GLIN==> NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program Project Grants Announcement

The NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program is soliciting 
applications for Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Projects under the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2010-2002236
The full announcement may be found at www.grants.gov
Applications must be postmarked, provided to a delivery service, or 
received by www.grants.gov by 11:59 PM EST on February 16, 2010.

NOAA seeks to support projects that will result in on-the-ground 
restoration of Great Lakes coastal habitat. Projects must be within the 
Great Lakes basin.
Priority consideration will be provided to those project proposals that:
- Work towards identified delisting targets for habitat-related 
Beneficial Use Impairments within Areas of Concern 
(http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/) including loss of fish and wildlife 
populations, degradation of fish and wildlife habitat, and degradation 
of benthos;
- Restore coastal wetlands, through shoreline restoration or 
hydrological reconnection;
- Seek to address the problem of marine debris accumulation in coastal 
habitats;
- Benefit native diadromous fish and their habitat, particularly 
projects that remove in-stream migration barriers or create/restore 
habitats limiting productivity;
- Identify the project as a regional/local priority based on specific 
recovery planning goals or on publicly vetted restoration plans, 
watershed assessments, or other priority setting planning documents such 
as the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy with appropriate 
ecological performance metrics and measures;
- Can be completed within 18-24 months;
- Propose sufficient, cost-effective monitoring appropriate to the scope 
and scale of the project to evaluate a project's benefits;
- Request funds primarily to implement physical, on-the-ground coastal 
habitat restoration (as opposed to funds for land acquisition, general 
program support, overhead and travel).

Applications selected for funding through this solicitation will be 
implemented through a grant or cooperative agreement, with awards 
dependent upon the amount of funds made available to NOAA for this 
purpose by the Environmental Protection Agency. NOAA anticipates up to 
$10 million may be available for Great Lakes coastal habitat 
restoration; typical awards are expected to range between $1 million to 
$1.5 million. Funds will be administered by NOAA's Great Lakes Habitat 
Restoration Program (GLHRP).

For additional information please contact: Jenni.Wallace at noaa.gov or 
Terry.Heatlie at noaa.gov

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Jennifer M. Wallace 
Fishery Biologist
NOAA Restoration Center 
SSMC3 F/HC3
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Ph:    (301) 713-0174 x183 
       (410) 295-3153 (NCBO)
Fax:   (301) 713-0184
Email: Jenni.Wallace at noaa.gov