Federal grants to California Department of Fish & Wildlife
California Department of Fish & Wildlife in Sacramento, California received $404 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 528 awards. Its largest program was Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, with $139 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $85.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$404 million
- Awards528
- Awarded in FY 2025$85.9 million
- Largest award$18.6 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 129 | $58.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 148 | $66.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 128 | $92.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 127 | $101 million |
| FY 2025 | 102 | $85.9 million |
Programs that fund California Department of Fish & Wildlife
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | 178 | $139 million |
| Sport Fish Restoration | 179 | $90.4 million |
| Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | 5 | $83.9 million |
| Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV | 3 | $23.8 million |
| Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act | 2 | $18.9 million |
| State Wildlife Grants | 55 | $13.8 million |
| Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety | 10 | $11.3 million |
| Cooperative Research Program | 6 | $5.1 million |
| Central Valley, Trinity River Division, Trinity River Fish and Wildlife Management | 2 | $4.0 million |
| Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund | 60 | $3.7 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 506 | $311 million |
| Department of Commerce | 15 | $91.0 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $479,009 |
| Department of Agriculture | 3 | $472,792 |
| Department of Defense | 2 | $449,940 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Through a competitive annual grant process and state contracting practices, continue California's recovery efforts on behalf of federal endangered species act (ESA)-listed endangered central California coast (CCC) coho salmon, winter-run chinook salmon, and southern steelhead populations, as well as | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | August 23, 2023 | $18.6 million |
| Purpose: through a competitive annual grant process and state contracting practices, California will continue its recovery efforts on behalf of federal endangered species act (ESA)-listed endangered central California coast (CCC) coho salmon, winter-run chinook salmon, and southern steelhead populat | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | September 9, 2024 | $18.1 million |
| Through a competitive annual grant process and state contracting practices, continue California's recovery efforts on behalf of federal endangered species act (ESA)-listed endangered central California coast (CCC) coho salmon and southern steelhead populations, as well as listed threatened southern | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | July 26, 2022 | $16.8 million |
| This award will provide funding to the state of California for their program that supports projects necessary to maintain and protect healthy salmon populations, monitor sport fisheries, investigate and take action on the threats to pacific salmon. The purpose of this financial award is to invest in | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | September 12, 2025 | $16.0 million |
| 1. Award purpose - reclamation operates and maintains the central valley project (CVP) for the purposes of navigation and flood control fish and wildlife mitigation, protection, restoration, and enhancement agricultural and municipal and industrial water supply power generation and recreation. Measu | Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV | June 27, 2023 | $15.2 million |
| California department of fish and wildlife fisheries restoration grant program (FRGP) | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | July 12, 2021 | $14.3 million |
| The recipient will assist reclamation in meeting the juvenile fish compensation recommendations by operating and maintaining the hatchery. The recipient will furnish all personnel, labor, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the operation, maintenance and minor repairs to the hatchery in | Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act | March 25, 2021 | $13.0 million |
| Monitoring, synthesis, and reporting of the sacramento-san joaquin delta and san francisco bay fish | Central Valley Improvement Act, Title XXXIV | September 1, 2021 | $8.3 million |
| Purpose: the public purpose of the trinity river hatchery (TRH) and junction city wier (JCW) operations and maintenance project is to fund the annual production of approximately 5,000,000 anadromous salmon and steelhead juveniles at trh for release into the trinity river. These fish contribute signif | Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act | May 2, 2024 | $5.9 million |
| The California department of fish and wildlife s (CDFW) north central region (NCR) has three staffed wildlife areas that are geographically centralized: gray lodge wildlife area (GLWA), spenceville wildlife area (SWA), and upper butte basin wildlife area (UBBWA) comprising over 42,133 acres of manag | Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | September 12, 2024 | $4.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does California Department of Fish & Wildlife get?
$404 million in 528 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives California Department of Fish & Wildlife the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $311 million in 506 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Environmental Protection Agency follow.
What is California Department of Fish & Wildlife's largest federal grant?
$18.6 million under Pacific Salmon Treaty Program, with its first action in the period on August 23, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund California Department of Fish & Wildlife?
Its largest are Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, Sport Fish Restoration and Pacific Salmon Treaty Program.
Other grant recipients in Sacramento
- California Department of Health Care Services
- Department of Education California
- Department of Social Services California
- Department of Transportation California
- California Department of Public Health
- State of California Employment Development Department
- State of California Water Resources Control Board
- Department of Housing & Community Development
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