Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00094
The R3 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program is a mandatory federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the authority of the Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950, also known as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777m). Created on August 9, 1950 and modeled after the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, the program was designed to establish a dedicated, long-term funding stream for the management, conservation, and restoration of sport fishery resources across the United States. In practice, it functions as a core federal support mechanism for state-led sport fish and boating-related conservation work, with funding distributed according to a formula set in law rather than through a fully competitive selection process.
Funding for the program comes from user-based and industry-related revenues rather than general appropriations. Specifically, the program is supported by excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors and sonar, and by import duties on fishing tackle, yachts, and pleasure craft, along with a portion of the federal gasoline tax attributable to motorboats and small engines. These revenues flow into the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, which is then used to support grants for eligible recipients. This structure reflects the program’s underlying premise that anglers and boaters, along with related industries, help finance the conservation and access improvements that benefit sport fisheries and recreational boating.
The purpose of the Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program is broad but centered on strengthening sport fish populations and the public benefits associated with them. Funds can be used to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and aquatic resources, and to increase the public’s ability to use and benefit from these resources. The program also supports public education about aquatic resources and helps provide boating access to public waters, recognizing that fishery conservation and recreational access often need to be improved together to produce meaningful outcomes for anglers and the broader public.
Eligibility is limited to state governments, specifically State Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Funds are apportioned annually to each eligible state or participant using a legislatively established formula, meaning that states typically receive allocations based on statutory factors rather than competing in an open applicant pool. The listing indicates an award ceiling of up to $5,000,000, an original closing date of December 31, 2017, and identifies the opportunity as a grant within the Natural Resources activity category under CFDA number 15.605. The funding opportunity number associated with this listing is F17AS00094. More program background is referenced through the Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration page at http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/SFR/SFR.htm.Apply for F17AS00094
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R3 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 2016-12-29.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-12-31. (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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