Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00043
The R8 (CA/NV) Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program for State Fish and Game Agencies is a federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA (now commonly referenced through Assistance Listings) 15.605. It is a mandatory grant program designed to provide funding support to state-level fish and wildlife agencies, specifically covering work that helps restore, enhance, manage, and sustain sport fish populations while also improving public access to fishing and boating resources. The overall focus is practical, on-the-ground conservation and recreation infrastructure that benefits anglers and the broader public that uses aquatic resources.
This program can fund a wide range of projects tied directly to sport fisheries and associated public benefits. Eligible activities include acquiring land for fishery-related purposes, building or improving boating access sites, and conducting research projects that inform sport fish management. It also supports the operation and maintenance of public fishing areas, which can include routine upkeep needed to keep sites functional and accessible. Funding may be used for hatchery and lake construction as well as ongoing maintenance of those facilities, reflecting the program's role in supporting fish production, stocking, and long-term infrastructure needs. Additional eligible work includes sport fish population management actions, fishing habitat improvements (such as restoring or enhancing aquatic habitat conditions), coordination projects that help align efforts across partners or jurisdictions, and aquatic resource education initiatives aimed at informing and engaging the public about fisheries and aquatic ecosystems.
The program is specifically limited in what it will not pay for, and those exclusions matter for planning. Activities that are not eligible include law enforcement related to fish and game regulations and public relations campaigns intended to promote the fish and wildlife agency itself. In other words, the funding is meant for resource work, access, education, and management actions, not policing or agency marketing.
Eligibility is restricted to state governments, meaning the intended applicants are state fish and game or fish and wildlife agencies (in this case, associated with Region 8, California and Nevada). The opportunity is offered as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) and is categorized under education and natural resources activity areas. The listed award ceiling is $5,000,000, indicating that individual awards could be funded up to that amount depending on program structure and allocations. The posting shows an original closing date of August 30, 2019, and a creation date of November 30, 2017. It is also marked as a mandatory opportunity, which typically signals that funding is distributed according to statutory or formula-driven requirements rather than purely competitive selection, and that only certain applicants (here, state agencies) are positioned to receive funds through the program framework.
In practical terms, this grant opportunity is best understood as a foundational funding mechanism for state fishery agencies to maintain and improve sport fishing resources and access. It supports core capacity like habitat and infrastructure, science and management actions, and public-facing education that helps sustain recreational fisheries over time, while explicitly excluding enforcement and agency self-promotion costs.Apply for F18AS00043
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R8 (CA/NV) Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program for State Fish and Game Agencies" 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 Nov 30, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 30, 2019. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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