On November 6, the Fish and Boat Commission announced it is now accepting applications for the State Wildlife Grants Program, the core program for preventing species from becoming endangered.  Applications must be received by November 20.

The priority topic for the project must help support PFBC's Species of Greatest Conservation Need found in the 2015-2025 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan.

The PFBC has fiduciary responsibilities for managing fish, amphibians, reptiles, freshwater mussels, aquatic invertebrates, and their habitats.  To support these responsibilities, species occurrences and other information is essential to inform planning and conservation actions.

This project will process, enter, and manage a backlog of fish, amphibian, and reptile data, and enter into the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Biotics database.  This process includes transcribing, translating, and converting PFBC datasets and developing Conservation Planning Polygons.

Federal money for this program are awarded to the PFBC by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) through the State & Tribal Wildlife Grants Program. 

Awarding funds for selected projects will be contingent upon availability of funds, as well as satisfactory completion of USFWS, PFBC, and Commonwealth applications, compliance documents, and other requirements.

The PFBC anticipates final applicant determination by mid-December, 2020.

For more information and an application packet, visit the Commission’s State Wildlife Grants Program webpage.  Click Here for the description of the PFBC 2020 SWG Priority topic.

Questions should be directed to Chris Urban, Chief, Natural Diversity Section at 814-359-5113 or email: curban@pa.gov.  

For questions about the State Wildlife Grant Program, contact Diana Day, Conservation Coordinator at 717-346-8137 or email: diday@pa.gov.

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[Posted: November 6, 2020]

11/9/2020