Pump Out Station Funding/Clean Vessel Act
This nationwide competitive grant provides funding to states and private marinas or businesses for the construction, renovation, operation and maintenance of floating restrooms or pump-out and dump stations used solely by boaters or educational materials to help keep the nation’s waterways clean.
Organization
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Eligibility
For-Profit Business
Government and Tribes
Focus
Education
Maintenance and Stewardship
Related Resources
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program
The purpose of BIG is to construct, renovate and maintain boating infrastructure facilities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 feet long.
USDA Rural Housing Service
Community Facilities Direct Loans & Grants
This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Hunter R3 (Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation)
The Hunter R3 grant program is a cost-sharing grant for local clubs, organizations, communities, governments, Wisconsin tribes, colleges, universities and technical schools to ensure the education, training and development of safe and ethical hunters and mentors with a preference towards applicants focusing on adults, females and families.
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