The Angler Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation (Angler R3) grant program provides financial assistance to partners who conduct Angler R3 programs and activities in Wisconsin. Funding is provided through the Dingell-Johnson Sportfish Restoration Act, a federal aid program.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2023
Details:
Program Goal
The goal of the Angler R3 (Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation) program is to grow the numbers of anglers in Wisconsin. Recruitment of new anglers, retention of active anglers, and reactivation of lapsed anglers are important to future conservation funding and the health of their fisheries. Applicants are encouraged to concentrate on these groups:
- Groups that have been underrepresented in the fishing community
- Family Programs
- Women
- Youth – be they in organized groups, school-based or family programs.
- Adults who never acquired fishing skills as children
To achieve this goal, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will award cost- sharing grants to partners who will implement angler development activities. The DNR understands that it is necessary to work with partners to find solutions that will ensure future generations of anglers have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to become informed, competent, safe, and ethical anglers. By developing a private-public partnership grant program, the DNR is acting on the idea that only long term mentorship or instruction by a committed angler with good teaching and communication skills can properly educate, train, and develop a new angler.
Subrecipients will collect DNR Customer Identification Numbers from program participants. Collection of these numbers is the best way to track and evaluate the long-term license-buying habits of participants, thereby evaluating the success of this grant program.
Eligibility Criteria
- Wisconsin counties, towns, villages and cities;
- Wisconsin universities, colleges and technical schools;
- other Wisconsin governmental units, as defined in s. 66.299, Wis. Stats.;
- Wisconsin tribes;
- Wisconsin school districts;
- community-based organizations (i.e., nature centers, social service agencies, public health centers – particularly those that serve communities of color);
- food security and local foods organizations; and
- most, if not all, conservation organizations (i.e., local rod and gun clubs, sporting organizations, local chapters, and national organizations).
Eligible Items Include
- salaries, hourly wages, and fringe benefits for applicant employees;
- consultant services;
- purchased services – printing, mailings, room rental;
- other purchased services (specify in grant application);
- office or project supplies (specify in grant application);
- project’s programming supplies, such as fishing gear (specify in grant application);
- background checks of mentors and instructors (required);
- equipment purchase (defined as items that cost $5,000 or more);
- hourly equipment rental changes (specify in grant application); and
- other items to be specified in grant application such as bus or van rental to transport classes for fishing outings.
For more information, visit DNR.
