Vegetation Management of Hines Emerald Dragonfly Breeding Habitat Waterfall Glen | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Vegetation Management of Hines Emerald Dragonfly Breeding Habitat Waterfall Glen" is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discretionary funding action aimed at supporting natural resource management work that benefits a federally endangered species. Specifically, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in Illinois is slated to carry out invasive species control across a 16-acre area at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve that serves as breeding habitat for the Hines emerald dragonfly. The central purpose of the project is vegetation management: reducing or removing invasive plants so the habitat conditions the dragonfly depends on are protected or improved. Because the Hines emerald dragonfly is federally listed as endangered, maintaining high-quality breeding habitat is a key conservation need, and invasive species control is a common on-the-ground strategy to prevent habitat degradation and restore native plant communities that support the species life cycle.

Administratively, this opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number F12AS00243 and falls under the Cooperative Agreement funding instrument, meaning the Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply issuing funds, such as coordination, technical input, or oversight consistent with cooperative agreement rules. The activity category is Natural Resources, and the assistance is tied to CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 15.608, "Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance," which generally supports projects that conserve fish and wildlife resources and their habitats through technical and financial assistance.

The financial scope of the action is modest and targeted: the estimated total funding is $29,000, with an award ceiling of $29,000 and no required cost share or matching funds. The announcement indicates one expected award, reinforcing that this is not a competitive multi-recipient program cycle but a single project award. The posting date and creation date are both June 21, 2012, and the opportunity was archived on June 29, 2012, indicating it was published primarily as a formal public notice rather than an open call for applications.

Eligibility is described in a way that makes the intent clear: there is no application process for this funding opportunity. The notice states it is a notice of intent to make a single-source award to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, justified under a specific policy citation (505 DM 2.14B(4)). In practice, that means the awarding agency had already determined that a sole recipient was appropriate, typically because the recipient uniquely controls or manages the project site, has the specific authority or responsibility for the land in question, or is otherwise the only entity positioned to carry out the work effectively. This is consistent with the project description, since the Forest Preserve District is the local governmental entity responsible for managing the preserve lands where the dragonfly breeding habitat occurs.

For practical follow-up, the listing provides a contact person at the Fish and Wildlife Service for anyone who has trouble accessing the announcement: Kristopher Lah, reachable by phone at (847) 381-2253 ext. 15 and by email at KristopherLah@fws.gov. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted, pre-selected cooperative agreement intended to fund invasive species control actions on a specific 16-acre habitat area to support recovery and continued persistence of the endangered Hines emerald dragonfly at Waterfall Glen.

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