Streamflow restoration competitive grants
Forecasted
Streamflow restoration competitive grants support Tribal governments, public entities, and nonprofits in funding Washington watershed projects that improve streamflows and sustain salmon populations.
Funder: Washington State Department of Ecology
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Pre-application meeting requests) | March 2027 (Applications)
Funding Amounts: Up to $40 million per biennium; no individual grant award limit
Summary: Competitive grants support Washington watershed projects that improve streamflows and aquatic resources.
Key Information: Water right acquisition applicants must meet with Ecology before applying and permanently convey acquired rights to its Trust Water Rights Program.
Description
The Washington State Department of Ecology’s streamflow restoration competitive grants help Tribal governments, public entities, and nonprofits carry out local watershed plans and projects across Washington. The program supports the Streamflow Restoration Law’s goal of restoring and enhancing flows for healthy, sustainable salmon populations.
Eligible work includes water right acquisitions, water storage, changes to water management or infrastructure, watershed and habitat improvements, environmental monitoring, and planning or feasibility studies. Projects that increase streamflows receive the highest funding priority. Ecology also prioritizes work identified in adopted streamflow restoration plans or related rulemaking, projects in designated metering pilot areas, benefits to threatened or endangered salmonids and other native species of concern, environmental justice, and climate and drought resilience.
