U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration Program

National Coastal Wetlands Grant Program - Funding

02/02/2016 - FY 2017 NOFO - The Service is accepting applications for the Fiscal Year 2017 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program through June 29, 2016 from eligible State agencies to conserve, protect, or enhance coastal wetlands of the United States.  For further information to apply, please see the annual Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). You can apply through Grants.gov, and search by CFDA 15.614 or Funding Opportunity Number F16AS00089.

02/02/2016 - FY 2016 Awards - The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will award more than $20 million in FY 2016 project grants to 12 coastal states to protect, restore or enhance more than 10,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats. (News Release).

01/23/2014 - FY 2014 Awards - The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will award more than $16 million in FY 2014 project grants to 12 states and Puerto Rico to conserve and restore coastal wetlands and their fish and wildlife habitat. (News Release).

01/29/2013 - FY 2013 Awards - The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will award more than $20 million in FY 2013 project grants to 13 states and territories to conserve and restore coastal wetlands and their fish and wildlife habitat.

12/22/2010 - FY 2011 Awards - The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will award more than $19 million in FY 2011 project grants to 12 states to protect and restore more than 5,900 acres of coastal habitats.

12/29/2009 - FY 2010 Awards - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that $19.2 million will be awarded to 11 states under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to support conservation projects benefiting fish and wildlife. More...

12/22/08 - FY 2009 Awards - The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will award $20.1 million in FY 2009 project grants to 12 states to protect and restore 13,543 acres of coastal wetland ecosystems. More information...

1/9/08 - FY 2008 Awards - Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced that twenty-nine conservation projects encompassing nearly 10,000 acres of coastal wetlands will be funded with $20.5 million from 2008 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants. The grants will be used to acquire, restore or enhance coastal wetlands to provide long-term conservation benefits to fish, wildlife and habitat. More information...