R2 (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education

The Wildlife Restoration Grant Program provides Federal grant funding to the 50 States as well as the Commonwealths, and territories (not the District of Columbia) for the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat, wildlife management research, wildlife population surveys and inventories, land acquisition, hunter education and safety programs, coordination, development of facilities, facilities and services for conducting a hunter education and safety programs, and provisions for public use of wildlife resources. For a complete list of activities eligible for funding through this program, please see 50 CFR 80.50.The Hunter Education and Safety Program (Section 4(c) of the Act) allocates Federal funding to provide training in the safe handling and use of firearms and archery equipment, hunter responsibilities and ethics, survival, construction, operation, and maintenance of public shooting ranges, and basic wildlife management and identification. Hunter Education and Safety Programs include the development and implementation of a programmed course of instruction leading toward the achievement of the hunter safety training goals and objectives. In general, the course is to train students to be safe and responsible hunters and assist the agency in accomplishing its mission and goals.