Service Announces More Than $7.3 Million in Grants to Boost Recreational Boating

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Service Announces More Than $7.3 Million in Grants to Boost Recreational Boating
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced more than $6.9 million in competitive grants to six states and one U.S. territory for projects to support recreational boating through the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Tier II program. The Service also will release approximately $400,000 to six states willing to match a smaller grant program known as BIG Tier I.