F26AS00051_FY 2026 Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program_Funding Opportunity Announcement

The Competitive State Wildlife Grant program provides federal cost-sharing awards to state, territory, and District of Columbia fish and wildlife agencies, and to four regional fish and wildlife agency associations, to carry out conservation projects for wildlife and their habitats. Projects must benefit species of greatest conservation need or their habitats in approved Wildlife Action Plans, and eligible activities include conservation actions, surveys and monitoring, and work on emerging wildlife issues. The program expects 16 awards, with federal shares from $50,000 to $1,000,000 and an estimated total program funding of $7,612,000. Cost sharing is required for most awards; the federal share may not exceed 75 percent in the continental states, Hawai'i, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, while the requirement is waived for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Only the listed state, territory, District of Columbia fish and wildlife agencies and the four regional associations may apply, and the program has different partnership requirements for the contiguous states, Alaska, and island jurisdictions.

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