Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund | NOAA NMFS WCRO 2021 2006764

Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NMFS WCRO 2021 2006764

The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funding is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (December 27, 2020) and cited under 16 U.S.C. 3645(d)(2). Its central purpose is to cover necessary expenses tied to restoring Pacific salmon populations, with a strong emphasis on on-the-ground conservation actions that support salmon and steelhead recovery and the habitats they depend on.

This program makes funding available specifically to the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, as well as federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and the Pacific Coast (including Alaska). The eligibility focus reflects where Pacific salmon and steelhead populations occur and where recovery work is most directly connected to Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings, tribal treaty rights, and long-term habitat conservation needs. In practice, the program is meant to fund projects that help conserve salmon and steelhead stocks that are already listed as threatened or endangered, or that a state has identified as at-risk of becoming listed in the future. It also supports efforts needed to maintain fish populations that underpin tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, alongside broader habitat conservation for Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead.

PCSRF sits in the broader environmental and natural resources funding space, with ties to science and technology and other research and development where appropriate, but the core theme is restoration and conservation. The opportunity is cataloged under CFDA number 11.438 and was issued under Funding Opportunity Number NOAA NMFS WCRO 2021 2006764. The notice explains that NOAA will use published priorities and guidelines to decide how funding is awarded among eligible entities, signaling that proposals are expected to align clearly with the program's stated recovery and habitat outcomes rather than being general-purpose environmental projects.

In terms of scale and timing, the opportunity was created on January 19, 2021, with an original closing date of March 19, 2021. NOAA anticipated making about 25 awards, and the listed award ceiling was up to $25,000,000 (noting that ceilings typically represent the maximum possible for an individual award or the upper bound of what NOAA may issue under certain structures, rather than what every recipient will receive). Overall, the PCSRF opportunity is designed to direct substantial federal resources to states and tribes for targeted salmon and steelhead conservation and habitat restoration efforts across the Pacific Coast and Columbia River regions, especially where species are imperiled, culturally essential, or dependent on habitat improvements to stabilize and rebuild runs.

• The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.438.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 19, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 19, 2021. (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 $25,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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