Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Grant Program · 2018-09-18 · April 17, 2018 Adam...
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April 17, 2018 Adam Liljeblad
Director, Conservation Awards National Forest Foundation
Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Grant Program
Southeast Alaska Overview
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Webinar Overview
1. Intro to web conferencing service 2. Presentation on NFF & the CCLS Grant
Program 3. Q&A
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Webinar Overview
Today’s webinar will: • Provide a coarse overview of the NFF and grant programs. • Describe the partnership behind the Community Capacity
and Land Stewardship Program (CCLS). • Detail CCLS funding priorities. • Provide information on requirements for grants. • Describe the application process. • FAQs. • Discuss common missteps organizations sometimes make
when submitting proposals. • Provide a forum for Q&A.
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Housekeeping
• Everyone is on mute in order to eliminate background noise. In order to mute/unmute yourself, hit “ * # ” on your phone.
• Please hold your questions until the end. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.
• Try out the chat function. Any questions that come in over the course of the presentation will be answered as soon as the main presentation is over.
• The session is being recorded, so we’ll be able to provide a web link afterward in case you want to revisit it or share it with someone who wasn’t able to be on the session today.
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Who’s Here?
A few quick questions to learn about who’s on the call today:
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About the National Forest Foundation
Mission of the NFF: Engage Americans in promoting the health and public
enjoyment of the 193 million-acre National Forest System
• Chartered by Congress in 1991
• Action-oriented projects
– Enhance viability of natural resources & communities – Involve surrounding communities – Benefit America’s National Forests and Grasslands
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About the National Forest Foundation
• The only Congressionally chartered
organization to deal specifically with National Forest issues
•NFF works in close partnership with the USFS nationwide
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About the National Forest Foundation
•How we work: – Tree planting programs – Grant programs – Organizational capacity building – Constituency building – Outreach and engagement activities – Treasured Landscapes, Unforgettable Experiences
conservation campaign sites
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NFF Grant Programs
Provide grants to nonprofit organizations – 501(c)(3) groups – Colleges and universities – Native American tribes
• Implement projects benefiting America’s National Forests and Grasslands
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NFF Competitive Grant Programs
On-the-Ground • Matching Awards Program • Ski Conservation Fund
Collaborative Capacity-Building • Community Capacity and
Land Stewardship Program – Oregon & Washington – SE Alaska – California
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Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program
• Currently Available in Oregon and Washington, Southeast Alaska, and California.
• CCLS SE Alaska partnership started in 2011
• Supports local efforts that work toward achieving and increasing scale of restoration to the watershed or landscape scale
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Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program
• Funding from USFS Alaska Region
• Partnership: – USDA Alaska Region – National Forest Foundation
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Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program
Desired Primary Outcomes: 1. Organizations are successful in coming to agreement
on the design and implementation of watershed and/or landscape scale enhancement projects that benefit the Tongass National Forest.
2. Organizations accomplish activities that directly support or help advance the transition to young growth-based forest management on the Tongass National Forest.
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Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program
Desired Secondary Outcome: 3. Organizations have developed plans for facilitating
job creation and retention and business development that will lead to improved watershed health or landscape-scale restoration projects that benefit the Tongass National Forest.
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Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program
• Funding is NOT for on-the-ground work, but rather to help groups remove barriers to large scale restoration.
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Scale of Ecological Benefits
Hundreds of Acres
Hundreds of Thousands of Acres
Time
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Scale of Economic Benefits
A few short- term jobs
Many long-term jobs
Time
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Funding Examples
• Community outreach to help a forest collaborative group be more effective on the ground;
• Workshops or training on facilitation, contracting, or other topics to assist groups in building their capacity to meet restoration goals;
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Funding Examples
• Dissemination of best practices and tools for collaborative project development, implementation, and monitoring;
• Prioritization of restoration needs to plans to mitigate ecological impacts;
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Funding Examples • Organizational and staff
support: for facilitation, technical assistance, networking, and peer to peer learning;
• Travel supporting collaborative group activities;
• Development of action plans, project strategic documents or similar to advance collaborative processes;
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Quick Pause for Questions
Questions about partnership, program as a whole, or funding scope?
Up Next: • Grant Terms • Application Process • FAQs • Common Grant Missteps • Q&A
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CCLS Grant Terms
• 12-month project period
• No match required – Applicants are encouraged to leverage additional
resources
• Letter of Support required from USFS District Ranger(s)
• Work planned or coordinated can be on or off Tongass NF lands, but there must be a clear benefit to USFS-managed watersheds
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Wyden Authority
Funding Authority is broad, but all awarded grants must either: • Support the protection, restoration, or
enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and other resources on public or private land, or
• Reduce the risk of natural disaster upon these resources when public safety is threatened.
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Application Information • Proposal deadline:
– May 1, 2018 – Online Application
• Funding Decisions:
– 2-3 months from proposal deadline to final funding decisions
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Frequent Questions
• Are there geographic priorities? – No geographic priorities – Projects eligible throughout Southeast Alaska as long
as compelling case for Tongass National Forest watershed benefit is made
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Frequent Questions
• Can organizations have multiple CCLS grants? – Organizations can have only one CCLS grant open at
a time – Currently open grants must be completed before new
funds can be released • Are there different expectations for previous
CCLS grant recipients? – Previous recipients should clearly show how work
builds on previous grants, or highlight how it is clearly different from previous work
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Frequent Questions
• Can my organization utilize a Fiscal Sponsor? – Yes, but be sure to understand the NFF policy on
fiscal sponsorship
• Who should I contact with questions? – NFF National Office (Montana)
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Common Missteps • Not fully reviewing and understanding program
requirements • Not following proposal guidelines • Building a program to solely to match a grant
opportunity • Poorly defining the project • Not aligning proposal narrative and budget • Insufficient budget detail
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Common Missteps • Dusting off an old proposal without strong regard for fit • Not including clear and realistic measures of success • Not acknowledging shortcomings, i.e.:
– Questionable history – Questionable capacity – Unfulfilled obligations
• Making an especially bold ask without the qualifications to back it up
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Questions? Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program Deadline: May 1, 2018
Adam Liljeblad Director, Conservation Awards [email protected] (406) 830-3357 https://www.nationalforests.org/grant-programs/ccls
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