understanding among agencies, organizations, and stakeholders about desired future conditions for the region's natural and cultural resources. Second is designing strategies to achieve that vision, which implies structured planning that can include identifying priority conservation actions, integrating climate adaptation considerations, and using scientific and management information to guide decisions. Third is delivering tangible results, with an explicit focus on outcomes "on the ground" rather than purely planning outputs. The notice also underscores how those results are expected to be achieved: through leadership, partnerships, and contributed resources. That language points to a collaborative model where the cooperative agreement supports coordination that helps multiple partners combine funding, staff time, data, and expertise to accomplish work that no single entity could efficiently deliver alone.

Finally, the description builds in an adaptive management mindset by calling out evaluation and refinement over time. This suggests that the work is intended to be iterative: actions and strategies should be assessed, lessons should be incorporated, and approaches should be adjusted as conditions change or as new science emerges. This fits with the "Adaptive Science" CFDA program alignment, where learning and adjustment are treated as a normal and necessary part of conservation in dynamic landscapes, especially under climate-related uncertainty.

For reference and administrative details, the notice lists the Additional Information Link as Grants.gov and provides a point of contact for access issues: Kerri Heywood at 404-679-4066 and kerriheywood@fws.gov.

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