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PRIVATE FUNDS AVAILABLE

Funder: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Program: Migratory Bird Conservancy

Summary:

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation requests
preproposals for habitat conservation and management
projects to be funded through the Migratory Bird
Conservancy (MBC).

The MBC is a bird conservation grant fund supported by
donations from birding businesses and their customers,
and matched by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Thus, MBC awards will consists of a mix of private and
federal funds.

The MBC will fund projects that directly address
conservation of priority bird habitats in the Western
Hemisphere. Acquisition, restoration, and improved
management of habitats are program priorities.
Education, research, and monitoring will be considered
only as components of actual habitat conservation
projects.

Preproposals and proposals will be judged by at least
the following criteria:

o Importance to partners in Flight Watch List species;

priority of the proposed conservation action within
regional or state Partners in Flight conservation
plans

o Benefits of proposed project to other nearby
conservation areas, such as National Wildlife Refuges

o Viewing opportunities for birders, and actual or
potential volume of visitation

o Other partnerships

o Matching funds ratio.

All grantees will be required to match Migratory Bird
Conservancy awards on at least a one-to-one level with
cash or tangible in-kind contributions.

Deadline: June 1, 2002

Contact: Peter Stangel, National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, (404) 679-7099. [log in to unmask]

URL: http://www.conservebirds.org/grants.htm



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