# National Wetland Program Development Grants and Five-Star Restoration Training Grant (66.462)

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National Wetland Program Development Grants and Five-Star Restoration Training Grant is run by Environmental Protection Agency. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $3.2 million in 13 grants, about $248,062 per award.

## Objectives

To assist state, Tribal, territory and/or local government agencies in building programs which protect, manage, and restore wetlands. The primary focus of the grants is to build state, Tribal, and territory wetland programs. A secondary focus is to build local (e.g. county or municipal) programs. For the National WPDGs: EPA has identified the following national priorities - National Priority Area 1: Core Elements Framework. National Priority Area 1 is based on the four core elements of a Comprehensive state/Tribal/territory Wetland Program: 1) Monitoring and Assessment; 2) Voluntary Wetland Restoration and Protection; 3) Regulatory Approaches Including CWA 401 Certification; and 4) Wetland-Specific Water Quality Standards. Further explanation of all of the elements can be found at the following website address: https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetland-program-development-grants. The Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDG) program strives to develop or refine state/Tribal/territory/local government programs that will incorporate each of these elements. For the Five-Star Restoration Training Grants, EPA funds an intermediary organization to provide subawards to eligible subawardees to bring together citizen groups, corporations, youth conservation corps, students, landowners, and government agencies to undertake projects that achieve environmental training through voluntary, community/watershed-based wetland restoration projects.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $250,000 | 1 |
| 2022 | $1.2 million | 8 |
| 2023 | $799,093 | 3 |
| 2024 | $968,912 | 5 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc. | Maine | $1.3 million |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | District of Columbia | $1.0 million |
| The Environmental Law Institute | District of Columbia | $469,438 |
| Montana State University | Montana | $217,985 |
| University of Montana | Montana | $112,250 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Nebraska | $100,000 |