DOT & FHWA Open $3M Pollinator-Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway Rights-of-Way Program
State DOTs, Indian Tribes, Federal Land Management Agencies are eligible to apply. Applications due June 18, 2024.
Announcement Type: Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity
Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2023 Pollinator-Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway Rights-of-Way Program
Overview and Eligible Uses: The goals of the Roadside Pollinator Program are to fund the implementation, improvement, or further development of the applicants’ Pollinator Friendly Practices Plan (Plan) on routes eligible for Federal-aid. The Roadside Pollinator Program may fund the implementation of pollinator-friendly practices (PFPs) included in a Plan or the improvement or further development of a Plan
The United States has an estimated 3.9 million miles of roadway and suitable roadsides and rights-of-way represent a significant area that can be transformed into pollinator habitat through the planting of native plants and wildflowers. Roadsides can provide habitat for a diverse community of pollinators, including opportunities to forage for feeding, nesting and breeding. Roadsides extend across a variety of landscapes and can support ecological connectivity and the dispersal of pollinators by linking fragmented habitats. By acting as refugia for pollinators in otherwise inhospitable landscapes, roadside habitat can contribute to the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and provision of ecological services such as crop pollination services.
Amount: Estimated Total Program Funding of $3,000,000 with an award ceiling of $150,000
Award Type: Grant
Eligible Applicants:
State DOTs (For the purposes of the Roadside Pollinator Program, a “State” refers to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See 23 U.S.C. 101(a)(28). A State DOT refers to the department of a State responsible for highway construction. )
Indian tribes (For the purposes of defining “Indian Tribe,” this NOFO is using the definition of the term in 23 U.S.C. 171, meaning any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and also including a Native village and a Native Corporation, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (which is codified at 43 U.S.C. 1602).)
Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) (23 U.S.C. 332(b)).
Key Dates: Applications are due June 18, 2024.
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