Opportunity Information: Apply for F20AS00003
The Region 3 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) funding opportunity under the Department of the Interior that supports state-led work to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance sport fishery resources and the public benefits that come from them. It is built on the Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950, also known as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777n, with certain exceptions). The program was designed as a counterpart to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, applying a similar conservation funding model to fisheries and boating-related access.
A key feature of this program is how it is financed and distributed. Funding does not come from general appropriations in the usual sense; instead, it is generated largely by user-based revenues, including excise taxes on sport fishing equipment and electric outboard motors, import duties on fishing tackle and certain recreational vessels (such as yachts and pleasure craft), and a portion of federal gasoline taxes attributable to motorboats and small engines. Those revenues flow into the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and then funds are apportioned to eligible participants each year using a formula established in law. In other words, it operates as a predictable, formula-driven grant program rather than a one-off competitive pot, and the intended recipients are the state fish and wildlife agencies that manage fisheries and boating access on the ground.
The program funds a broad range of activities tied to sport fisheries and aquatic resource stewardship. Eligible uses include projects that restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations; improve or expand boating access to public waters; educate the public about aquatic resources; and generally increase the public use, enjoyment, and benefits derived from these fisheries and waters. Practically, that can translate into fisheries surveys and monitoring, habitat improvement and restoration work, stocking or population enhancement where appropriate, angler education and outreach, and construction or improvement of boat ramps and other access infrastructure that enables safe, responsible recreation.
This opportunity is administered by the USFWS within the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) program framework, and it is explicitly aligned with WSFR's mission and vision. WSFR emphasizes partnership-driven conservation and management of fish and wildlife and their habitats for current and future generations, with an end goal of healthy, diverse, and accessible populations that also support recreation and economic activity while maintaining sustainable ecological functions. The opportunity also connects to Department of the Interior priorities described in the notice, including building a long-term conservation stewardship legacy, making responsible use of natural resources, and improving trust and relationships with local communities through tangible, locally relevant conservation and access outcomes.
From the posted opportunity details, this is a discretionary grant listing identified as Funding Opportunity Number F20AS00003, with CFDA (now Assistance Listing) number 15.605. Eligible applicants are limited to state governments, specifically state fish and game or fish and wildlife agencies (the listing itself notes "TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY"). The awarding agency is the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. The opportunity record shows an award ceiling of up to $10,000,000, and it was created on October 7, 2019, with an original closing date of August 31, 2021. Additional background and program information is referenced through the WSFR Sport Fish Restoration program page at http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/SFR/SFR.htm.Apply for F20AS00003
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Region 3 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program (TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.605.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 07, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 2021. (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 $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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