BIG GRANTS: EIGHT STATES RECEIVE $4.4 MILLION FOR 9 MAJOR BOATING FACILITIES PROJECTS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a total of $4,395,115 in grants to eight States to help improve docking facilities for transient, non-trailerable boats along the navigable waterways of the United States.

The grants are the second round of awards made under the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program authorized by the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 and funded in part by excise taxes on motorboat fuel.

"Thanks to the BIG program, millions of people will be able to enjoy greater and better recreational and fishing opportunities off America