[MPWG] Fwd: Climate Adaptation Fund looking for applicants (deadline: April 8, 2016)

Mon Apr 4 07:27:15 CDT 2016

Hi All,

Funding opportunity from the Wildlife Conservation Society for projects
focused on implementing priority conservation actions for climate
adaptation at a landscape scale, including projects based in and around
urban environments in addition to adaptation projects in less developed
landscapes.

Applicant must be a US-based non-profit, based within 50 U.S. states and
six U.S. territories.

Applicants for the Climate Adaptation Fund must complete a pre-proposal
form no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 8th, 2016.

Details here & News Release below:
http://wcsclimateadaptationfund.org/program-information

***NEWS RELEASE***

CONTACT:

JOHN DELANEY: (1-718-220-3275; jdelaney at wcs.org)

STEPHEN SAUTNER: (1-718-220-3682; ssautner at wcs.org)

*WCS-Managed Grant Program To Fund Wildlife Adaptations for Climate Change*

*Images from current Climate Adaptation Fund recipients:*

1) Actions taken in a project managed by the *Huron River Watershed Council*
to improve flow management, reduce fishing pressure and protect riparian
zones in Michigan’s Huron River will create conditions needed to allow
these species and the ecosystems they depend upon to persist in spite of
future climate-driven impacts. CREDIT: M. Ackemann.

2) A project managed by *The Nature Conservancy* in Montana is implementing
a novel science-based approach to prioritize watersheds for restoration by
identify those with the highest potential to hold snowpack later in the
year, and therefore maintain healthy stream flows and cool water
temperatures for species that depend on these cold-water habitats. CREDIT:
Courtesy of The Nature Conservancy of Montana.

*Suggested Tweet: https://twitter.com/WCSNewsroom/status/715581756850749440
<https://twitter.com/WCSNewsroom/status/715581756850749440>*

*WCSNewsroom <http://newsroom.wcs.org/>*

*New York** (**March 31, 2016)* –  A grant program managed by the Wildlife
Conservation Society is exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the
United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions brought
about by climate change.

WCS is calling for project proposals for grants provided through the
Climate Adaptation Fund, a program started in 2011 and made possible by a
gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This year’s round of
grantmaking will extend the range of potential grants to include
applications for wildlife and ecosystem adaptation projects located in and
around urban centers.

“The Climate Adaptation Fund’s additional focus on supporting
biodiversity-focused climate adaptation projects in and around urban
locations will complement the Fund’s existing emphasis on less developed
areas and the wildlife they support,” said Darren Long, Program Director
for the Climate Adaptation Fund.

The Climate Adaptation Fund fills a specific niche in the realm of
conservation support structures by earmarking resources specifically for
projects that develop and implement land and water management designed to
enable wildlife and ecosystems to adapt to climate change.

Specifically, the Fund will be used to support projects that focus on
managing for dynamic ecological processes, improving the functionality of
ecosystems, as opposed to simply conserving historic conditions for
landscapes and individual species. Applicants must incorporate climate
adaptation science into their proposals and use strategic communications to
increase the conservation impact of their results.

The WCS Climate Adaptation Fund will award up to $2.5 million in grants in
2016. The winning grant recipients will be non-profit conservation groups
implementing on-the-ground field projects designed to initiate conservation
actions for climate adaptation in landscapes across the United States.

Applicants can read the Request for Proposals, Applicant Guidance Document,
and complete a Pre-proposal application using our online form no later than
5 p.m. E.D.T. on Friday, April 8, 2016.

http://wcsclimateadaptationfund.org/program-information

For more information on projects previous supported by the WCS Climate
Adaptation Fund, videos, and detailed descriptions visit our web site:

http://wcsclimateadaptationfund.org

*WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)*

MISSION: WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science,
conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. To
achieve our mission, WCS, based at the Bronx Zoo, harnesses the power of
its Global Conservation Program in nearly 60 nations and in all the world’s
oceans and its five wildlife parks in New York City, visited by 4 million
people annually. WCS combines its expertise in the field, zoos, and
aquarium to achieve its conservation mission. Visit: newsroom.wcs.org
Follow: @WCSNewsroom. For more information: 347-840-1242.

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*John Delaney Assistant Director of Communications*
Wildlife Conservation Society

Bronx, New York 10460
office:  +1 (718) 220-3275
*WCS Newsroom <http://newsroom.wcs.org/>*

*@WCSNewsroom <https://twitter.com/WCSNewsroom>*

Skype: john.delaneywcs.org

*We Stand for Wildlife SM*

Visit the WCS Newsroom for our latest news and information:
http://newsroom.wcs.org/

-- 
Meenakshi Nagendran, PhD, DVM
Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Division of International Conservation
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA
Falls Church, VA  22041-3803
(p) (703) 358-2315
(f) (703) 358-2115
Meenakshi_nagendran at fws.gov

[image: Stamp out extinction with the Save Vanishing Species Stamp]
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