Southern Company Power of Flight Grant Program Offers Funding for Bird Conservation Projects

Through the Southern Company Power of Flight program, grants are available annually to fund bird conservation projects within the Southern Company service area of Georgia, Alabama, northwestern Florida, and southeastern Mississippi.

The program is a partnership between Southern Company, its four operating company affiliates (Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power), and the National Fish and Wildlife.

Foundation. The purpose of the partnership is to provide grants that result in measurable benefits to key species and their habitats.

The program is designed to address the conservation needs of high-priority bird species characteristic of the southern United States,such as the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Northern Bobwhite, coastal water birds, and other imperiled species.

Grants are awarded to support the following objectives: advance implementation of established conservation strategies within specified national and regional conservation plans: support the management of targeted bird species in order to enhance populations and the habitat on which they rely; conduct on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that directly support targeted bird species; engage the public in education, monitoring, and management activities that promote awareness about the importance of protecting and recovering priority bird species; and strengthen the scientific understanding of priority species to enhance management decisions by practitioners and policy makers.

Government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions are eligible for funding.

Approximately $550,000 in grant funds is available in 2012. Typical grant awards range from $50,000 to $100,000. Multi-year requests for projects of up to three years in length are allowed. A minimum 1:1 match of cash or in-kind/contributed goods and services, of which at least 50 percent is from non-federal sources, is required.

Visit the NFWF Web site for the complete Request for Proposals and application procedures.

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