Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)

Same cycle as Landowner Relations: applications received from 9 a.m. July 10 at AZGFD headquarters until funding is obligated. Contact the Habitat Enhancement Program Coordinator.

Deadline text on the page: Applications for the HE and LRP Programs funding are due on July 10. ... Applications will be accepted and reviewed until all funding is obligated.

Kyle Dutro

Habitat Enhancement Program Coordinator

Dan Sturla

Landowner Relations & Habitat Enhancement Program Manager

General office — AZGFD Customer Service

The Habitat Enhancement Program funds landscape-scale projects that boost game and non-game wildlife populations, paid for by big game tag application fees and federal Pittman-Robertson money. Annual funding usually tops $1 million, and shovel-ready projects that bring in several partners and funding sources get priority. It shares an application cycle with the Landowner Relations Program.



- Landscape-scale habitat projects benefiting game and non-game species
- Applicant type is not stated on the page (partnership projects; priority to shovel-ready)

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

Not published.

Published amounts: Annual program funding varies but usually exceeds $1 million. No per-project amount published.

Applications are received from 9 a.m. July 10 at AZGFD headquarters and accepted until all funding is obligated. Contact your regional Landowner Relations representative (see contacts) before applying.

Deadline text on the page: Applications for the HE and LRP Programs funding are due on July 10. Applications for the HE and LRP Programs funding will be received at 9 a.m. at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters. Applications will be accepted and reviewed until all funding is obligated.

Jake Jaeger

Landowner Relations Program Coordinator

Evan Lautzenheiser

Region 1 Specialist

Andrew Jones

Region 2 Specialist

Jay Woolsey

Region 3 Specialist

Derik Butts

Region 4 Specialist

Allison Haywood

Region 5 Access Specialist

Nick Clark

Region 6 Specialist

AZGFD's&#x2004;Landowner Relations Program partners with private landowners and agricultural producers on habitat projects that help both the ranch and wildlife, and that secure public recreational access. It draws on state Heritage (IIAPM) money, Pittman-Robertson, the Big Game Donation Fund and federal/ADEQ grants, and favors shovel-ready projects that benefit several wildlife species. Applications open each year on July 10 and are reviewed until the money is committed. Since 2017 the combined Landowner Relations and Habitat Enhancement Program has completed more than 200 habitat projects.



AZGFD's Landowner Relations Program partners with private landowners and agricultural producers on habitat projects that help both the ranch and wildlife, and that secure public recreational access. It draws on state Heritage (IIAPM) money, Pittman-Robertson, the Big Game Donation Fund and federal/ADEQ grants, and favors shovel-ready projects that benefit several wildlife species. Applications open each year on July 10 and are reviewed until the money is committed. Since 2017 the combined Landowner Relations and Habitat Enhancement Program has completed more than 200 habitat projects.

- Arizona private landowners and agricultural producers
- Projects should benefit wildlife habitat and/or secure public recreational access
- Priority to shovel-ready projects that benefit multiple wildlife species

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

No match rate or per-project cap published.

Published amounts: Program-level funding: Identification Inventory Acquisition Protection and Management (IIAPM) $130,000, Pittman-Robertson $130,000, Big Game Donation Fund (usually exceeds $100,000) and various grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. No per-project amount or match rate is published.

Submit through the HPC Survey123 proposal form during Aug. 1–Sept. 1. Contact the HPC Coordinator before applying; use the HPC Proposal Instructions, Project Guidelines and Water Development Cost Guidelines.

Deadline text on the page: The HPC application period opens Aug. 1 of each year, and proposals are due Sept. 1. ... Proposals submitted outside this time frame will not be accepted.

Nick Schobinger

Habitat Partnership Committee Coordinator

HPC funds habitat improvements for big game species using money from Special Big Game License-Tags that nonprofits auction or raffle. Eligible work includes habitat restoration (prescribed fire, vegetation treatment, seeding), wildlife water developments such as catchments, dirt tanks, wells, springs and pipelines, wildlife-friendly fence construction or modification, and monitoring. Local committees connect project proponents, including private, state and federal partners, with funding. Proposals are taken once a year, August 1 to September 1.



- Projects that improve habitat or management for one or more big game species
- Eligible: habitat enhancement/restoration, water developments, connectivity structures/fencing, wildlife management, monitoring
- Applicant type not restricted on the page; committees bridge private, state and federal entities
- Work completed before an approved project and executed agreement is not eligible; projects must finish within two years

Completion within two years of award; all compliance and land-management-agency requirements in place before award.

Published amounts: Annual funding fluctuates, but there is generally in excess of $1,000,000 available for selected projects.

List of Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) Funding Opportunities