We administer a network of grant programs, providing millions of dollars to states, tribes, and territories in the Pacific Region to benefit land, water, wildlife, and people.

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The Office of Conservation Investment addresses the challenges of managing America’s natural resources with effective, targeted grant programs designed to benefit fish and wildlife while capitalizing on recreational opportunities.

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Partners use these funds for activities such as: fish and wildlife population management; habitat management; research; surveys and inventories; land acquisition; construction and maintenance of wildlife management areas and hatcheries; facilities construction; technical guidance; aquatic resource education; construction and maintenance of public shooting and archery ranges; hunter education and safety training; fishing and hunting opportunities and access; and boating access facilities, including ramps, piers and parking. 

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Our Partners
2023 Pacific Region Tribal Wildlife Grants
Since time immemorial, Tribes in the Pacific Northwest have relied on plants and animals to sustain their way of life. In a sacred covenant, salmon, deer, roots and berries, and the very rivers that sustain them all gave of themselves so that people may live. In exchange, Tribal people carry a...
Western bumble bee on goldenrod in the Wallowa Mountains In Oregon
Endangered Species Act
Bumble Bee Atlas
Over the last five years, the Bumble Bee Atlas project has grown from an idea on how to get volunteers involved in collecting data on native bumblebees in the Pacific Northwest to a nationwide quest to learn as much as we can about these vital pollinators. The atlas is a terrific example of how...
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Boater’s Paradise
North Riverfront Park is a boater’s paradise. Located in Independence, Oregon, North Riverfront Park’s boat ramp attracts visitors looking for easy recreational boating access to the Willamette River, phenomenal angling opportunities, as well as the public recreators who want to picnic, walk the...
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Our People
Meet Keala Pelekai
From a small town in Montana to wildland firefighting and fisheries research in Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska - learn how Keala Pelekai's path has led her to Western Washington's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office.
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Recreation
The P Word: The Clean Vessel Act Contributes to a Cleaner Puget Sound
South Puget Sound partners work together to help keep the Sound waters clean for people, wildlife, and industry with funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Clean Vessel Act program.
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Wildlife Management
A Conservation Balancing Act
Scales and feathers. Water and air. Fish and, well, fowl. Yellowstone cutthroat trout and American white pelicans are an unlikely duo for conservation. They both inhabit the Blackfoot Reservoir, a sagebrush and sun-soaked angling and boating destination in southeast Idaho. Both the trout and...
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