The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce funding opportunities under the 2026 Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP) Proposal Solicitation Notice (PSN) for projects to enhance or protect salmon and steelhead habitat.
Donor Name: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of FRGP is to recover and conserve California’s salmon and steelhead trout populations through process-based restoration activities that restore self-sustaining ecosystems. FRGP’s objective is to fund projects that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds of California or projects that lead to restoration, enhancement, or protection of anadromous salmonid habitat. Projects are determined to accomplish this objective by completing, in whole or in part, a task from a State or Federal Recovery Plan.
Project Types
- Implementation projects that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds or design projects that lead to implementation.
- Projects that consist of conducting effectiveness monitoring or restoration planning at the watershed (or larger) scale. Such projects provide monitoring of habitat restoration actions and the physical, biological, and chemical response at the watershed or larger scale (e.g., intensively monitored watershed project, strategic action plans). CDFW’s Fisheries Branch leads efforts that monitor status/trends and directly contributes to population viability assessments for Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed anadromous salmonids through California Monitoring Plan (CMP). Approximately 25% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 2 projects. The majority of PCSRF funds are used to support CMP. Approximately $500,000 is available for granting
- Projects that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 projects.
Funding Information
Total funding available under this PSN is anticipated to be approximately $16 million.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects for this PSN are implementation or design projects that restore, enhance, or protect salmon and steelhead habitat in rivers and streams. Projects that support implementation projects through planning, effectiveness monitoring, outreach, and/or education are also eligible.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include state and local government agencies, public entities, California Native American Tribes, and nonprofit organizations. Other entities that are not eligible for funding under this Solicitation may work as subcontractors for an eligible applicant.
For more information, visit CDFW.
