Easement Restoration and Stewardship
General information
The opportunities associated with this NOFO are for lands protected through the Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) component of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and the Floodplain Easement (FPE) component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWPP). The types of work available through this opportunity fall into three primary categories: 1) restoration of wetland and floodplain easements; 2) stewardship of wetland and floodplain easements, and 3) onsite and offsite assessment of easement conditions.
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
The following entity types are eligible to apply:
a. City or township governments
b. County governments
c. For profit organizations other than small businesses
d. Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
e. Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
f. Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
g. Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
h. Private institutions of higher education
i. Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
j. Small businesses
k. Special district governments
l. State governments
The following applicants are considered ineligible:
- Foreign organizations and foreign public entities
- Individuals
- “Partnerships” or other similar groupings (i.e., application must be submitted by a single entity; a partner may serve as a subrecipient).