F25AS00379 Highlands Conservation Act - Base Funding Round
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 19, 2026
Close date: October 31, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362480
Opportunity number: F25AS00379
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Agency code: DOI-FWS
Award floor: $25,000
Award ceiling: $2,293,362
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doi_fws
- category_of_funding_activity:natural_resources
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Highlands Conservation Act Program (HCA) is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in the protection of land and natural resources in the Highlands Region. HCA grants support land conservation projects in which a State, County, or Municipal entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to conserve resources of high conservation value.Governors of the four Highlands States may submit proposals for up to 50% of the total cost of land conservation projects in the Highlands Region.Funding appropriated under the HCA is typically divided into two separate categories – Base and Competitive. Eligible applicants may submit requests for the Base Funding Round in response to this Notice of Funding Opportunity. A separate Notice of Funding Opportunity will be posted for Competitive Funds. A project may not be proposed for funding in both funding opportunities.More information on the HCA program is available at www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant