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Partners for Fish and Wildlife

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.631

Program objective

Deliver Department of the Interior priorities and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) mission by providing financial and technical assistance to private landowners and Native American Tribes interested in voluntarily working with USFWS to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Provide technical assistance to State and Federal conservation agencies.

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

    The Program expects to complete at a minimum 900 project accomplishments. The Program completed 2,511 projects that enhanced and restored over 200,000 acres of habitat, 298 river miles, and 78 fish passage structures.

  2. 2018

    Hundreds of agreement/awards, approximately 2,500 total accomplishments, 30,732 wetland acres, 290,531 upland acres, and 254 stream miles nationwide

  3. 2019

    The Program completed over 1,800 project accomplishments that enhanced and restored over 220,000 acres of habitat, 189 river miles, and 84 fish passage structures.

  4. 2020

    The Program completed over 1,900 project accomplishments that enhanced and restored over 260,000 acres of habitat, 280 river miles, and 63 fish passage structures.

  5. 2021

    The Program completed over 2,000 project accomplishments that enhanced and restored over 258,000 acres of habitat, 242 river miles, and 57 fish passage structures.

  6. 2022

    FY22: The Program completed over 1,800 project accomplishments that enhanced and restored over 251,000 acres of habitat, 279 river miles, and 60 fish passage structures.

  7. 2023

    Program received approximately 250 applications and issued 193 awards.

  8. 2024

    Program expects to receive approximately 250 applications and issue nearly 200 awards.

  9. 2025

    Program expects to receive approximately 250 applications and issue nearly 200 awards.

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.

For information about Program policy and guidelines see the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Management Policy in the Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, 640 FW1 (at http://www.fws.gov/policy/640fw1.html).

  1. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act, 16 U.S.C. §§3771-3774; Fish and Wildlife Act; 16 U.S.C. §742 et seq.; and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. §§661-666; Inflation Reduction Act - Weather Events (Pub. L. 117-169 [H.R. 5376], §60302, 136 STAT. 2079); Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58 [H.R. 3684] 135 Stat. 1389).