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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Request for Proposals and Webinar: Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program 2022</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDA
Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), FedEx and Southern Company are pleased to solicit applications for the 2022 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration program. This program will award approximately $2.6 million in grants nationwide.
Applications are due </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>January 25, 2022.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#201F1E"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration grant program seeks to develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing
modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships focused on improving water quality, watersheds and the species and habitats they support.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Funding priorities for this program include:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*On-the-ground wetland, riparian, in-stream and/or coastal habitat restoration</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*Meaningful education and training activities, either through community outreach, participation and/or integration with K-12 environmental curriculum</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*Measurable ecological, educational and community benefits</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*Partnerships: Five Star projects should engage a diverse group of community partners to achieve ecological and educational outcomes.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Five Star and Urban Waters Full Proposal Tip Sheet: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/5-Star-and-Urban-Waters-Restoration-2022-Tip-Sheet.pdf</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal Governments and Organizations
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