Briefings - Pacific Region Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Overview
The primary responsibility of the
Pacific Region Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFRP), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is to
administer WSFRP grants to other entities, primarily state fish and
wildlife agencies. The Division, which consists of a total of 14 FTEs, operates
out of the Portland Regional Office with one exception...there is two people
stationed in the Honolulu Field Office to facilitate administration of grants
to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands. WSFRP administers nine primary grant
programs which total approximately $80 million in grants annually within Region
One.
GRANT PROGRAMS ANNUAL
FUNDING IN REGION 1 (est.)
Wildlife Restoration Act (P-R) $20.0
Million
Sport Fish Restoration Act (Wallop-Breaux)
40.5 Million
Section 6, Endangered Species Act
3.5 Million
National Coastal Wetlands Conservation
Program 2.0 Million
Clean Vessel Act 2.0 Million
Boating Infrastructure Program 1.0
Million
Landowner Incentive Program Competitive
State Wildlife Grant Program Competitive
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration
Program Competitive
Grant programs administered by WSFRP, and the requirements which accompany each, are highly diverse. The WSFRP staff works with the potential grant recipients to ensure that they understand
the requirements of the individual Acts and that these are met in the process
of proposing, selecting and funding projects. WSFRP also maintains fiscal
tracking systems to ensure funds are disbursed appropriately and expenditures
are tracked. Performance reports, as well as audit reports, are reviewed to
match accomplishments and costs with approved work or to reconcile audit discrepancies.
WSFRP is also responsible for ensuring compliance with a host of other
Federal Acts, regulations, and requirements (regarding, for example, National
Environmental Policy Act, endangered species, archeological and historical,
non-discrimination, exotic organisms, floodplains and wetlands, etc.)
Nationwide, the WSFRP
now directly distributes, or cooperates with other divisions to distribute,
nearly $800 million annually to States and Territories.
Please contact:
J. Frederick Caslick, Ph.D, Chief, Division
of WSFRP
911 N.E. 11th Avenue
Portland Oregon 97232-4181
Phone: 503-231-6257
e-mail: fred_caslick@FWS.gov
for additional information about specific grant programs or about the WSFRP Office in general.
