Opportunity Information: Apply for F22AS00007
The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant (NCWCG) Program is a competitive, matching-grant opportunity run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support the long-term conservation of coastal wetland ecosystems. Created under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (Title III, Section 301; 16 U.S.C. 3951-3956), the program’s core purpose is to help eligible coastal jurisdictions acquire, restore, and enhance wetlands in coastal areas. In practice, that means funding projects that permanently protect important wetland habitats, improve degraded wetland conditions, or expand and strengthen wetland functions that benefit wildlife, fisheries, water quality, and coastal resilience over time.
The program is financed through the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, which is supported by user-based revenues tied to recreational boating and fishing. Specifically, funds come from excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors and sonar, import duties on fishing tackle, yachts and pleasure craft, and a portion of the federal gasoline tax attributable to motorboats and small engines. Those revenues are deposited into the Trust Fund and then appropriated for programs like NCWCG, linking the grant program to conservation outcomes that support sport fish and boating-related resources.
Eligibility is narrowly defined and limited to state-level applicants. Only State governments may apply, typically through a state natural resource agency or fish and wildlife agency, or another entity formally designated as eligible by the Governor of a coastal State. Applicants that are unsure whether they are the designated eligible agency are directed to confirm with their Regional WSFR (Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration) Office. This structure is meant to ensure projects align with state conservation priorities and that the applicant has the authority and capacity to hold and manage lands or implement large-scale restoration actions.
Eligible locations include coastal States bordering the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, as well as the Great Lakes States. The eligible Great Lakes States listed are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The complete list of eligible States and territories for this opportunity is: Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Louisiana is explicitly not eligible for this program due to statutory provisions in the authorizing law (16 U.S.C. 3955(b)(1)).
From the funding details provided, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant under CFDA 15.614, administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The referenced funding opportunity number is F22AS00007, and the original closing date for the notice provided was 2021-06-25. The listed award ceiling is up to $1,000,000 per award, reflecting the program’s focus on substantive, on-the-ground wetland conservation actions that often involve land acquisition costs, major restoration activities, or large enhancement efforts.Apply for F22AS00007
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.614.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-03-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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