Recipient of federal assistance · AUGUSTA, ME

INLAND FISHRIES WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

INLAND FISHRIES WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT received $13.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 25 actions, −22% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $99.4M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($11.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$13.6M
New awards
7
Actions
25
Since FY2021
$99.4M
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Location
AUGUSTA, ME
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 14.4MFY2021
  2. 17.9MFY2022
  3. 20.9MFY2023
  4. 15.1MFY2024
  5. 17.5MFY2025
  6. 13.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$13.6M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$8.2M60%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$2.9M22%
  3. 97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$1.6M12%
  4. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$507.1K3.7%
  5. 10.904 · Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention$248.1K1.8%
  6. 15.684 · White-Nose Syndrome National Response Implementation$44.8K0.3%
  7. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$37.6K0.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$11.7M86%
    Department of the Interior
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$1.6M12%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. Natural Resources Conservation Service$248.1K1.8%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. ME W-87-R-8 WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT$37.7M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2026· F21AF03906
  2. ME STATEWIDE LAND ACQUISITION GRANT$4.1M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 20, 2021 – Aug 6, 2026· F20AF12055
  3. ME T-6-R-4 FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IMPLEMENTATION$3.2M
    15.634 · State Wildlife Grants· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 3, 2021 – Jul 16, 2026· F21AF03935
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO MEET THE BROAD RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT AND WISE USE…$2.6M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· F26AF02801
  5. THE STATE OF MAINE IS KNOWN FOR ITS LARGE WILDERNESS AREAS, DIVERSE HUNTING AND TRAPPING OPPORTUNITIES AND A DEEP HUNTING AND TRAPPING…$2.6M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 1, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· F23AF03217
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER STATE PARTICIPATION AND UNIFORMITY IN BOATING SAFETY…$1.6M
    97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance· U.S. Coast Guard· Formula grant· Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026· 70Z02326MO0006962

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $153K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $749.6K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.