The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program is accepting applications with a focus on projects that restore large complexes of grassland and savanna habitat.
Donor Name: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/29/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The 2025 Wildlife Habitat Grant Program seeks to develop and maintain large grassland and savanna complexes of 100 or more acres and improve connectivity between habitat patches.
The primary goal of this program is to enhance and improve the quality and quantity of wildlife habitat in support of specific goals from the Wildlife Division’s strategic plan, Guiding Principles and Strategies – The GPS, specifically GPS Goal 2 – Manage habitat for sustainable wildlife populations in a changing environment. Priority habitat types are grasslands and savannas that are at least 100 acres in size.
Funding Information
- Minimum grant request amount: $50,000
- Maximum grant request amount: $500,000.
Eligible Costs
Only those costs directly associated with completing the project and incurred during the project period are eligible for reimbursement, with the exceptions of engineering, design, and design administration costs. Categories of eligible costs include:
- Salaries/wages (including fringe benefits) for on the ground paid labor costs and/or project administration.
- Donated services (credited at professional wage).
- Volunteer labor (credited at minimum wage).
- Mileage for compensated workers when using personal vehicle(s) for project travel.
- Meals for compensated workers.
- Onsite group meals for volunteer laborers.
- Materials specific to the funded project (purchased or donated).
- Contractual services (subject to State of Michigan purchasing requirements).
- Reasonable grantee overhead/indirect costs (e.g.: office supplies and materials, rent, utilities) (no greater than 10% of total project cost) (note: salaries/wages are not eligible as overhead/indirect costs).
- Equipment (purchased, donated, or rented). Purchased equipment may not exceed $5,000 per unit. If equipment is purchased in pieces and assembled, the total of the pieces used in assembly may not exceed $5,000.
- Fuel costs for equipment used during project construction (if not using MDOT Schedule “C” or cost is not included in equipment rental agreement).
- Project signs.
- Permit application fees for permits required for the project.
- Engineering, design and design administration costs (no greater than 30% of total project cost) incurred up to one year prior to the project period specified in the project agreement or amendment.
Eligibility Criteria
Any local, state, federal, or tribal units of government, or profit or non-profit organizations.
For more information, visit DNR.
