Federal grant programs / Department of the Interior

Platte River Recovery Implementation (15.544)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$20.4 million
• Grant awards2
• Typical award$36.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$2.9 million
• Size rank1,303 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements (discretionary grants)

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $6.9 million in fiscal 2021 to $2.9 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 1303rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.

What the program funds

Implementation of the Platte River Recovery Program Cooperative Agreement which implements certain aspects of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plans for four target species (interior least tern, whooping crane, piping plover and pallid sturgeon) listed as threatened or endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species Act.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Legislation authorizes the agreement. The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement entered into by the Governors of the States of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado and the Secretary.

What the money can and cannot pay for

To be used for projects to implement the PRRIP.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$1 million to $22 million

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: FY25: Invasive species management and biomass clearing project to improve channel capacity; PRRIP Database management; whooping crane monitoring and research; the continuation of a public access partnership with the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission to allow for limited public access to Program owned lands; and continued funding the implementation of aspects of land, water, and adaptive management plans, including habitat restoration and species monitoring activities. The Program is also continuing to evaluate and implement water projects and water leases which will provide water for the benefit of threatened and endangered species.Fiscal Year2026: FY26: Invasive species management and biomass clearing project to improve channel capacity; PRRIP Database management; whooping crane monitoring and research; the continuation of a public access partnership with the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission to allow for limited public access to Program owned lands; and continued funding the implementation of aspects of land, water, and adaptive management plans, including habitat restoration and species monitoring activities. The Program is also continuing to evaluate and implement water projects and water leases which will provide water for the benefit of threatened and endangered species.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 72% of the money, state and local governments 28%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.