State Fish and Game Agency: R6 Firearm and Bow Hunter Safety and Education Program Grant

This grant is available for State Fish and Game Agencies to enhance programs for hunter education, firearm and archery safety, and hunter development. It aims to improve coordination of education and range programs, develop bow hunters and archers, construct ranges, and update safety features. Eligible activities include training, facility construction, data collection, trapper education, and dissemination of information. The grant supplements existing Hunter Education funds and supports activities related to hunting equipment, wildlife management, and shooting sports. Closing date for applications is August 31, 2015.

Opportunity ID: 270268

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	F15AS00040
Funding Opportunity Title::	R6 Firearm and Bow Hunter Safety and Education Program TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY
Opportunity Category::	Mandatory
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Education
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	15.626 — Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	Yes
Version::	Synopsis 3
Posted Date::	Dec 08, 2014
Last Updated Date::	Dec 08, 2014
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 31, 2015
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 31, 2015
Archive Date::	Nov 30, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 0
Award Ceiling::	$0
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::	State governments
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Additional Information

Agency Name::	Fish and Wildlife Service
Description::	States may use the funds apportioned to them under Section 10 to: 1. Enhance programs for hunter education, hunter development, and firearm and archery safety. Hunter-development programs introduce individuals to and recruit them to take part in hunting, bow hunting, target shooting, or archery. 2. Enhance interstate coordination of hunter-education and firearm- and archery- range programs. 3. Enhance programs for education, safety, or development of bow hunters and archers. 4. Enhance construction and development of firearm and archery ranges. 5. Update safety features of firearm and archery ranges. Section 10 funds supplement, and do not replace Section 4(c) Hunter Education funds, thereby enhancing a State¿s hunter education and safety program. The following are some examples of eligible activities: 1. Training participants in the safe and proficient use of hunting equipment, hunter responsibility, principles of wildlife management, wildlife identification, and firearms handling; 2. Constructing facilities, such as classrooms, shooting ranges, and other support facilities needed for instruction purposes; 3. Gathering information to help develop, implement, and evaluate hunter education and safety grants; 4. Providing training in trapper education as it relates to safety, responsibility, humane trapping methods, and avoidance of nontarget species, and development of trapping skills; and 5. Communicating information about WSFR grant funded hunter education and recreational shooting sports activities.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 3	Updated Opportunity for FY2015	Dec 08, 2014
Synopsis 2	Updated opportunity for FY 2015
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Package No: 1