Land and Recreation Grants
Empowering Florida To Protect Its Outdoors
The land and recreation grants section highlights programs that support partnerships aimed at protecting, enhancing, and sustaining Florida’s natural and cultural resources. These grant programs help expand access to high-quality outdoor recreation opportunities, improve public lands and facilities, and enrich the quality of life for Florida’s residents and visitors by encouraging stewardship, conservation and community engagement.
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Grant Programs
Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Florida Forever Program
This grant program provides state funding to acquire land and facilities–including piers, wharves, and docks–for the restoration and preservation of working waterfronts used by licensed commercial fishermen, aquaculturists, or related business entities.
Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Capital Outlay Grant Program
This state-funded grant program provides financial support to commercial saltwater product businesses, seafood dealers and marine aquaculture industries for developing working waterfronts, including infrastructure for receiving and unloading seafood, helping to strengthen Florida's commercial fishing industry and seafood economy.
Land and Water Conservation Fund Program
This federal grant program, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, supports land acquisition and development for public recreation and partners with federal, state, and local efforts to protect parks, trails, historic sites, forests, and working lands while providing communities the resources they need for conservation and recreation.
Readiness and Recreation Initiative Grant Program
The Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance + Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Partnership Challenge Program, known as the Readiness and Recreation Initiative Grant Program, is a federal grant opportunity funded by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and the Department of Defense. Authorized by Congress, the program provides for the acquisition or acquisition and development of compatible recreation facilities on public lands within a Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Partnership Agreement area.
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program
Funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program, this nationally competitive grant provides assistance to economically disadvantaged urban communities with limited access to outdoor recreation, supporting projects that create new spaces, revitalize parks, and connect people to the outdoors.
Recreational Trails Program
This federal grant program, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration, provides financial support for developing and maintaining motorized and nonmotorized trails, trailheads, and trailside facilities, promoting high-quality trails and greenways through collaboration, education, and funding.