Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks applications for wetland and riparian restoration, enhancement, and creation projects to support the goals of this program.
Donor Name: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/24/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program is a voluntary, collaborative, and incentive-based program to restore, enhance, and create wetlands and riparian areas in Colorado.
Funding Information
- Up to approximately $1.121 million.
- small requests (<$25,000) are discouraged.
Eligible Projects
Eligible grant projects include improve the distribution and abundance of ducks, and opportunities for public waterfowl hunting, and improve the status of declining or at-risk species by addressing habitat needs.
Eligible Costs
- Standard costs for conducting on-the-ground wetland/riparian habitat restoration, enhancement, and creation, including labor, travel and transportation, material and supplies, equipment rental or lease, etc.
- Costs associated with habitat manipulations to help beavers recolonize a site (e.g., beaver dam analogs, post-assisted log structures) or to minimize property damage (e.g., pond levelers, culvert and tree fencing, etc.).
- Project planning, engineering, and design expenses and feasibility studies.
- Project monitoring and evaluation expenses.
- Personnel and travel costs to be incurred by the grant recipient should be identified separately in the application.
- Signage to acknowledge CPW and GOCO as funding partners (and display logos; required).
- Indirect costs are allowed but discouraged. These costs should be identified separately in the application and should not exceed 10% of the grant request.
Eligibility Criteria
Local governments, other state and federal land management agencies, tribes, non-profit habitat conservation organizations, and private companies. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff and other Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit CPW.
