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2026 RFP deadline was April 23, 2026 and is now marked CLOSED. Program exists but the current cycle is closed.
Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund is sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). This program improves habitat in priority areas identified by state wildlife agencies to address the needs of big game species as they travel to and stopover in their summer and winter range habitats.
Projects funded have protected private land through conservation easements with willing landowners, addressed barriers through road crossings and wildlife-friendly fencing, and restored hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat.
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Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund | NFWF Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund The Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund aims to conserve critical winter range and migration corridors to maintain healthy populations of pronghorn, elk and mule deer, and the phenomenon of big game migration.
The program is working with conservation partners across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The western United States is home to some of the largest herds of wild native ungulates in North America. However, the seasonal migrations many of these populations rely on in response to weather conditions and resource availability face significant threats.
Habitat fragmentation often limits the availability of high-quality forage and cover, and poor habitat condition limits the health and reproductive success of the herd. Modern improvements in wildlife science such as global positioning collars and remote sensing technologies allow us to learn and adapt management efforts with precision.
Utilizing technology and the priorities of state game and fish agencies narrows the geographic scope of projects while increasing the project efficiency and return on investment.
This program aims to conserve critical winter range and migration corridors through: Restoring degraded priority winter range, stopover areas and migration corridors by activities identified in the State Action Plans such as removing encroaching trees from sagebrush ecosystems, rehabilitating areas damaged by fire or treating exotic/invasive vegetation to improve the quality and value of these areas to big game and other wildlife.
Working cooperatively with private landowners and State highway departments to achieve permissive fencing measures including potentially modifying, removing, installing or seasonally adapting fencing if proven to impede movement of big game through priority migration corridors.
Conservation easements and management agreements, or other actions to protect bottlenecks within corridors and other areas within priority winter range, stopover areas threatened by fragmentation. Utilizing other proven actions necessary to improve the habitat quality or restore priority big-game winter range, stopover areas or migration corridors across the West.
The Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund is a result of Interior Secretarial Order 3362 and a partnership between NFWF and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and ConocoPhillips.
Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund 2026 Request for Proposals - CLOSED Rocky Mountain Rangelands Digital Business Plan Interior Secretarial Order 3362 Western Big Game Migration 2020 Grant Slate Western Big Game Migration 2019 Grant Slate Director, Rocky Mountain Regional Office Program Director, Grasslands and Mountain West Coordinator, Regional Programs Manager, Rocky Mountain Regional Programs Elk are large herbivores known for the males' widely branching antlers and iconic bugle-call during fall mating season.
Elk prefer open woodlands, and some populations migrate long distances between high-altitude summer ranges where they give birth, and low-altitude winter ranges to escape harsh winters.
Conservation Partners Program Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Rocky Mountain Rangelands Business Plan Bighorn sheep are agile climbers with specialized hooves that allow them to navigate rugged, rocky slopes where they forage on a variety of seasonal plants and shrubs.
Found in the western United States, bighorn sheep live in social groups, but males, or rams, and females, or ewes, only meet to mate. Acres for America Program Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Moose are the largest of the deer species and the tallest mammals in North America.
Their populations are limited to the northern forests of the United States and Canada, and they have thick, insulating fur to thermoregulate during the winter months. Moose forage on a variety forest plants and trees, and will also incorporate aquatic vegetation in their diet at certain times of the year.
Acres for America Program Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Pronghorn, also known as "antelope," are sagebrush-dependent ungulate known for their incredible speed. They are the sole-surviving member of their taxonomic family.
With an evolutionary history rooted in open-grasslands, pronghorn are reluctant to leap over fences that have been constructed across the West for rangeland management, causing disruptions of their ancient migration routes and reducing access to high-quality habitat.
Acres for America Program ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program Conservation Partners Program Northern Great Plains Program Pecos Watershed Conservation Initiative Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program Southern Plains Grassland Program Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Northern Great Plains Business Plan Southwest Rivers Business Plan Mule deer are a social, migratory ungulate who are named for their large ears that resemble a mule's ears.
An iconic species of the western United States, habitat loss and increased fragmentation of the landscape have caused localized declines in mule deer populations and reduced the function of critical migration paths.
Acres for America Program ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program Conservation Partners Program Northern Great Plains Program Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund Rocky Mountain Rangelands Rocky Mountain Rangelands Business Plan Helping Western stakeholders sustain migrations of big game Group in southwest Montana aims to reduce grizzly conflicts Funding to help repair habitat damaged by development, drought, wildfire
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The current listing shows nearly $10,000,000 for the 2026 funding cycle. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund is funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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