Partners for Fish & Wildlife

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (Partners) is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s primary tool for delivering voluntary, on-the-ground, fish, wildlife and plant habitat restoration projects on private, Tribal and municipal lands. The program provides cost-share funding and technical assistance to landowners for habitat restoration projects. Habitat restoration projects are intended to benefit migratory birds, threatened and endangered species and other sensitive species.

Who
Anyone may apply for Partners funding or request technical assistance.

What
Partners provides technical assistance and cost-share funding to restore fish, wildlife and plant habitat on private, tribal and municipal land.

Where
The Partners program has nine (9) focus areas in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Click here for a map and details on those high priority areas.

Contact
If you are interested in more information contact Juliet Barenti, the Partners Coordinator at the Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office (11103 East Montgomery Drive, Spokane, WA 99206, 509-893-8005 or juliet_barenti@fws.gov), or Tim McCracken in our the Wenatchee office (215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 98801, 509-665-3508 ex: 17, Tim_McCracken@fws.gov).

To submit a project proposal for funding fill out the proposal form.

For more information go to:

Upper Columbia Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Upper Columbia Recovery Program

National Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program