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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">The applicant webinar will be hosted on Thursday, March 9, at 2 p.m. EST. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the website. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Webinar registration:
</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2321614833007978325</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Due to the level of interest in the program, please consider holding inquiries until after the applicant webinar. Many questions are likely to
be answered during the session and in RFP materials. NFWF staff will provide opportunities to address questions and project ideas after the webinar.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">This RFP consolidates funding from multiple federal agencies and the private sector to enable applicants to conceive and develop large-scale,
locally led projects that address shared funder priorities spanning public and private lands.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">In year two of the ATBC approximately $116 million will be awarded in nationwide funding to conserve, connect and restore the lands, waters, and
wildlife upon which we all depend. The ATBC seeks to fund projects across the following themes:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">- Conserving and restoring rivers, coasts, wetlands, and watersheds
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">- Conserving and restoring forests, grasslands and important ecosystems that serve as carbon sinks</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">- Connecting and reconnecting wildlife corridors, large landscapes, watersheds, and seascapes
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">- Improving ecosystem and community resilience to flooding, drought, and other climate-related threats</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">- Expanding access to the outdoors, particularly in underserved communities</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">ELIGIBILITY</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#548DD4;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themetint:153">:
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">- State government agencies, territories of the United States, and Indian Tribes3 are eligible to apply for all five
grant categories.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">- Non-profit 501(c) organizations, local governments, municipal governments, and educational institutions are eligible to apply for grants in categories (3) Sentinel ---- - Landscape
Grants, (4) National Forest Grants and (5) </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">- Private Forests, Rangelands and Farmlands Grants.</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">APPLICATION PERIOD: Pre-proposals are due Thursday, April 20.
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">For more information and to apply: https://www.nfwf.org/programs/america-beautiful-challenge/america-beautiful-challenge-2023-request-proposals</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Webinar Registration:
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</span>https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/2023%20ATBC%20Tip%20Sheet%202.28.23.pdf</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Tip Sheet: https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/2023%20ATBC%20Tip%20Sheet%202.28.23.pdf</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">FAQ: https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/ATBC%202023%20FAQs_draft.pdf</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Quick Reference Guide: https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/atbc_2023_quick_reference_guide.pdf</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themetint:153;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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