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  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    Fiscal Year 2025-26 Boating Access Grant Program

    Open Date
    Oct 22, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    25%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $3,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    81212
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    CDFW's Boating Access Grant Program provides funding for projects that increase access to recreational boating opportunities across California's waterways. The Boating Access program provides funding for a broad range of access facilities and associated amenities that benefit recreational boaters. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Boating Access Grant Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grant Program

    Open Date
    Oct 28, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $600,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    80909
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the grant is to help mitigate the impact of wolves on livestock producers in California. The Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grant Program has established three primary areas of need and compensation; direct livestock loss from wolf depredation, the use nonlethal deterrent tools, and the compensation for indirect loss or affects from wolves on livestock.  

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Individual
    • Nonprofit
    • Other Legal Entity
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    There is no geographic restriction for eligibility.  However, applicants must have had a confirmed or probable wolf depredation on or after July 1, 2024, as determined during a depredation investigation and documented on a CDFW Livestock Loss Determination form. 

    View Full Grant Details: Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grant Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Upland Game Bird Account Grant

    Open Date
    Jun 6, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $400,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Portal ID
    66330
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose is to ensure funds generated by the sales of upland game bird hunting validations and stamps are used in programs and projects to benefit upland game bird species and their constituents.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Individual
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Geographic scope is the state of California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Upland Game Bird Account Grant>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Proposition 68 Rivers and Streams Grant Program – Severely Disadvantaged Communities

    Open Date
    Nov 30, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $10,164,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    66270
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    State of California

    View Full Grant Details: Proposition 68 Rivers and Streams Grant Program – Severely Disadvantaged Communities>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Wildlife Corridors – Nature Based Solutions

    Open Date
    Dec 9, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $42,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16238
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Funding to support connectivity projects that advance multi-benefit and nature-based solutions, consistent with the State Wildlife Action Plan, the California Wildlife Barriers Report, and the Fish Passage Annual Legislative Report. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Wildlife Corridors – Nature Based Solutions>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Qualified Cultivator Funding Opportunity

    Open Date
    Oct 11, 2021
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $0
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    6598
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking high quality grant proposals for eligible applicants to assist qualified cannabis cultivators and enhance CDFW’s mission to manage California’s diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Funds will be available for projects statewide. However, if proposed projects are within a Cannabis Priority Watershed, as defined by the State Water Resources Control Board in coordination with CDFW, and/or identified as a priority stream in the California Water Action Plan, they will receive higher scores during the proposal evaluation process.

    View Full Grant Details: Qualified Cultivator Funding Opportunity>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Proposition 1 Delta Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program

    Open Date
    Nov 30, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $23,115,663
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    66249
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To fund multi-benefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects that benefit the Delta.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Projects must benefit the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta including Suisun Marsh.

    View Full Grant Details: Proposition 1 Delta Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Proposition 68 Fish and Wildlife Improvement Grant Program

    Open Date
    Nov 30, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $6,087,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    66234
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To improve conditions for fish and wildlife in streams, rivers, wildlife refuges, wetland habitat areas, and estuaries.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    State of California.

    View Full Grant Details: Proposition 68 Fish and Wildlife Improvement Grant Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration – Nature Based Solutions

    Open Date
    Dec 9, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $54,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    16235
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Funding for Mountain Meadows and non-coastal Wetlands restoration consistent with the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy and Pathways to 30x30.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration – Nature Based Solutions>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    California State Duck Stamp Project Solicitation FY 2025-26

    Open Date
    Nov 18, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,840,840
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    83051
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The goals of the Stamp Project, as described in legislation, are to protect, preserve, restore, enhance, and develop migratory waterfowl breeding and wintering habitat, evaluate habitat projects, and conduct waterfowl resource assessments and other waterfowl related research. To achieve these goals the Department has adopted the following four objectives:

     

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    California and occurring on state and federal lands.

    View Full Grant Details: California State Duck Stamp Project Solicitation FY 2025-26>/span>