Oil spill restoration funding
Forecasted
Oil spill restoration funding supports public agencies, Tribes, and nonprofits with restoration projects and studies to return Washington resources affected by oil spills to pre-spill conditions.
Funder: Washington State Department of Ecology
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Typical awards of $10,000–$50,000; maximum available program funding usually $100,000–$400,000; no recipient match required
Summary: Supports restoration and enhancement projects and studies that help restore Washington resources affected by oil spills to pre-spill conditions.
Key Information: Resource Damage Assessment funds support public-resource restoration within the same sub-account areas where spills occurred.
Description
The Washington State Department of Ecology’s Spills Coastal Protection Fund (CPF) supports restoration and enhancement projects and studies using money collected through oil spill penalties and natural resource damage assessments. Ecology works with federal, state, and local agencies and Tribes to restore natural, cultural, historic, and publicly owned resources affected by spills to pre-spill conditions.
Eligible work includes habitat and wetland restoration, stream bank stabilization, conservation land purchases, aquatic land geographic information systems, and derelict fishing gear removal. Ecology’s Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Program manages the Resource Damage Assessment and John Bernhardt accounts that support this work. Since 1993, the CPF Spills Program sub-accounts have funded more than 125 restoration projects.
