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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Anr-faculty <anr-faculty-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gouge, Dawn H - (dhgouge)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 7, 2025 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> anr-faculty@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Welcome to Friday University of Arizona, Extension Ag and Natural Resource Team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bellow and attached you will find information about the livestock operator fire and flood assistance fund (LOFFAP).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please forward to stakeholders you think may be interested, thank you, Dawn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The source of funding for LOFFAP is the livestock operator fire and flood assistance fund, established under A.R.S. § 3-109.03. The legislature has appropriated $10,000,000.00 to the Fund, of which an amount
of $9,500,000.00 will be available for grant awards. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eligibility - Eligible applicants are livestock-operation landowners and lessees:
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a. Who own over forty animals, as defined by this Manual, as part of a livestock operation;
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b. Whose livestock-operation infrastructure was damaged as a result of a single wildfire or that wildfire’s associated flooding;
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c. Who needs assistance for infrastructure repair to continue the livestock operation;
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d. Who are ineligible for funding from, or are only partially funded by, another federal or state program, to repair their damaged infrastructure.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LOFFAP funds are available for funding private, non-governmental infrastructure projects that take place on private lands or lands leased from the State or federal government by private individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Arizona Department of Agriculture<br>
1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 450<br>
Phoenix, AZ 85007 </span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The application period is now open for the LOFFAP2025-3 Grant Cycle. Instructions for completing grant applications can be found in the </span><a href="https://agriculture.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LOFFAP2025-3%20Final%20Grant%20Manual%20%281%29.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LOFFAP
Grant Manual & Application Package</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. The Grant Manual and all application forms are available on the AZDA’s website at</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance%20" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Final Application Deadline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:59:59 p.m. (MST) Friday, March 28, 2025</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants must submit their application package electronically on-line by using the following link: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/LOFFAP2025-3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://bit.ly/LOFFAP2025-3</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For additional information, please email or call Marty Suter, Program Coordinator at </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:msuter@azda.gov">msuter@azda.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or
(602) 396-8365</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ashley Estes, Program Coordinator at </span><a href="mailto:aestes@azda.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">aestes@azda.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or
(602) 316-6775.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dawn H. Gouge PhD – pronounced Goosh (she/her) - Please do not feel obligated to respond out of your normal working hours. Please be assured that I respect different working patterns and time
zones and look forward to your response when you are next at work and able to reply.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Interim Associate Director for Agriculture & Natural Resources - Cooperative Extension
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Medical Entomology Professor & Public Health Professor & IPM Specialist - Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">MAC Experiment Station, 37860 West Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa, AZ 85138.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office 520-374-6223; Mobile 602-418-5202; Fax 520-374-6394<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:dhgouge@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#467886">dhgouge@arizona.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Medical Entomology: Preventing illness and injury in the future, and saving lives today!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home
to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Not the most intelligent that survives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Charles Darwin<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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