Quick Reference for Technical Assistance Programs

Technical Assistance Program / Agency / Assistance Provided
BLM Partnerships Training and Technical Assistance / BLM / Training/technical assistance providers available through government agencies and private consultants.
Technical Assistance to States / BOR / Assistance to states, statutory or state-chartered entities, legislatively authorized political subdivisions of the state, and Indian Tribes in addressing water and related resource issues.
The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program / NPS / Technical assistance to community groups and local, State, and federal government agencies so they can conserve rivers, preserve open space, and develop trails and greenways.
Candidate Conservation Agreements / USFWS / Creation of voluntary agreements for proactive conservation of candidate or at-risk species.
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances / USFWS / Creation of voluntary agreements for proactive conservation of candidate or at-risk species with regulatory assurances.
Conservation Banks / USFWS / Provision for the formal establishment of a conservation bank by the applicant landowner and the selling of mitigation credits.
Enhancement of Survival Permits / USFWS / Provision of Enhancement of Survival permits allowing incidental take authority in the course of habitat conservation and restoration for listed species recovery.
Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance / USFWS / Technical assistance.
Habitat Conservation Plans / USFWS / Provides incidental take authority to landowners – permitting ongoing and new land use development -- in exchange for mitigation and minimization of resulting impacts to Federally-listed species on their properties.
Landowner Incentive Program / USFWS / Technical assistance and State-awarded project grants.
National Fish Habitat Initiative / USFWS / Technical and funding assistance.
National Fish Passage Program / USFWS / Technical assistance and project grants.
Partners for Fish and Wildlife / USFWS / Technical assistance and direct payments for specified use.
Safe Harbor Agreements / USFWS / Regulatory assurance providing participating landowners with incidental take authority to return, if they wish, to pre-project baseline conditions.
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Network / Provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies and their partners, includes the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences needed to address critical natural and cultural resource management and stewardship issues.