Opportunity
Simpler Grants.gov #F26AS00088
Grants for wolf livestock-loss prevention and compensation
Buyer
U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted
October 21, 2026
Respond By
January 16, 2027
Identifier
F26AS00088
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering grants to prevent wolf-related livestock losses and compensate eligible producers for those losses. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services. - Opportunity: Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Project Grant Program (F26AS00088), a competitive financial-assistance program for states and federally recognized tribes—not a purchase of commercial products. - Supported activities: Compensation for confirmed or probable wolf-depredation losses involving eligible livestock and livestock-guarding animals, and/or nonlethal prevention measures such as fencing, livestock-guarding dogs, and range riders. - Funding and awards: Estimated total funding is $1,350,000 across 13 awards, with individual awards ranging from $10,000 to $675,000. - Key requirements: Applicants must provide at least a 50% non-federal cost share and meet eligibility, documentation, and reporting requirements. Claims investigations must be coordinated with USDA APHIS-Wildlife Services or another authorized official. Applicants must also have expended prior program funds awarded for FY 2022 and earlier. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or commercial vendors are identified.
Description
The Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Project Grant Program provides federal financial assistance to states and tribes for wolf depredation prevention and compensation. Prevention funding supports proactive, nonlethal measures to reduce livestock losses, while compensation funding reimburses qualifying livestock losses from confirmed or probable wolf depredation. Grants may support activities on federal, state, private, or tribal lands, and applicants must meet program administration and reporting requirements. Cost sharing is required, and the source states that applicants must have expended all program funds awarded for FY 2022 and earlier.