Region 7 Fiscal Year 2025 Wetland Program Development Grants

The EPA Region 7 is offering Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) for Fiscal Year 2025 to assist state, Tribal, territory, local government agencies, and interstate/intertribal entities in developing or refining wetland protection, management, and restoration programs. The funding opportunity, EPA-REG7-WPDG-25, anticipates awarding between 5-9 grants totaling $1,857,000. Key dates include a question submission deadline of March 23, 2026, and an application deadline of April 6, 2026. Eligible applicants include Indian Tribes, State & Local Governments, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia, with projects required to be within EPA Region 7 (Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska). Applicants must demonstrate how their project develops or refines a wetland program, aligning with either Track One: WPP (Wetland Program Plan development/implementation) or Track Two: Non-WPP (focusing on specific program development actions). Applications cannot request more than $400,000 and require a minimum 25% cost share, though Tribal applicants integrating the grant into a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) may be exempt from the cost-share. Projects must avoid implementation activities and focus on research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies related to water pollution and wetland program development.