DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 is a civilian sub-agency that funds habitat restoration, wildlife management, and conservation activities across the southeastern United States through contracts and grants to state fish and wildlife agencies, tribes, nonprofits, and private vendors.

Region 4 has awarded 12,312 federal contracts totaling $797.8 million in combined potential value, with $778.9 million obligated. Contract activity has accelerated materially: 69 awards in 2022, 56 in 2023, 171 in 2024, 308 in 2025, and 284 year-to-date in 2026. Competitive concentration among prime contractors is highly fragmented. The top five by award count over the last five years—Zeigler Bros Inc., Deere & Company, Federal Contracts LLC, Caterpillar Inc., and UFL Inc.—account for only 9 percent of recent awards, with individual vendors holding 13 to 21 awards. By potential value, the top five cover only 4 percent, led by Midnight Sun-Centennial Sunnliaq JV, LLC at $14.9 million combined across six awards; most other top contractors transact in the low-single-digit millions. Across 3,530 distinct prime contractors, the portfolio is dominated by small vendors and one-off awardees. Set-aside usage is minimal: 63 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 34 percent are small-business set-asides, and 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, and other socioeconomic categories account for the remaining 3 percent.

Region 4 has issued 4,497 federal grants obligating $3.14 billion in federal dollars (and $4.73 billion in combined federal and non-federal share) since 2007. Grant activity shows a declining trend: 458 awards in 2022, 480 in 2023, 414 in 2024, 296 in 2025, and 38 year-to-date in 2026. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated: the top five by award count cover 36 percent of recent grants, dominated by state wildlife agencies including the Natural Resources South Carolina Department (149 awards, $86.2 million federal), the Department Of Natural Resources (128 awards, $160.7 million federal), and the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (120 awards, $118.6 million federal). By federal dollars, the top five cover 23 percent, led by the Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee ($171 million across 43 awards). Among 422 distinct recipients, state agencies and tribal entities form the core funding base. Assistance-type distribution tilts toward formula grants (47 percent of awards), with cooperative agreements (31 percent) and project grants (22 percent) capturing the remainder.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source data.