Capacity Building for Monarch Butterfly Restoration — Fish and Wildlife Service funding opportunity
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Capacity Building for Monarch Butterfly Restoration

The North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration is one of natureâ¿¿s most spectacular natural phenomena. The geographic range of the monarch includes areas in Canada, the and Mexico. The species occurs...

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Award $1–$250k Deadline Fixed Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Aug 2, 2016
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  • Funding amount: $1 – $250,000, total pool ~$250,000.
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Award amount
$1–$250k
Deadline
Fixed
Total pool
$250k

About this opportunity

The North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration is one of nature⿿s most spectacular natural phenomena. The geographic range of the monarch includes areas in Canada, the and Mexico. The species occurs in a variety of habitats across the lower 48 states including and along roadsides where it searches for milkweed (Asclepias spp.), the monarch caterpillar⿿s only larval food source, and nectar plants. The monarch population has declined to a fraction of its previous size. In the mid-1990s, up to one billion monarchs migrated in the fall from breeding areas in the and Canada to wintering sites in Mexico. In the winter of 2013⿿2014, estimates from overwintering sites in Mexico indicated a 90% decline from the 20-year average. Drivers of the population decline are numerous, including an extensive loss of breeding and migration habitat. Reasons for habitat loss include urban development and shifts in agricultural practices; land management activities, such as mowing and herbicide applications along roadsides and rights-of-way; use of insecticides; and severe weather events likely related to climate change. In response to the monarch crisis, President Obama, President Peña Nieto of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada reached an agreement at the 2014 North American Leaders Summit to ⿿establish a working group to ensure the conservation of the Monarch butterfly, a species that symbolizes our association.⿝ On June 20, 2014, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum, ⿿Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators,⿝ outlining an expedited agenda to address the devastating declines in honey bees and native pollinators, including the monarch butterfly. The success of both the tri-national and national monarch initiatives requires immediate action and collaborative public-private partnership conservation efforts, unprecedented in geographic scope and magnitude, to restore and enhance monarch habitat across the North American landscape. An ⿿all hands on deck⿝ approach is required ⿿ the monarch⿿s central flyway is a geographic priority. Everyone ⿿ local government and other large industry has an important role to play. NWF is one of the oldest and largest conservation organizations in America and has worked to conserve and create wildlife habitat at the community and larger landscape levels for over four decades. Through its membership, state affiliates, school programs, and wildlife gardeners, NWF can make material, large-scale contributions of human on the ground habitat creation for monarchs. In February 2015, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at organizing a comprehensive approach to monarch recovery in the and jointly launched a coordinated Save the Monarch Campaign that resulted in nationwide press coverage and thousands of inquiries to both entities. Over the last two years, NWF has reshaped its habitat program efforts for a greater focus on pollinators of the monarch butterfly. NWF expanded its longstanding Certified Wildlife Habitat program under the aegis of a broader Garden for Wildlife initiative that encourages Americans to increase wildlife habitat at their of worship and in public spaces in their localities. The Certified Wildlife Habitat program includes more than 200,000 certified wildlife habitats, including 44,000 in the central flyway, that provide native pollinator plants and habitats. Two NWF regional offices in the central flyway, one in Texas and one in the upper Midwest in Michigan, serve as hubs for monarch-recovery outreach and support. Between September 2015 and February 2016, NWF worked with major cities across the central flyway to secure commitments to develop city-wide monarch recovery plans. We have secured commitments from at least eight of them to date.

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PostedAug 2, 2016

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