{"id":18906,"date":"2025-05-14T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=18906"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:00:45","slug":"local-sportsmens-group-grants-available-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/05\/14\/local-sportsmens-group-grants-available-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Sportsmen&#8217;s Group grants available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 14, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is accepting applications for $75,000 in annual grant funding for local sportsmen\u2019s organizations to provide public, mentored projects that are focused on the recruitment and development of new hunters and anglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Local Sportsmen\u2019s Group grants program places a high priority on projects that involve the pursuit or harvest of fish or wildlife with a valid license (and any necessary hunt permit-tag) and are geared toward participants who have the appropriate experience and skill levels relevant to a particular project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants will be awarded through a competitive application process. Online applications and instructions are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\/LSG\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov\/LSG<\/strong><\/a>. Applications must be received no later than <strong>11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) June 29.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis grant program continues to provide much-needed funding for Arizona&#8217;s conservation organizations to connect with the public through quality, mentored projects at a time when there\u2019s a huge demand for traditional outdoor and wildlife recreation like hunting and fishing,\u201d said Doug Burt, AZGFD\u2019s recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) program manager. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe projects from these funds, and the efforts of these community groups, return far more in value than the grant dollars would on their own by providing experiences about safe and ethical hunting and fishing, and how hunters and anglers play an important role in wildlife conservation.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no cost to Arizona taxpayers for this grant program. Game and Fish does not receive any of the state\u2019s general tax funds and operates under a user-pay, public-benefit model. The grant program is an investment in the continuance of wildlife conservation efforts and outdoor recreation participation in Arizona.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\/wsfr\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov\/wsfr<\/strong><\/a> for more information about how hunters, anglers, shooters, and boaters fund wildlife conservation through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) program.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about AZGFD\u2019s Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation (R3) program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\/outdoorskills\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov\/outdoorskills<\/strong><\/a> for hunting, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\/FishAZ\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov\/FishAZ<\/strong><\/a> for fishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant dollars are used for public, mentored projects to recruit and develop new hunters and anglers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local Sportsmen&#039;s Group grants available - Arizona Game &amp; 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