Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBUS, OH

NATURAL RESOURCES, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF, DIVISION OF WILDLIFE

NATURAL RESOURCES, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF, DIVISION OF WILDLIFE received $32.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 33 actions, −27% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $191M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($32.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$32.2M
New awards
8
Actions
33
Since FY2021
$191M
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Location
COLUMBUS, OH
State and local governments
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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. 25.1MFY2021
  2. 22.8MFY2022
  3. 35.4MFY2023
  4. 31.8MFY2024
  5. 43.8MFY2025
  6. 32.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$32.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$19M59%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$7.2M23%
  3. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$2.7M8.4%
  4. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$2.4M7.4%
  5. 15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration$788.8K2.5%
  6. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$87.3K0.3%
  7. 11.407 · Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986$15.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$32.1M100.0%
    Department of the Interior
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$15.9K0.0%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (ODNR), DIVISION OF WILDLIFE (DOW) IS GRANTED AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF FISH…$19M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 14, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026· F25AF01922
  2. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (ODNR), DIVISION OF WILDLIFE (DOW) IS GRANTED AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF FISH…$13.5M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· F26AF02447
  3. SHOOTING RANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE IV$9.7M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 6, 2021 – Apr 28, 2026· F21AF02580
  4. THE OHIO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE WORKS UNDER A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) THAT DEFINES OUR METHODS OF OPERATING THROUGH THE LINKING…$9.6M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Jul 2, 2024 – Feb 10, 2026· F24AF01975
  5. OHIOS DIVISION OF WILDLIFE WORKS UNDER A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) THAT DEFINES OUR METHODS OF OPERATING THROUGH THE LINKING OF…$8.3M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 11, 2025 – Jul 14, 2026· F25AF01508
  6. THIS WILDLIFE RESTORATION GRANT APPLICATION WILL SUPPORT STATEWIDE LAND ACQUISITION IN OHIO FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INCREASED WILDLIFE…$8M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Apr 30, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· F25AF01094

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

  • FY2021: $509.3K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $77.9K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $268.3K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $3.8M paid out · $50K received
  • FY2025: $8M paid out · $1.1M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.