Formula Grant 70Z02326MO0007074

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded the Game & Fish Commission Wyoming a Formula Grant of $896,979 under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) for the performance period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year award supports Wyoming's State Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) program, enabling the state to expand its boating safety education, enforcement, and public access initiatives. The funded activities include developing and delivering boating safety education programs and public lectures; training personnel in boating safety law enforcement; acquiring facilities, equipment, and supplies for safety education and enforcement operations; conducting boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations; establishing and maintaining emergency and search and rescue facilities; and managing recreational vessel numbering and titling programs.

Additionally, the grant supports the acquisition, construction, or repair of public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters and the establishment and maintenance of waterway markers and navigation aids. Through this funding, the Game & Fish Commission Wyoming will enhance the state's capacity to assume greater responsibility for boating safety activities while advancing the National RBS Program's mission to minimize loss of life, personal injury, and property damage on recreational waterways.