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Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety

Program Information

Popular name

(Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program)

Program Number

15.611

Program objective

The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act provides grants to State, Commonwealth, and territorial fish and wildlife agencies for projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds and mammals and their habitat. Projects also include providing public use and access to wildlife resources; hunter education and safety; the development and management of shooting ranges, and the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    No information available. The program receives and funds approximately 635 grant proposals annually. The project activities funded include: research, operation and maintenance, construction, habitat restoration, land acquisition, technical guidance, coordination and hunter education.

  2. 2018

    The program receives and funds approximately 635 grant proposals annually. The project activities funded include: research, operation and maintenance, construction, habitat restoration, land acquisition, technical guidance, coordination and hunter education.

  3. 2019

    The program receives and funds approximately 635 grant proposals annually. The project activities funded include: research, operation and maintenance, construction, habitat restoration, land acquisition, technical guidance, coordination and hunter education.

  4. 2020

    The program receives and funds approximately 635 grant proposals annually.

  5. 2021

    The program receives and funds approximately 635 grant proposals annually.

  6. 2022

    The program received and funded approximately 635 grant proposals annually.

  7. 2023

    General program accomplishments can be viewed here: https://partnerwithapayer.org/news/

  8. 2024

    Program has not yet completed selecting projects for funding.

  9. 2025

    Program has not yet completed selecting projects for funding.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

50 CFR 80 contains the program regulation for this program. Matching and cost-sharing requirements are discussed in 50CFR 80.85 and 2 CFR 200.306. Applicants can visit these regulations and guidance at http://fawiki.fws.gov/display/WTK/Toolkit+Homepage.

  1. Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act—Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education (16 U.S.C. §669 et seq., except as Pub. L. 106-553 is applied) as amended Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (Public Law 116-17, May 10, 2019), as amended Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (Public Law 116-94, December 20, 2019).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • State

Additional resources