Closed · F19AS00056 · CFDA 15.611 · Mandatory

Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education

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

$100-$7M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 6, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education is a closed mandatory listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $100 -- $7,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

$100-$7M
award range
Closed
application status
15.611
CFDA program
4,242
other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service

Archived opportunity record

Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Educati… 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 Nov 28 Closes Mar 6

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 917 as amended; 16 U.S.C. 669-669k, now known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, was enacted on September 2, 1937, and began functioning July 1, 1938. The purpose of this Act has been to provide funding for the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat, wildlife management research, and the distribution of information produced by the projects. The Act was amended on October 23, 1970, to include funding for hunter safety programs and the development or the operation and maintenance of firearm and archery ranges. Additional information about the Wildlife Restoration Grant Program is available on our website here: Wildlife Restoration Grant Program.WSFRâ¿¿s mission is to work through partnerships to conserve and manage fish and wildlife and their habitats for the use and enjoyment of current and future generations. WSFRâ¿¿s vision is of healthy, diverse, and accessible fish and wildlife populations that offer recreation, economic activity, and other societal benefits, in addition to sustainable ecological functions. WSFRâ¿¿s guiding principle is that society benefits from conservation-based management of fish and wildlife and their habitats and opportunities to use and enjoy them. The Wildlife Restoration Grant Program aligns with WSFRâ¿¿s mission, vision, and guiding principle, and supports three of the Department of the Interiorâ¿¿s priorities including:1) Creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt;2) Utilizing our natural resources; and3) Restoring trust with our local communities.

Public-sector applicant lane · Fish and Wildlife Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Educati… (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 Maria Sanchez 303 236-8185 Maria_Sanchez@fws.gov

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What to do next

Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Educati… 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