Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)

Landowners contact their local conservation district, which submits projects on the WSRRI application form during a solicitation. Projects are ranked by the WSRRI steering committee.

Deadline text on the page: Page: "WSRRI Solicitation for Projects!" and "A competitive solicitation for projects was announced this week" (undated). Guidelines effective September 18, 2025: "Application deadlines and availability of funds will be announced on the SCC WSRRI program webpage."

Allisa Carlson

Regional Manager – South Central (WSRRI staff)

General office

Cost-share through conservation districts for shrubsteppe habitat restoration, wildlife-friendly fencing (new, replacement of burned fence, barbed-wire retrofit, removal, virtual fence) and post-fire deferred grazing in prioritized areas of Eastern Washington's Columbia Plateau. Private ranch land is eligible, and grazing-management cross fencing and virtual fence are prioritized.



- "Conservation districts are eligible to apply to WSRRI under these program guidelines."
- "All landownerships are eligible under this program including private, tribal, federal, state, non-profit organization, or local government ownerships."
- "Projects must demonstrate a benefit to shrubsteppe habitat and associated wildlife"; spatial selection criteria by county.

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

Cost Share

"Work must begin on all funded proposals within 120 days of the award of funding." Fencing must follow WSRRI specifications. SCC cost-share policies apply.

Published amounts: 2025-2027 proviso: "Funded at $3,000,000 from the State Building Construction Account to implement the Washington Shrubsteppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative 30-year strategy."

List of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Funding Opportunities