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 State of Alaska > Natural Resources > Parks and Outdoor Recreation |
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program |
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This program can be used to provide partial funding for the acquisition
of outdoor recreation lands and/or development of outdoor recreation facilities.
The federal LWCF grant program, administered through the Alaska Division
of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, can provide up to 50% matching assistance
for the cost of a project.State, regional or local governments with authority to provide outdoor recreation services on public land qualify to apply. For the Federal FY'09/FY'10 funding cycle, applications of no less than $100,000 and no more than $500,000 federal share will be accepted. Only one application per sponsor will be accepted. How the Process Works If you have an outdoor recreation proposal that meets the funding criteria above, you should read the Land and Water Conservation Fund, State of Alaska, Information Booklet (see links below). If it appears from the booklet that your community would be interested in participating in this program, and that your proposed project may be eligible, you should complete the Qualifying Criteria Checklist (see links below). This checklist is based upon basic eligibility requirements. If you can answer "yes" to all questions, your proposal may be eligible for assistance. If you cannot answer "yes" to all the qualifying criteria questions, your proposal is probably not eligible. If it appears your proposal is eligible, you should complete the appropriate Preliminary Application package - either development, acquisition or both. A combination grant round is scheduled for Federal fiscal years 2009/2010 due to limited funding. No Grant Applications will be accepted until November 2009. The packages will be evaluated by the Staff Evaluation Committee (SEC) and assessed a point score based on various LWCF program requirements. To maximize the score for your proposal, refer to the SEC Rating Form below when completing your information. Be sure that your proposal addresses all areas that the SEC scores. Prioritization of the applications will be based upon the score outcome. The prioritized list will be reviewed and discussed by the Outdoor Recreation and Trails Advisory Board. Ultimately, the State Liaison Officer has final approval of the ranking of applications. After final approval of the ranking, those projects ranked high enough to receive funding will be required to complete the remainder of the full application package. Complete applications packages will be reviewed by our office, and then forwarded to the National Park Service. This is a federally funded program so, ultimately the National Parks Service must approve each grant. If you have questions on any aspect of the LWCF program or completion of the Preliminary Application, please contact:
The information booklet, checklist, applications and rating form are available as Microsoft Word documents (.doc), a Rich Text Files (.rtf), or Adobe Acrobat PDF files (.pdf). The SCORP-LWCF Component is available as a .pdf file. To open pdf files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher, on your computer. Acrobat Reader is available for free off the Internet.  Click the Get Acrobat button to go to the Adobe Acrobat web site, follow their instructions and choose the appropriate type of Acrobat Reader for your computer. If you have Acrobat Reader or have finished downloading it, click the pdf document type below. The .rtf files are for those who do not have Microsoft Word, version 6 or higher. Information Booklet
Qualifying Criteria Checklist
Preliminary Application for Development Projects
Preliminary Application for Acquisition Projects
Staff Evaluation Committee Rating Form
Alaska's Outdoor Legacy, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), 2009- 2014 Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) SCORP SUMMARY - 2009-2014 Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Application for Development Projects
Application for Acquisition Projects
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