2021 Lower MS Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund RFP applicant webinar

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has announced the release of the 2021 request for proposals under the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund.

NFWF adopted a business plan for the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in 2019. The vision for this 10-year plan is to improve the capacity of the bottomland hardwood ecosystem to maintain robust and resilient populations of native species, while safeguarding clean water that flow through the Lower Mississippi Basin’s watersheds.

The plan outlines goals for species in and along the lower Mississippi River, including helping to restore, enhance or conserve 100,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest and wetlands. Special attention is placed on the Louisiana Black Bear, waterfowl, forest birds, an array of fish species, and the swamp rabbit, an indicator species that benefits from more forest structure and disturbance. 

This request for proposals expects to award approximately $1.6 million in federal and private sector funding in support of projects that restore, enhance and maintain bottomland hardwood forests and wetlands and promote aquatic connectivity on private and public lands to improve wildlife habitat and water quality. All proposals must specifically address how projects will directly and measurably contribute to the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Business Plan goals.

Full proposals are due Thursday, January 14, 2021 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

An applicant webinar (Register Here) will be held on Thursday, November 19^th at 2:00pm.

For more information or questions about this RFP, please contact: Jon Scott (jonathan.scott@nfwf.org) or Zack Bernstein (zachary.bernstein@nfwf.org).

Please share this announcement with anyone who may be interested.

Jon Scott

Southern Forests Program Director

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

(202) 595-2609