Wildlife Restoration Program

About the Wildlife Restoration Program

Through the Wildlife Restoration Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides grant funds to the states and insular areas fish and wildlife agencies for projects to restore, conserve, manage and enhance wild birds and mammals and their habitat. Projects include:

• providing public use and access to wildlife resources,
• wildlife area acquisition and management,
• research,
• hunter education,
• and development and management of shooting ranges. 

First authorized by the Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson PR) of 1937, the Wildlife Restoration Program is the nation's oldest and most successful wildlife restoration program. For more than 80 years, it has served as a model of conservation partnership among industry, states and territories, and the federal government, protecting and restoring wildlife and the lands they depend on for current and future generations.

Funds from manufacturer taxes on ammunition, firearms, and archery equipment go toward projects to restore, conserve, manage and enhance wild birds and mammals and their habitats. States and territories also use these funds to support access for wildlife-related recreation, hunter education and development, and the construction and operations of target ranges.

For more information about the Wildlife Restoration Grant program, please contact Christina Milloy by email or phone at 703-862-5761