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Streamflow restoration competitive grants

Our streamflow restoration competitive grants help state and local agencies, Tribal governments, and non-profit organizations implement local watershed plans and projects to improve streamflow and aquatic resources.

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Funding cycle

  • Amount of funding available: Up to $40 million available per biennium
  • Grant award limit: No limit
  • Amount of matching funds required: None

Applications are not being accepted at this time.

The application period is closed. Please check this page for future grant announcements or sign up for our email list.

Grant funding is available statewide on a competitive basis.

Funding is available for the following entities:

Eligible applicants are limited to Tribal governments with reservation lands or treaty rights within Washington, public entities (federal, state, and local governments and quasi-governments) and nonprofit organizations. Funding is available statewide.

Priority is given to watersheds and areas specified in Streamflow Restoration law (Chapter 90.94 RCW). Projects that quantitatively improve streamflows are the highest single priority factor for funding in this grant round.

Eligible projects include water right acquisitions, water storage, altered water management or infrastructure, watershed function, riparian and fish habitat improvements, environmental monitoring, and feasibility studies.
 
Operation and maintenance costs are not eligible under this funding source. See our funding guidelines for more information about eligible and ineligible project elements and costs.

More information about this funding program

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Final Project List 2024

Previous grant rounds

Date Projects selected Number of
applications		 Award amount
Sept. 2024 25 projects in 18 watersheds 34 $53 million
Oct. 2022 26 projects in 22 watersheds 57 $35 million
Oct. 2020 21 projects in 16 watersheds 63 $22 million
Jan. 2019 16 projects in 11 watersheds 46 $20 million

Funding rule

The Streamflow Restoration Funding rule (Chapter 173-566 WAC) was adopted June 25, 2019, providing the process and criteria for funding projects statewide under Chapter 90.94 RCW.


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Contact information

Vanessa Brinkhuis
Streamflow Restoration Grant Unit Supervisor

Funding Program Questions
sfrprjgrants@ecy.wa.gov
509-406-6505

Brandy Reynecke
Contract & Grant Planner

EAGL Application Questions
sfrprjgrants@ecy.wa.gov
360-870-5294