Project Grant NR200325XXXXG001

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $440,556.11 Project Grant to the Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (FWP) Division under the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (CFDA 10.093). The grant will be used to expand Montana's open fields program for game bird hunters, enrolling approximately 120 new landowners to provide walk-in access to at least 75,000 previously inaccessible acres. The project period runs from...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $4,000,000 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the State of South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Wildlife Division. This grant will support the State's "Walk-In Area" program, which has provided unlimited free public access to private land for hunting recreation since 1988. The grant funding will be used to continue this program, increasing hunting...

This $170,800 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.611 - Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety) supports the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' (UDWR) "Walk-In Access Program." This program facilitates lease agreements between private landowners and UDWR to open approximately 65,000 acres of private land for free public access to hunting and trapping. The grant funding compensates landowners for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $680,000 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The purpose of the grant is to provide and secure hunting and trapping access on privately-owned land, and to manage habitat on sites enrolled in the Open Fields and Waters program for public enjoyment and use. A sub-award of an unspecified amount was made to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to implement a Management...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $680,000 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC). The purpose of this grant is to provide or secure hunting and trapping access on privately owned land, and to manage habitat on sites enrolled in the Open Fields and Waters program, all for public enjoyment and use. As a sub-award under this grant, NGPC provided $X to...

The State of South Dakota Wildlife Division received a $1.33 million Formula Grant award 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) to provide unlimited free public hunting access on private lands enrolled in the USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) within the James River watershed through September 30, 2023. The CREP project targets key pheasant habitat and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,612,741 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks Wildlife Division. The grant supports the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in South Dakota, which aims to provide unlimited public hunting access to private lands enrolled in the USDA's CREP program within the James River watershed. This...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department a $1,028,775 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2027. The grant will support the establishment of flooded agricultural fields as migratory bird sanctuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas to provide shallow water habitat for migrating, staging and wintering shorebirds and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,969,000 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. The purpose of the grant is to provide or secure hunting and/or trapping access on privately owned land, and to manage habitat on sites enrolled in the Open Fields and Waters program, all for public enjoyment and use. The grant funding will support a range of activities...

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Department will receive $109,500 under a Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 to conduct habitat restoration work on the Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area through December 2026. Funded by the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), the award will support efforts to prevent loss of sagebrush, grassland, aspen and riparian habitat by removing competing...