Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00140
The R1 Sport Fish Restoration Program is a federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, under the authority of the Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950 (also called the Dingell-Johnson Act, 16 U.S.C. 777-777m). The program was designed to mirror the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration model, but with a focus on sport fisheries, creating a long-standing national funding mechanism for conserving, restoring, and managing sport fishery resources and expanding the public benefits tied to those resources.
Funding for this program does not come from general tax revenue in the usual sense. Instead, it is supported by dedicated user-based revenues that flow into the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. These revenues include federal excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors, and sonar; import duties on fishing tackle, yachts, and pleasure craft; and a portion of the federal gasoline tax associated with motorboats and small engines. Those receipts are deposited into the Trust Fund and then appropriated for eligible grant purposes, meaning the program is largely sustained by the industries and recreation activities that rely on healthy fisheries and good boating access.
The purpose of the grant program is broad but centered on practical, on-the-ground outcomes. Funds can be used to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations, and to improve the public use and benefits of those resources. That includes activities that support aquatic resource education, as well as projects that provide or improve boating access to public waters. In other words, the program is not only about fish populations themselves, but also about the infrastructure and public-facing work that helps people responsibly enjoy and learn about aquatic resources.
Eligibility is limited to state governments, specifically State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, which are the intended participants in the program. Rather than operating purely as a competitive grant in which applicants vie against each other, the program describes an annual apportionment process: funds are distributed each year to eligible participants according to a legislatively established formula. This formula-based distribution is a key feature of the Dingell-Johnson framework and is meant to ensure consistent, predictable support for state-level fisheries management, access, and education efforts over time.
In the posted opportunity data, the funding opportunity title is "R1 Sport Fish Restoration Program" with opportunity number F17AS00140. It is categorized as a discretionary grant and is associated with CFDA number 15.605. The activity categories listed include Education, Natural Resources, and Science and Technology and other Research and Development, reflecting that projects can range from public education and access work to technical management, conservation, and restoration activities. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $7,859,652 and an estimated 200 expected awards, with a creation date of March 2, 2017 and an original closing date of August 31, 2018.
More program background and reference material is provided through the Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) program page at http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/SFR/SFR.htm, which is the central hub for Sport Fish Restoration grant information and related guidance.Apply for F17AS00140
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R1 Sport Fish Restoration Program" 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 Mar 02, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 2018. (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 $7,859,652.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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