Closed · F19AS00007 · CFDA 15.611 · Mandatory

R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program for State Fish and Game Agencies

Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500-$5M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 6, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program for State Fish and Game Agencies is a closed mandatory listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $500 -- $5,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

$500-$5M
award range
Closed
application status
15.611
CFDA program
4,242
other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service

Archived opportunity record

R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program… is closed (last close March 6, 2020). The parent program page for CFDA 15.611 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 6, 2020

Posted Oct 11 Closes Mar 6

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Wildlife Restoration program provides Federal grant funding to the 50 States, Commonwealths, and territories (State(s)) for the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat; wildlife management research; wildlife population surveys and inventories; land acquisition; hunter education and safety programs; coordination; development of facilities; provide facilities and services for conducting a hunter education and safety programs; and provisions for public use of wildlife resources.

Public-sector applicant lane · Fish and Wildlife Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program… (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Natural Resources (ED;NR). 597 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (14% of 4,243).

Code 00
State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 15.611

Wildlife Restoration Program

U.S. Department of the Interior

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Agency Contact

Grants Fiscal Officer Tracey Vriens 916-414-6525 Tracey_Vriens@fws.gov

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What to do next

R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 15.611 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Wildlife Restoration Program indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Fish and Wildlife Service lists 4,242 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants