Assistance program
Migratory Bird Joint Ventures
$93.0 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 15.637
- What it does
- The objectives of this program are to support projects that protect, restore, and enhance wetland and upland ecosystems for the conservation of Migratory Birds. Funds support the work of the 23 Migratory Bird Joint Ventures which are independent regional partnerships formed under the auspices of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan that guides the conservation of waterfowl and other migratory birds in North America.
- Who benefits
- General Public.
- Who applies
- Federal, State and local government agencies, Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, private nonprofit institutions/organizations; public nonprofit institutions/organizations; profit organizations, interstate and intrastate entities, and individuals or families who are also private landowners.
- Authorized by
- Fish and Wildlife Act, 16 U.S.C. §742 et seq.; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. §§661-666; Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C §2901 et seq.; Migratory Bird Treaty Act 16 U.S.C. §703 et seq.; and Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§1531 et seq.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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