Opportunity Information: Apply for R15AC00015
The Bubbling Ponds Hatchery, razorback sucker production opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number R15AC00015) is a Bureau of Reclamation cooperative agreement tied to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP). The LCR MSCP is described as a long-term, 50-year partnership between federal and non-federal entities that aims to balance ongoing use of Lower Colorado River water resources with legal and practical obligations to conserve native species and their habitats under the Endangered Species Act. Through a Habitat Conservation Plan, the program targets conservation actions along the river corridor from Lake Mead down to the international boundary with Mexico, covering at least 26 covered plant and animal species, including the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus).
The specific conservation driver for this award is the razorback sucker, a native fish that Arizona considers a species of special concern and that has been federally listed as endangered since 1991. The grant focuses on the operational, production, and field-support work needed to maintain and rebuild viable razorback sucker populations in the Lower Colorado River and connected drainages. In practical terms, it funds the hatchery-based propagation and the on-the-ground logistics required to put fish into the system and keep the hatchery functioning reliably over time, aligning with the population and stocking goals established under the LCR MSCP.
The stated project objectives are straightforward and measurable. First, the award supports annual production of roughly 5,000 to 15,000 razorback sucker. Second, it covers transportation and stocking of these fish at locations throughout Lower Colorado River drainages, meaning the work extends beyond rearing fish to ensuring they are delivered and released into targeted habitats as part of a coordinated recovery strategy. Third, the opportunity includes ongoing hatchery maintenance and repair, recognizing that consistent production depends on maintaining infrastructure, equipment, water delivery and treatment systems, ponds, and related facilities needed for fish culture operations.
Administratively, this is categorized as a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement instrument (rather than a standard grant), which typically indicates substantial involvement or coordination by the federal agency during implementation. The listed CFDA number is 15.538 and the activity category is Environment. The posting indicates an expected single award with an award ceiling of $1,445,000. The original closing date shown is 2015-09-15, and the creation date is 2015-09-08.
A key detail is that it is a notice of intent to award with no competition being sought. That language signals the agency planned to make the award without an open competitive process, commonly because the work is specialized, time-sensitive, tied to an existing program partner, or dependent on unique facilities and capabilities such as the Bubbling Ponds Hatchery operations. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as targeted program support for hatchery production, stocking, and facility upkeep to meet established endangered species conservation commitments on the Lower Colorado River.Apply for R15AC00015
- The Bureau of Reclamation in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bubbling Ponds Hatchery, razorback sucker production" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.538.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-08.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-09-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,445,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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