Sport Fish Restoration
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Who has received this funding
Organizations awarded under CFDA 15.605 (USAspending.gov).
- Wisconsin Department Of Natural Resources 4 awards $49,902,074
- Department Of Environmental Conservation New York 2 awards $35,372,926
- Texas Parks And Wildlife Department 2 awards $27,571,525
- Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission $24,399,201
- Minnesota Department Of Natura $14,889,769
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
Program Objective
Sport Fish Restoration funds support activities designed to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations; the public use and benefits from these resources; and activities that provide boat access to public waters. Sport fisheries research and management activities; boating access development and maintenance; aquatic resource education activities; lake construction and maintenance; land acquisition; technical assistance; planning; habitat enhancement; administration; coordination; and hatchery construction are eligible under the Act.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- U.S. territories (incl. universities)
State governments, U.S. Territories, and Commonwealths and the four interstate Marine Commissions
Beneficiaries
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State governments, U.S. Territories, and Commonwealths and the four interstate Marine Commissions
How to Apply
Award Procedure
The Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or his or her designee approves or disapproves proposed grants. Regional Offices are responsible for notification of grant approval to the grantee.
Approximately 30 days.
Program details & compliance
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
The program funds projects to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and the public use and benefits from these resources; to educate the public about aquatic resources; and to provide boating access to public waters. Eligible activities include land acquisition, boating access development, research, operations and maintenance of public fishing areas, hatchery and lake construction and maintenance, sport fish population management, fishing habitat improvements, coordination, and aquatic resource education.
Required Documentation
Each year within 60 days of the apportionment notice, States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories must notify the Secretary of the Interior that they want to participate in the program for the year. The State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, or territorial fish and wildlife Director must furnish a certification of the number of paid angler license holders. Allowable costs are determined in accordance with 2 CFR 200.
Matching Requirements
Eligible State agencies (including Puerto Rico) may be paid up to seventy five percent (75%) of project costs through the program. States are required to provide the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the project costs from a non-Federal source, which can include license fees. In accordance with an October 12, 2022 Policy Advisory Notice from the Department of the Interior (Reference No. 2023-001) and 48 U.S.C. 1469(a), Amendment of Subsection (d), the Service's Regional Directors shall waive cost sharing requirements described in this announcement in any grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Territories of American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Matching and cost-share requirements are discussed in 50 CFR 80.84, 50 CFR 80.85, and 2 CFR 200.306.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements