State Of Utah, Division Of Wildlife Resources

The State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources operates as a federal grant recipient—not a prime contractor or subcontractor—delivering wildlife conservation, habitat restoration, and recreational access services to the Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management) and the Department of Agriculture (Forest Service) across Utah.

The Division is a child entity of the State of Utah, a U.S. state government agency headquartered in Salt Lake City with primary responsibility for managing the state's wildlife resources. It receives federal funding exclusively through cooperative agreements and formula grants under programs such as the Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson, CFDA 15.611), Sport Fish Restoration (CFDA 15.605), State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634), Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 10.691), and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act restoration programs. The Division does not hold SBA certifications and competes on a full-and-open basis as a state entity.

The Division's capabilities center on habitat restoration, ecosystem management, wildlife monitoring and species recovery, forest health and fuels reduction, fisheries management and hatchery operations, hunter education and public shooting range operations, boating access infrastructure development, and invasive species management. Representative work includes a $1.228 million cooperative agreement from the Forest Service (August 2026) for recovery and rebuilding from the 2025 Forsyth Wildfire, including range and revegetation projects prioritizing big game habitat enhancement; a $16 million formula grant from Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2025) for comprehensive statewide wildlife management including watershed restoration, habitat stewardship, hunting recommendations, management plans, and the Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative; and multiple Sport Fish Restoration formula grants funding boating access improvements, fish hatchery operations, and recreational infrastructure at reservoirs statewide including Strawberry, Flaming Gorge, and Utah Lake.

The Division's customer concentration reflects its role as Utah's designated state wildlife agency. The top two funding sources—Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 and national FWS (304 and 290 awards respectively)—account for the plurality of recent activity. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region (79 awards, $66 thousand combined potential value), Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation (36 awards, $245 thousand), and Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (28 awards) round out the active set. By potential value, Bureau of Reclamation leads at $245 thousand across 36 awards, followed by Forest Service R4 at $66 thousand, reflecting the Division's role in federal land management partnerships on public lands.

Activity has been consistent: 49 awards in 2022, 42 in 2023, 56 in 2024, 42 in 2025, and 15 thus far in 2026. Twenty-five awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. Recent sub-award activity shows the Division acting as a pass-through recipient to partners including the Bureau of Land Management Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and state departments, routing funding for riparian restoration in the Lower White River, Escalante River watershed invasive species treatment, deer and elk habitat improvement along the North Fork of the Virgin River, and West Canyon watershed restoration supporting Camp Williams Army National Guard Base facilities.