Manage and maintain the pennsylvania fish and boat commissions public access facilities and properties throughout pennsylvania

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded the Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania $2,278,822 under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.

The award funds management and maintenance of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's public access facilities and properties throughout Pennsylvania. Activities include litter pickup, grass mowing, regrading and resurfacing parking lots and roads, pavement repairs, installation of culvert pipe, cleaning drainage ditches, repairing launch ramps, construction and installation and removal of docks, and dredging and installation of waterway markers. The commission maintains and provides administrative oversight of access areas, dams, parking lots, access roads, waste pumpout stations, bridges, lakes, streams, fishways, screen canals, and channels. The intended beneficiaries are Pennsylvania citizens and nonresident visitors. No subrecipient activities are associated with this award.

Sport Fish Restoration funds support activities designed to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and provide boat access to public waters. The program is funded by excise taxes on motorboat fuel, certain electric motors and fishing equipment, and import duties on fishing tackle and yachts, with revenues apportioned annually to state agencies through an established formula.

The activities include but are not limited to litter pickup mowing grass regrading and resurfacing parking lots and roads pavement repairs installation of culvert pipe cleaning drainage ditches repairing launch ramps the construction installation and removal of docks and dredging and installation of waterway markers. The expected outcomes of this project are the continued maintenance of and administrative oversight of access areas dams parking lots access roads waste pumpout stations bridges lakes streams fishways screen canals and channels. The intended beneficiaries of this project are the citizens and nonresident visitors of pennsylvania.there are no subrecipient activities associated with this project.