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Grant money available for transient recreational boating facilities

from N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries via Island Free Press

Grant money available for transient recreational boating facilities N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries via Island Free Press The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting proposals for the Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (BIG) for federal fiscal year 2021. BIG is a grant program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that reimburses up to 75 percent of costs for projects that construct, renovate, or maintain tie-up facilities and related amenities for recreational transient vessels that are at least 26 feet long. The grant program was authorized by Congress in 1998 and is funded by excise taxes on fishing equipment and motorboat fuel. READ MORE

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