Federal grants to Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Juneau, Alaska received $452 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 314 awards. Its largest program was Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, with $199 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $89.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$452 million
- Awards314
- Awarded in FY 2025$89.1 million
- Largest award$34.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 97 | $79.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 121 | $90.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 100 | $103 million |
| FY 2024 | 80 | $89.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 70 | $89.1 million |
Programs that fund Alaska Department of Fish & Game
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | 56 | $199 million |
| Sport Fish Restoration | 74 | $96.1 million |
| Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | 31 | $90.7 million |
| Fisheries Data Program | 15 | $15.4 million |
| State Wildlife Grants | 18 | $13.6 million |
| Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects | 3 | $7.7 million |
| Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | 12 | $7.4 million |
| Alaska Subsistence Management | 28 | $6.2 million |
| Marine Mammal Data Program | 2 | $3.2 million |
| Cooperative Research Program | 4 | $2.8 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 245 | $330 million |
| Department of Commerce | 60 | $121 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 5 | $401,345 |
| Department of Defense | 3 | $291,265 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $228,087 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The wildlife restoration grant AKW-B-SW-2023 statewide programs supports themission of the Alaska department of fish and game - division of wildlifeconservation (DWC) to provide long-term opportunities for people to use and enjoyalaska's fish, wildlife, and habitat resources. This statewide programs | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 28, 2022 | $34.3 million |
| Divison of wildlife conservation region 3 wildlife survey & inventory, research, and coordination: interior andeastern arctic Alaska's vertebrate terrestrial wildlife populations and factors influencing their status: the interior and eastern arctic region of Alaska (region 3) wildlife survey and inve | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 30, 2022 | $26.5 million |
| The southcentral region of Alaska (region 2) wildlife survey and inventory program grant supports wildlife conservation and wildlife-related recreational opportunities through staff and project funding in five area offices (anchorage, cordova, homer, kodiak, and soldotna). This project is designed t | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 30, 2022 | $16.6 million |
| Alaska's wildlife species have consumptive and non-consumptive uses and must be sustainably managed when the demand for harvest exceeds than the number of animals available for harvest. Successful management requires up-to-date information on abundance, productivity, recruitment, and survival of eac | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 17, 2022 | $16.5 million |
| The purpose of this recurring 1-YEAR project is to: 1) measure and interpret changes in the status and use ofalaska's harvested wildlife populations in region i and to provide that information to the public, 2) conductwork focused on monitoring population abundance and trends, habitat condition, dis | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 17, 2022 | $16.2 million |
| Purpose: the pacific salmon treaty (PST) implementation grant administered by the Alaska department of fish and game (adf&g) funds several programs including administrative, management, research, information technology services, and enhancement required to implement the pst in southeast Alaska accor | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | August 26, 2024 | $15.0 million |
| The Alaska department of fish & game (department), division of wildlife conservation (DWC) regularly monitors wildlife populations and the factors affecting status to sustainable management. The division of wildlife conservation is comprised of five administrative regions and several statewide progr | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | June 10, 2022 | $14.7 million |
| Pacific salmon treaty | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | May 17, 2021 | $13.1 million |
| Sf investegations in ak SFY2020 | Sport Fish Restoration | October 23, 2020 | $13.0 million |
| This award to the Alaska department of fish and games division of sportfish funds 44 research projects across the state of Alaska. Alaska is a very large, geographically isolated and distinct state that not only is a stronghold for 5 species of pacific salmon, but is also a destination for anglers t | Sport Fish Restoration | June 11, 2025 | $9.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Alaska Department of Fish & Game get?
$452 million in 314 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Alaska Department of Fish & Game the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $330 million in 245 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is Alaska Department of Fish & Game's largest federal grant?
$34.3 million under Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, with its first action in the period on June 28, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Alaska Department of Fish & Game?
Its largest are Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, Sport Fish Restoration and Pacific Salmon Treaty Program.
Other grant recipients in Juneau
- State of Alaska Department of Health
- Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Education & Early Development Alaska Dep
- AK Department of Commerce Community Econo
- Environmental Conservation Alaska Department
- AK State Department of Public Transportation
- State of Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development
- Alaska, State of
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