The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is currently seeking applications for its Fish Habitat Program.
Donor Name: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $70,000
Details:
In 2001, the Iowa General Assembly passed legislation requiring anglers (except for residents who are younger than sixteen or are sixty-five years of age or more, or to residents or nonresidents when fishing in privately owned farm ponds or lakes) to purchase a fish habitat fee. Beginning in license year 2004 the fish habitat fee ($3.00) was rolled into the cost of the annual and 7-day licenses. All revenue derived from fish habitat fees of these license types shall be deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and shall be used in this state for fish habitat development. Not less than fifty percent of all revenues from the sale of fish habitat fee portion of eligible license type shall be used by the Department of Natural Resources to enter into agreements with county conservation boards to meet program goals.
Funding Information
Approximately $70,000 will be available this grant cycle.
Eligibility Criteria
- All county conservation boards are eligible to participate in the program. If the department determines that a county has unlawfully used fish habitat funds, the county shall be ineligible for further assistance until the matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Natural Resource Commission.
- Eligible development activates include:
- Physical placement of fish habitats in ponds, lakes, pits and streams
- Armoring of pond, lake pit and stream shores.
- Construction of aeration systems
- Dredging of ponds or lakes
- Construction of sediment retaining basins
- Repair of lake dams and outlets
- Manipulation of fish populations and aquatic vegetation
- Removal of dams
- Construction of fish ladders
- Construction of fish barriers
- Construction of rock-faced jetties
- Acquisition projects are eligible when the land is used for fish habitat development purposes. Project activities eligible for funding include:
- Land acquisition for pond and lake construction
- Land acquisition for fishable streams, ponds and lakes
- Land acquisition for watershed protection.
For more information, visit IDNR.
