The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the…

The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard awarded the Nevada Department of Wildlife $1,054,584 under the State Recreational Boating Safety Program (CFDA 97.012) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028.

The program funds boating safety education, law enforcement, personnel training, public safety education to the boating community and public schools, acquisition and repair of public access sites for recreational boaters, boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations, emergency and search and rescue facilities and assistance, waterway markers and aids to navigation, and vessel numbering and titling programs. Nevada Department of Wildlife, a state agency subordinate to the Office of the Governor, receives the award as the designated state agency for recreational boating safety efforts and operates across Nevada.

The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement activities. Federal funds provided for a state's boating safety program may be used for any of the following expenses. 1. Providing facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement, including purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair. 2. Training personnel in skills related to boating safety and to the enforcement of boating safety laws and regulations. 3. Providing public boating safety education, including educational programs and lectures, to the boating community and the public school system. 4. Acquiring, constructing, or repairing public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters. 5. Conducting boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations. 6. Establishing and maintaining emergency or search and rescue facilities, and providing emergency or search and rescue assistance. 7. Establishing and maintaining waterway markers and other appropriate aids to navigation. 8. Providing state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs.