Description
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 and other related activities. Eligible applicants include State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, or territorial agencies with lead management responsibility for fish and wildlife resources. The program supports a wide range of activities, including land acquisition, boating access development, research projects, and aquatic resource education.
• Eligible activities include land acquisition, boating access development, research projects, and aquatic resource education.
• Ineligible activities include law enforcement of fish and game regulations and public relations activities to promote the fish and wildlife agency.
• Applicants must provide a minimum of 25% of the project costs from a non-Federal source.
• The program has a formula-based apportionment, with 40% of a State's annual apportionment based on land and water area and 60% based on the number of paid fishing license holders.