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8/15/08 - Boating Infrastructure Grant Program
2009 Request for Proposals
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting proposals for the Fiscal Year 2009 Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program. The BIG Program provides grant funds to States and other eligible jurisdictions for the construction, operation and maintenance of facilities for large, transient boats. The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) estimates that about $13.6 million will be available for BIG in Fiscal Year 2009. WSFR will notify the Regional Directors through a memorandum to notify the States and other eligible jurisdictions that we are accepting BIG proposals. Proposals are due in the Regional Offices or submitted to Grants.gov by October 31, 2008. Proposals received after that date will be ineligible. See the full Notice of Availability of Funding Opportunity and application instructions for the 2009 BIG Program.

7/24/08 - Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
50 CFR 80 - Final Rule Published
In collaboration with State fish and wildlife agencies, FWS developed final regulations to address numerous administrative processes governing Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program grants. Revisions include clarifying procedures governing the annual certification of the number of paid hunting and fishing licensees, provisions for records retention, updating administrative requirements, and deleting references to forms no longer approved by the OMB. See the Final Rule published in the Federal Register for a summary of all of the changes made. The regulations become effective on 8/25/2008. The current, on line regulation contains links to the updated version of each revised section.

5/7/08 - State Wildlife Grant Program
Interior Department Awards Grants to States to Conserve Imperiled Wildlife
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will award state and territorial wildlife agencies more than $60 million to help conserve and recover imperiled wildlife through the State Wildlife Grant Program. The grant program is designed to provide annual funding to all state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies with established comprehensive conservation plans, also known as wildlife action plans. More information...