Estuary and Salmon Restoration
Program (ESRP)
2008 Request for Proposals
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the NOAA Community-based
Nearshore Restoration Fund, and the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership
and are seeking exemplary projects of regional importance that
restore nearshore ecosystem processes and functions. Ecosystem
protection actions are ranked competitively alongside restoration
actions based on assessment of completed project costs and benefits.
Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP) projects should
exemplify best practices and reflect the highest use of conservation
dollars in the nearshore ecosystem.
Actions will be selected and funded consistent with the strategies
and guidance of the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration
Project (PSNERP). ESRP funded projects are managed as ‘early
action’ projects in advance of a national ecosystem restoration
plan for Puget Sound. ESRP ‘early action’ projects
either, 1) provide substantial and cost effective restoration
or protection of ecosystem functions, goods, and services, or
2) allow evaluation of cutting-edge ecosystem restoration tactics
and strategies for the purpose of increasing efficiency and effectiveness
of future activity.
Application
Applicants must:
WDFW must receive an electronic application by 11:59 PM, October
17, 2008 as specified in the RFP.
Schedule
August 22, 2008 - RFP published
September 15, 2008 - Supplement to RFP published with
response to FAQs
October 17, 2008 - Application deadline, PRISM Nearshore
Database updates complete
November 17, 2008 - Supplemental information request sent
by e-mail
November 21, 2008 - Response deadline for supplemental
information
December 19, 2008 - Beginning of award negotiations
January 14, 2009 - Draft spending plan published
Spring, 2009 - Final spending plan published with state
capital budget
July 1, 2009 - State capital funds available for reimbursement
This page was last updated August 22, 2008.
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