Federal grants to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in Missoula, Montana received $3.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Wildlife Resource Management, with $3.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $199,000.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$3.7 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$199,000
- Largest award$2.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $236,000 |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $74,007 |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $2.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $255,816 |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $199,000 |
Programs that fund Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Resource Management | 4 | $3.1 million |
| Multistate Conservation Grant | 2 | $357,159 |
| Partners for Fish and Wildlife | 1 | $151,800 |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | 2 | $30,000 |
| National Landscape Conservation System | 1 | $3,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 10 | $3.7 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The financial award will be used to employ and manage a team of bha field staff who will be focusedsolely on the inventory, modification and removal of fences on blm lands in areas of identified need.the seemingly endless need for fence improvements on public lands can be significantly addressedthro | Wildlife Resource Management | August 31, 2023 | $2.5 million |
| Bha planned work projects are identified and prioritized in multiple western states based on input from blm wildlife program specialists and state wildlife agencies volunteer efforts will be focused on areas identified through multiple planning actions and agency directives including secretarial ord | Wildlife Resource Management | August 5, 2022 | $290,918 |
| Juniper removal within buffalo-skedaddle pmu eagle lake field office | Wildlife Resource Management | September 16, 2024 | $224,000 |
| According to the multi state grant funded license sales dashboard (www.asafishing.org datadashboard), license sales only achieved a net 1 increase from 2016 through 2021. For nearly all age groups, license sales fell. Sales to 18 24 and 25 34 year olds fell 4 and 3 respectively, while 45 54 years ol | Multistate Conservation Grant | March 14, 2023 | $201,159 |
| Utilizing data driven marketing strategies to enhance new audience engagement, R3 curriculum development and program efficacy. | Multistate Conservation Grant | April 5, 2021 | $156,000 |
| The wet meadow restoration and fence removal project in northwest Colorado, a collaborative effort between backcountry hunters anglers and Colorado parks wildlife, aims to address critical habitat loss issues for sage grouse resulting from coal mine expansion in the danforth hills. This initiative u | Partners for Fish and Wildlife | August 28, 2024 | $151,800 |
| Co mobilizing volunteer support to improve Colorado desert bighorn range, retire a domestic allotment, and to advance wildlife resource management priorities in the ufo and gjfo | Wildlife Resource Management | August 30, 2021 | $80,000 |
| The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to continue to expand the successful partnership between backcountry hunters and anglers and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service. This agreement will facilitate the national collaborative volunteer program project management and volunteer recruitment for m | National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | August 14, 2024 | $15,000 |
| Backcountry hunters anglers (BHA) and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service will work together on a national level to advance shared stewardship, education and outreach priorities on U.S. Fish and wildlife service lands. Bha staff will coordinate regularly with both usfws hq and field staff to identify | National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | June 26, 2023 | $15,000 |
| Conserve and restore public lands and waters in national conservation land units threatened by climate change by utilizing motivated volunteers to collect data through citizen science monitoring. | National Landscape Conservation System | June 13, 2022 | $3,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Backcountry Hunters & Anglers get?
$3.7 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Backcountry Hunters & Anglers the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $3.7 million in 10 awards.
What is Backcountry Hunters & Anglers's largest federal grant?
$2.5 million under Wildlife Resource Management, with its first action in the period on August 31, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Backcountry Hunters & Anglers?
Its largest are Wildlife Resource Management, Multistate Conservation Grant and Partners for Fish and Wildlife.
Other grant recipients in Missoula
- University of Montana
- Missoula County Airport Authority
- Missoula Urban Transportation District
- County of Missoula
- National Forest Foundation
- Missoula County
- City of Missoula
- Child Start, Inc.
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