Division of Migratory Birds-Joint Ventures | F18AS00234

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The Division of Migratory Birds - Joint Ventures funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00234) is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. The assistance is provided through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the agency expects to have substantial involvement during the period of performance, such as coordination, collaboration, or participation in key project activities rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back.

This specific notice is explicitly labeled as a "Notice of Single Source Award" for the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Partnership Base Operations. In practical terms, that language signals the agency intends to make one award to a specific recipient rather than running a fully open competition among multiple applicants. Even though the eligibility field is listed as "Unrestricted" (open to any type of entity), the single-source designation indicates the project is intended to support the established joint venture partner responsible for these base operations, so other applicants generally should not expect a competitive review leading to selection.

The program context is the Joint Venture (JV) model that was originally created to implement the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Joint ventures are regional, self-directed partnerships that bring together federal, state, and local governments, private companies, and a broad range of non-governmental conservation organizations. The central idea is to coordinate conservation planning and on-the-ground habitat work across landscapes that matter to waterfowl and other migratory birds. The notice emphasizes that these partnerships have a strong track record as an effective way to build cooperative conservation efforts, particularly for protecting and improving habitat.

From a funding standpoint, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $268,000 and anticipates a single award. The activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA (now often referred to as Assistance Listing) number is 15.637, which is associated with migratory bird management and related conservation work. The timing details show the opportunity was created on July 9, 2018, with an original closing date of July 31, 2018, which reflects a short window typical of single-source notices posted to document and formalize an intended award.

Overall, this announcement is best understood as a targeted funding action to support the ongoing operational capacity ("base operations") of the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture partnership. Rather than funding a standalone, one-time habitat project, base operations support the backbone work that makes the joint venture function: maintaining coordination among partners, implementing regional conservation strategies, supporting science-based planning, and keeping collaborative habitat protection efforts moving forward for waterfowl and other bird species.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Division of Migratory Birds-Joint Ventures" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.637.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 09, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2018. (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 $268,000.00 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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