Federal grants to State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Salem, Oregon received $305 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 482 awards. Its largest program was Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, with $114 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $68.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$305 million
- Awards482
- Awarded in FY 2025$68.4 million
- Largest award$19.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 114 | $48.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 118 | $55.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 99 | $48.8 million |
| FY 2024 | 121 | $84.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 100 | $68.4 million |
Programs that fund State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety | 237 | $114 million |
| Sport Fish Restoration | 120 | $47.0 million |
| Columbia River Fisheries Development Program | 4 | $46.7 million |
| Lower Snake River Compensation Plan | 3 | $27.7 million |
| Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | 22 | $22.6 million |
| WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | 4 | $14.5 million |
| State Wildlife Grants | 10 | $7.1 million |
| Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund | 17 | $6.5 million |
| Good Neighbor Authority | 17 | $4.3 million |
| Office for Coastal Management | 1 | $2.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 420 | $223 million |
| Department of Commerce | 31 | $74.2 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 30 | $7.8 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $300,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| This proposal identifies funding allotments for annual operation and maintenance (o&m) of five salmon hatcheries (big creek, bonneville, cascade, clackamas, and sandy) as authorized by the mitchell act. This funding is provided by NOAA fisheries on an annual basis and covers not only the o&m specifi | Columbia River Fisheries Development Program | March 21, 2024 | $19.1 million |
| The Oregon components of the lsrcp program include chinook salmon and steelhead production in the grande ronde and imnaha river basins. The primary production facility for grande ronde basin chinook salmon is lookingglass fish hatchery with collection and acclimation facilities on catherine creek, t | Lower Snake River Compensation Plan | January 30, 2023 | $17.5 million |
| Purpose: congress allocated $60M to NOAA fisheries to invest in upgrades identified as tribal priorities for the columbia river basin hatcheries that produce pacific salmon and steelhead through the mitchell act program. Oregon hatcheries funded through the mitchell act program include bonneville, o | Columbia River Fisheries Development Program | March 15, 2024 | $14.0 million |
| 2019-2022 mitchell act hatchery operation and maintenance, monitoring and evaluation, and screens and passage | Columbia River Fisheries Development Program | June 4, 2021 | $12.3 million |
| The recipient will study, design and construct install fish screens at unscreened diversion points along the klamath river. The removal of the lower four dams (completion by fall 2024) will enable anadromous fish to occupy historic klamath river habitats, which has numerous unscreened klamath projec | WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | January 17, 2025 | $6.8 million |
| Lcsrp operation and maintenance, evaluation studies, and harvest monitoring | Lower Snake River Compensation Plan | December 16, 2021 | $5.2 million |
| Lower snake river compensation plan - operations and maintenance and evaluation and monitoring | Lower Snake River Compensation Plan | November 17, 2020 | $5.0 million |
| The Oregon department of fish and wildlife (ODFW) will construct fish passage improvements to the keno dam, located on the klamath river in Oregon. The keno dam will be a major impediment to fish passage on the klamath river following removal of the lower 4 dams (completion by fall 2024). The fish l | WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | January 17, 2025 | $4.1 million |
| This grant supports the Oregon department of fish and wildlifes implementation of the pacific salmon treaty to include fishery data collection, data exchange, and representation on technical committees and panels. This grant aims to stabilize and enhance pacific salmon populations to provide optimum | Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | August 28, 2025 | $3.2 million |
| The Oregon department of fish and wildlife will restore fish passage in the north fork klaskanine river by providing fish passage at the ogee dam. The project builds upon progress made in previous phases of a watershedscale effort, that included the removal of one dam and installation of a fish pass | WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | January 2, 2025 | $3.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife get?
$305 million in 482 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $223 million in 420 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's largest federal grant?
$19.1 million under Columbia River Fisheries Development Program, with its first action in the period on March 21, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife?
Its largest are Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, Sport Fish Restoration and Columbia River Fisheries Development Program.
Other grant recipients in Salem
- Oregon Health Authority-Public Health
- Oregon Department of Education
- Oregon Department of Transportation
- Oregon Military Department
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oha Office of Financial Services Dmap
- Oregon Business Development Department
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