The Boating Facilities Program provides money to acquire, develop, and renovate facilities such as launching ramps, guest moorage, and support facilities for motorized boats and other watercraft.
Donor Name: Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Program Priorities
Policies and priorities for the BFP are established in the 2023 Recreation and Conservation Plan. The plan’s outdoor action compass guides Washington State’s investments in outdoor recreation and public lands conservation. The four core values are equity, resiliency, connection, and collaboration, which act as touchpoints for the following four priorities.
- Provide meaningful access to outdoor recreation for all
- Protect natural and cultural resources while managing increasing demand
- Demonstrate the essential nature of parks, natural areas, and recreation infrastructure
- Support healthy, adaptable, and connected communities.
Funding Information
Project Type/Grant Limit:
- Acquisition: $1 million.
- Development: $1 million.
- Combination of acquisition and planning OR acquisition and development: $1 million.
- Planning (architecture, engineering, environmental review, permitting): The lesser of $200,000 or 20 percent of the estimated construction cost for a development or combined acquisition and development project.
Eligible Projects
- Acquisition
- Development
- Dredging, including both capital construction and periodic activities to remove materials deposited due to unforeseen events; dredging must extend facility usefulness for at least five years
- Moorage floats, fixed docks, and buoys for guest boaters
- Parking and staging areas
- Permits
- Planning
- Ramps and fixed hoists for launching, loading floats
- Renovation
- Sewage pump-out stations and porta-potty dump stations
- Support facilities upland, such as restrooms, showers, and picnic facilities used exclusively or primarily by guest recreational boaters.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local agencies
- Park and recreation districts
- Public utility districts
- Port districts
- Native American Tribes
- State agencies
For more information, visit WSRCO.