F25AS00004_Fiscal Year 2025 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted: 2024-02-14 | Closing date: 2024-06-21
Grant application packages must be submitted in GrantSolutions.gov or Grants.gov no later than Friday, June 21, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. We recommend that you submit your application early enough to address any unforeseen technical complications. All letters of financial commitment are due with the application by the deadline. To ensure submission of your application by the deadline, we recommend you submit a copy of your entire application in PDF format to your WSFR Regional Office. We will not consider applications or letters received after the deadline.Early and frequent communication between your WSFR Regional Office and/or Coastal Program points of contact, your project partners, and your State's Federal Aid Coordinator can help you avoid potentially disqualifying errors in your application. We strongly encourage you to email a draft of your application to your WSFR Regional Office and/or Coastal Program contact at least four weeks prior to the due date (i.e., by May 24, 2024) for pre-deadline review. WSFR Regional Office and Coastal Program staff may review and provide input on applications at their discretion and as time permits. Feedback may include recommendations to improve the application, including identification of errors or omissions that could result in disqualification of your application. If you do not email your draft application to your WSFR Regional Office and/or Coastal Program point of contact at least four weeks prior to the due date, you should have no expectation that regional staff will be able to provide input or recommendations.
Estimated total program funding: 20000000
Award ceiling: 1000000
Award floor: 50000
Cost sharing or matching requirement: Yes

The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (Title III, Section 301, Public Law 101‐646, 16 U.S.C. 3951-3956) (Act) established the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant (NCWCG) Program to acquire, restore, and enhance wetlands in coastal areas through competitive matching grants to eligible State agencies. The NCWCG Program is funded by revenues collected from excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors and sonar, import duties on fishing tackle, yachts and pleasure craft, and a portion of the gasoline tax attributable to motorboats and small engines. Revenues are deposited into and appropriated from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. The primary goal of the NCWCG Program is the long‐term conservation of coastal wetland ecosystems. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-58) authorizes funding for the NCWCG Program through Fiscal Year 2026.

Eligibility: Participation is limited to State agencies or entities designated as eligible by the Governor of a coastal State. The eligible agency is usually a State natural resource or fish and wildlife agency. If you are uncertain of your eligibility, please contact your WSFR Regional Office. For Regional Office contact information, see the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program website or contact the national program coordinators listed in Section G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts. Eligible coastal States are States bordering the Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin); and States bordering the Atlantic, Gulf (except Louisiana), and Pacific coasts. Louisiana is not an eligible coastal State for this Program as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955 (b)(1)). The complete list of eligible States is: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai’i, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.