R2 (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program

The Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program provides funding to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and the public use and benefits from these resources. The program is funded by revenues collected from excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors and sonar, import duties on fishing tackle, yachts and pleasure craft, and a portion of gasoline tax attributable to motorboats and small engines. Eligible applicants include State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, or territorial agencies with lead management responsibility for fish and wildlife resources. Key aspects of the program include: * Funding for land acquisition, boating access development, research projects, operations and maintenance of public fishing areas, hatchery and lake construction and maintenance, sport fish population management, fishing habitat improvements, coordination projects, and aquatic resource education * Eligible activities include restoration, conservation, management, or enhancement of sport fish populations and public access to these resources * Ineligible activities include law enforcement of fish and game regulations, public relations activities to promote the fish and wildlife agency, and activities conducted for the primary purpose of generating revenue * Cost sharing or matching requirements, with States required to provide at least 25% of project costs from a non-Federal source