Recreation and Conservation Funding Board

2025-27 Washington Wildlife Recreation Program

40000548

This program provides a broad range of land protection and outdoor recreation. Projects include park acquisition and development, habitat conservation, farmland and forest preservation, and construction of outdoor recreation facilities. The program goal is to provide public access to these lands before they are converted to other uses, and to develop or renovate existing public recreational lands and facilities to meet the needs of present and future generations

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 120,000,000 600,000,000 720,000,000
Funds: Outdoor Recreation Account - Bonds 324,000,000
Funds: Farm and Forest Account - Bonds 72,000,000
Funds: Habitat Conservation Account - Bonds 324,000,000

2025-27 Salmon Recovery Funding Board Grant Programs

40000550

This grant program implements the Salmon Recovery Act and provides funding for projects that protect or restore salmon habitat and other salmon recovery programs and activities across the state. This is Washington’s only grant program that focuses exclusively on protecting and restoring salmon habitat statewide. Projects are developed locally and evaluated to determine if and how well they will implement priorities addressed in federally adopted salmon recovery plans.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 125,000,000 800,000,000 925,000,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 380,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 525,000,000
Funds: Natural Climate Solutions Account - State 20,000,000

2025-27 Salmon Recovery Funding Board Riparian Grant Programs

40000552

This program focuses on the recovery and health of riparian areas, which are critical to salmon recovery. Local communities work together to develop recovery plans that are approved by the federal government. They develop projects focused on riparian restoration, vet them locally, and submit them to the board for scientific and technical review.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 25,000,000 100,000,000 125,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 125,000,000

2025-27 Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration

40000554

Grants are provided for regionally significant projects that protect or restore salmon habitat in the Puget Sound basin. These projects contribute to recovering a federal Endangered Species Act listed species and a critical food source for Southern Resident Killer Whales, meeting Washington’s obligations to treaty tribes and maintaining a cultural touchstone of the Puget Sound region. All projects must be identified as high priority in the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan. Projects are evaluated, locally and regionally, to determine whether they will implement the priorities addressed in adopted salmon recovery plans.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 60,660,000 240,000,000 300,660,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 290,560,000
Funds: Natural Climate Solutions Account - State 10,100,000

2025-27 Youth Athletics Facilities

40000556

Provides grants for projects that improve or renovate community athletic facilities, encouraging people to participate in outdoor athletics. Outdoor recreation participation surveys show increasing demand for these facilities, and they tie directly to other public policy efforts to reduce childhood obesity and increase fitness. This program fills a niche not served by other board programs because it continues or expands the competitive playing capacity of existing facilities rather than funding construction of new ones.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 8,454,000 108,000,000 116,454,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 116,454,000

2025-27 Community Outdoor Athletic Facilities

40000558

This grant program funds acquisition, improvements to or renovation of outdoor athletic facilities to increase availability for competitive play. The program focuses community, and particularly youth athletics in communities that lack recreational opportunities, have underserved populations, and possess limited financial capacity.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 7,500,000 0 7,500,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 7,500,000

2025-27 Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account

40000560

Grants for projects involving or adjacent to state-owned aquatic lands throughout Washington are funded. The program targets re-establishing the natural, self-sustaining ecological functions of the waterfront, providing or restoring public access to the water, and increasing public awareness of aquatic lands as a finite natural resource and irreplaceable public heritage.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 7,220,000 28,880,000 36,100,000
Funds: Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account - State 18,050,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 18,050,000

2025-27 Community Forest Grant Program

40000562

Community forests provide many public benefits including timber and non-timber forest products, forest management and forest products manufacturing jobs, revenue to fund public services, clean air, water and other environmental services, carbon sequestration, climate resiliency, and opportunities for recreation, education and cultural enrichment. As the state's population and urban footprint continue to grow, the program provides communities with a valuable tool for preserving forested lands for the benefit of current and future generations.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 3,130,000 4,000,000 7,130,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 7,130,000

2025-27 Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board

40000564

Awarded through a competitive grant process, funding is provided for the engineering design of projects to correct fish passage barriers. The completion of these projects will restore access to salmon habitat. This approach helps rebuild whole salmon populations by opening entire watersheds and coordinating with other fish passage investments to maximize benefits.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 46,008,000 360,000,000 406,008,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 391,008,000
Funds: Natural Climate Solutions Account - State 15,000,000

2025-27 Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program

40000566

Funding is provided to enhance protection and restoration of the Puget Sound near-shore, a uniquely critical area for salmon recovery. Local communities throughout Puget Sound and recreational and commercial fishers are impacted by these restoration efforts. Tribes working to maintain federally protected tribal treaty rights benefit from the program's nearshore project implementation.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 18,041,000 110,136,000 128,177,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 117,091,000
Funds: Natural Climate Solutions Account - State 11,086,000

2025-27 Washington Coastal Restoration and Resiliency Initiative

40000568

This program provides grants to restore aquatic and terrestrial habitat on the Washington coast, which serves to protect the existing strong-hold of salmon populations and provide jobs for local communities. Projects within the program will bring improvements to communities through job creation, more work options for local contractors, flood control, access improvement, climate resiliency and more.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 5,812,000 52,500,000 58,312,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 58,312,000

2025-27 Nonhighway and Off-Road Vehicle Activities

40000570

Expenditure authority is provided to develop and manage recreation opportunities for users of nonhighway roads, including hikers, equestrians, off-road vehicles, bicyclists, hunters and others. Nonhighway roads are not supported by state fuel taxes.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 12,174,000 48,696,000 60,870,000
Funds: NOVA Program Account - State 60,870,000

2025-27 Boating Facilities Program

40000572

Funding is provided to acquire, develop and renovate boating facilities, including boat launches and ramps, transient moorage and upland boating support facilities on lakes, rivers and saltwater. The program operates out of the Recreation Resources Account, and grants are divided equally between state and local government agencies. The account is funded by the percentage of state gasoline tax revenue attributable to recreational boating.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 13,618,000 54,472,000 68,090,000
Funds: Recreation Resources Account - State 68,090,000

2025-27 Firearms and Archery Range Recreation

40000574

This program provides grants to acquire, develop and renovate public and private (non-profit) firearm and archery training, practice and recreation facilities. These projects provide safe places for people to shoot firearms and archery. This program is funded with a portion of concealed pistol license fees.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 645,000 2,580,000 3,225,000
Funds: Firearms Range Account - State 3,225,000

2025-27 Recreational Trails Program

40000576

Grants to develop or maintain recreational trails and trailside or trailhead facilities are provided. A competitive grant cycle is held every other year.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 5,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 25,000,000

2025-27 Boating Infrastructure Grants

40000578

Funding is provided for facilities that house recreational motorboats 26 feet and longer. Such facilities include transient moorage floats, docks and buoys. Funds are federally appropriated through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 5,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 25,000,000

2025-27 Land and Water Conservation Fund

40000580

Provides federal grants to preserve and develop recreation resources, including access to parks, trails, wildlife lands, and other lands and facilities desirable for outdoor recreation. These competitive grants are distributed to state and local recreation agencies.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 20,000,000 80,000,000 100,000,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 100,000,000

2025-27 Planning for Recreation Access

40000582

This grant program funds recreation planning in communities that lack sufficient access to parks, trails, water access, athletics or other outdoor experiences. Grants fund a variety of planning steps such as individual site or long-range comprehensive planning, which establishes eligibility in most board recreation grant programs.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 1,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 5,000,000