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Goal of the Tribal Wildlife Grant Program:
Provide funds to Federally recognized Tribal governments to develop and implement programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species of Native American cultural or traditional importance and species that are not hunted or fished.
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| Turtles are a Tribally significat species to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Credit: DJ Monette / USFWS |
Tribal Wildlife Grants are used to provide technical and financial assistance to Tribes for the development and implementation of programs that benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitat. Activities may include, but are not limited to, planning for wildlife and habitat conservation, fish and wildlife conservation and management actions, fish and wildlife related laboratory and field research, natural history studies, habitat mapping, field surveys and population monitoring, habitat preservation, conservation easements, and public education that is relevant to the project. The funds may be used for salaries, equipment, consultant services, subcontracts, acquisitions and travel.
Grant recipients are selected through a nationally competitive process. Proposals are evaluated according to resource benefit, performance measures, work plan, budget, capacity building and their partnerships and contributions.
Previously funded Tribal Wildlife Grant projects range from comprehensive surveys of plants, fish and wildlife, to habitat and fish restoration, to development of new resource management plans and techniques. The Tribal Wildlife Grants program began in 2003 and has provided over $50 million to date for building the capacity of Tribes to manage fish and wildlife resources. A comprehensive report on projects awarded between 2003 and 2006 is now available online 
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Latest News - Request for Proposals - Tribal Wildlife Grants FY2010
DOWNLOAD 2010 TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANT APPLICATION TOOLKIT
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Applications for Tribal Wildlife Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting grant proposals from federally recognized Tribes for projects that will conserve fish and wildlife resources on tribal lands.
The Tribal Wildlife Grants Application Kit for fiscal year 2010 contains all the information needed to apply for a grant.
A Tribal Wildlife Grant project proposal includes a cover letter, program summary, program narrative, budget narrative/table, resolution of support, and one federal form - SF-424 Application (with Instructions) for Federal Assistance
In order to facilitate the scoring of proposals, we recommend applicants use this format (in Microsoft Word .doc) when developing their proposals:
Attachment 1 - Format Recommendations for TWG Proposals 
Questions about applying?
Contact the national Native American Liaison, Pat Durham at 703.358.1728 or find the Regional Contacts for your area of the country. Tribal representatives in California or Nevada should contact the Region 8 Tribal Partnerships Specialist, David Wooten, at 916.414.6576.
Latest News - 2009 Tribal Wildlife Grants Announced
The FY2009 Tribal Wildlife Grants were announced on April 20, 2009. The grants total in the amount of $7 million for fish and wildlife conservation work for 41 Native American tribes. This year's funded projects fun the gamut of wildlife conservation activities, from restoring wetlands and other habitat, to conducting traditional wildlife surveys, and from invasive weed management to fishery studies.
A full list of grant recipients is available along with the news release announcing the grants. Summaries of the awarded projects are also available by state or by region (i.e. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service jurisdictional boundaries).
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