Established in 2000, State Wildlife Grants provide money to states, territories, commonwealths, and D.C. to address wildlife conservation needs such as research, surveys and species and habitat management. Projects focus on wildlife species of greatest conservation need identified in State Wildlife Action Plans.

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Since 2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Conservation Investment (formerly Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program) has distributed over $1 billion to the 56 states, territories, commonwealths, and D.C. through the State Wildlife Grant Program. Funds are used by state and U.S. territory fish and wildlife agencies for developing and implementing programs that benefit wildlife and their habitats, including species that are not hunted or fished. Grant funds may be used to address a variety of conservation needs, such as: research, fish and wildlife surveys, species restoration, habitat management, and monitoring. 

Since 2008, a portion of the State Wildlife Grant Program funding has been used for competitive grants to encourage interstate collaboration, innovation, and species conservation at larger scales.

The non-competitive funds are allocated using a formula based on land area and population estimates. State agencies provide at least 25 percent of project costs in non-federal matching funds.

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Endangered Species Act
The Work of Generations
On December 10, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources released endangered O‘ahu tree snails into an exclosure high in the mountains of Oʻahu. The Achatinella fuscobasis have been extinct in the wild since 1991, and their reintroduction marks the culmination of a nearly half...
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Endangered Species Act
States and Territories Receive $7.4 Million in Competitive Grants to Conserve Vulnerable Wildlife
Vulnerable wildlife across the nation will benefit from more than $7.4 million in grants thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Competitive State Wildlife Grants (C-SWG). Since 2008, the C-SWG program has provided over $103 million in federal grant funds to states, commonwealths,...
An Oahu tree snail on a leaf
Jewels of the Forest
Have you ever looked at a snail? Like, really looked? I hadn’t up until a few weeks ago, after I spoke with Dr. Mike Hadfield at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Hadfield loves snails and has devoted much of his life to saving them from extinction. Aside from worrying about snails chewing up plants in...
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Wildlife Management
Partner Fish and Wildlife Agencies Receive $59 Million to Protect and Conserve At-Risk Wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is distributing over $59 million to state fish and wildlife agencies through the State Wildlife Grant Program to support the conservation of imperiled wildlife and their habitats across the nation. These grant funds are allocated to all states, commonwealths, U.S...
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Endangered Species Act
What’s in a Name? Frecklebelly Madtom
It may surprise you to learn another group of catfishes is renowned for their diminutive size and equally secretive nature with the most curious of names: the madtoms. Twenty-nine madtom species inhabit streams and rivers in the central and eastern United States, and most fall under the management...
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Habitat Restoration
Service Grant Supports Pollinators Across State and International Borders
Pollinators across Washington and California will benefit from nearly 400 acres of restored habitat thanks to dedicated conservation partners funded by the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program. Prairies, grasslands, and oak savannah habitat extend through British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, and...
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State Wildlife Grants (SWG)
This library includes information on funding for State Wildlife Grants (SWG) administered by the Service's Office of Conservation Investment. Established in 2000, State Wildlife Grants provide money to states, territories, commonwealths, and D.C. to address wildlife conservation needs such as...
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FY2024 C-SWG Selected Project Summary
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FY2024 C-SWG Selected Project Summary

Project summaries for FY2024 Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program, total amount available $7,420,360.

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FY2024 C-SWG Recommended Projects Table
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FY2024 C-SWG Recommended Projects Table

Spreadsheet showing FY2024 Competitive State Wildlife Grants funding by project and state. 

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FY 2024 SWG Apportionment Table
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FY 2024 SWG Apportionment Table

Spreadsheet showing FY2024 State Wildlife Grants funding allocations, by state. 

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