7. Applicants using a cash match from another source are required to provide proof that they received this cash and how this money is being used.

The LLB will provide public notice of timelines for the submission of predator prevention grant applications for each grant cycle as determined by the LLB. The LLB shall consider the timing of availability of funding (including receipt of state and federal funds) in determining grant cycles.

The LLB and LLB program manager, will review and consider all submitted grants within 45 days of the close of the submission period. The screening panel may seek additional information from grant applications in the review process.

The LLB will consider the following criteria in considering applications for predation prevention grant applications:

Whether the land and the livestock proposed to be protected by the grant are located in a high-risk, medium-risk, or low-risk predation area, as determined by the LLB based on statewide historic predation losses;

The predation loss history of the applicant (or, for non-profit organization applicants partnering or working on behalf of livestock producers, the loss history of those producers);

The number of livestock to be protected;

The number of acres to be covered;

The effectiveness of proposed prevention measures;

The cost of the prevention measures;

Any other criteria considered to be relevant by the LLB (e.g. range rider 1099s).

The LLB program manager will review each application for completeness and will work with those submitting incomplete applications to remedy deficiencies. The LLB has developed a scoring matrix, weighting and applying scoring criteria in a consistent manner to all applicants.

The LLB will review the application scores of the LLB program manager and will make final determinations in awarding grants to the applicants. The LLB is not bound by the recommendations of the LLB program manager.

If the LLB does not award all funds available in that funding cycle, it may proceed with another round of applications.