Service Training and Technical Assistance

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to issue a Single Source Grant Agreement Award without competition to the League of United Latin Americans (LULAC) to sponsor LULAC���s 2015 National Convention. Funding for this award will be from Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance program 15.649 Service Trainning and Technical Assistance. This sponsorship will help raise awareness of the positive impacts of outdoors recreation among Hispanic Americans/Latinos, and promote access to and enjoyment of federal lands for outdoor recreation use; develop targeted engagement between LULAC councils and FWS facilities throughout the nation, particularly in urban areas; and help build a cadre of young Hispanic Americans/Latinos seeking careers in wildlife conservation, including biological sciences.