Formula Grant F26AF00110
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission received a $5,521,700 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI FWS) Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The grant supports coordinated development, operations, and maintenance of approximately 185,520 acres across 281 state Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Nebraska,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a $1.23 million Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI FWS) Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This award supports NGPC's core wildlife surveys and inventories essential to managing Nebraska's natural resources, including game species, migratory...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a $339,491 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period January 1 – December 31, 2026. This award supports youth hunter recruitment and retention initiatives by providing pheasant hunting opportunities during designated youth seasons and enhancing hunting...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a $936,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The grant supports habitat management and restoration efforts focused on controlling Eastern Red Cedar and other invasive tree species that have...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a $2.0M Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The grant funds activities to provide and secure public hunting and trapping access on privately owned land enrolled in the Open Fields and Waters Program, as well as habitat...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 awarded the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) a formula grant of $792,000 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) effective November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2027. The grant provides technical assistance on privately owned land to support habitat management initiatives that benefit wildlife conservation objectives. As a state...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a Formula Grant award of $1,112,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), with an award date of March 1, 2025, and completion date of February 28, 2026. This award provides in-lieu-of-taxes payments for lands purchased by the Fish and Wildlife Service for fish and wildlife...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission received a $2.0 million Formula Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The project, with a completion date of July 31, 2026, supports infrastructure development at Oak Valley Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Nebraska to establish a regional operating center for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) received a Formula Grant award of $335,313 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), effective April 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award supports comparative movement ecology research across multiple large game species in western Nebraska, with particular emphasis on analyzing shared...
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 awarded the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) $400,000 through the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This formula grant supports the administrative coordination, supervision, and documentation of NGPC's conservation activities funded under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission received $951,797.00 in formula grant funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period January 1 through December 31, 2026. This award supports the delivery of comprehensive hunter education programs across Nebraska, designed to meet the state's firearm hunter and bowhunter education mandates while advancing wildlife conservation objectives. The funded activities encompass multiple core program components: providing convenient hunter and bowhunter education options to citizens; reducing hunting-related accidents involving firearms, archery equipment, and elevated hunting platforms; promoting safe, respectful, responsible, and ethical hunting practices; enhancing public awareness of wildlife conservation and management; offering advanced skills-based learning opportunities; maintaining and enhancing public shooting ranges; and encouraging lifelong outdoor participation among new, current, and reactivated hunters and target shooters. These initiatives align with the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act's mission to conserve and manage wild birds and mammals while supporting responsible hunting practices and public recreational access to wildlife resources.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $713.8k | 2/3/26 |