Grants
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is accepting applications for Federal grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. A small amount of Federal funding is available this year, and local side grant applications will be accepted until December 30, 2011. Entities interested in applying should download the application by clicking on the Grant Applications link below. Applications for this grant will be accepted until December 30, 2011.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Trails Advisory Board will hold a public meeting Monday, December 5, 2011, at the Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th Street N, Wichita, Kansas, for the purpose of hearing and discussing projects previously submitted for funding under the Recreational Trails Fund Act. The meeting will begin at noon in the Auditorium. Signs on the premises will provide directions to the meeting room. Persons interested in commenting on projects should attend this meeting. Grant applicants are encouraged to attend and discuss their proposals. Time for comments will be limited. Final decisions about proposals will not be made at this meeting, but must go to the KDWPT Commission for approval.
For more information, contact Kathy Pritchett, Trail Grant Coordinator, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 512 SE 25th Avenue, Pratt, Kansas 67124, at 620-672-5911. If notified in advance, the department will have an interpreter available for the hearing impaired. To request an interpreter, call the TDD Service at 1-800-766-3777. An individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting Kathy Pritchett at 620-672-5911.
Congress passed an extension of the Recreational Trails Program in its current form until March 30, 2012. We have yet to hear from the Federal Highway Administration what our allocation and restrictions might be. Part of the agreement to pass the extension was that changes will be made before another extension is passed. What those changes may encompass, we do not know.
The application period for the Recreational Trails Grant closed August 1, 2011 for grants to be awarded in Federal Fiscal Year 2012.
Potential sponsors should be aware that the current trails program authorization officially ended September 30, 2009. It was extended for 2010 and 2011 as part of a continuing budget authorization. Some guidance has come from Congress about the shape of a new program, but nothing has yet been decided, and the future of the RTP grant is very much in question. It is possible that the program could simply go away, but there is very high public support for a trails grant program.
Public entities interested in developing trails should download the Recreational Trails application by clicking on the Grant Applications link below. Applications for this grant for Federal Fiscal Year 2012 will be accepted until August 1, 2011.
For applications, download the PDF files in Grant Applications or for additional questions contact KDWP by clicking on Grant Questions
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