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    Recreational Boating Facilities Grants

    These grants may be used by counties, towns, cities, villages, tribes, sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and qualified lake associations for recreational boating facility projects.Past projects have…

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    Off-Highway Motorcycle (OHM) trail grants

    Revenue collected from off-highway motorcycle (OHM) registrations is available for development, rehabilitation and maintenance of OHM trails in Wisconsin.Contact Jillian Steffes, 715-210-4911 with questions. To sign up to recieve notifications for…

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    Notice of Intent/Discharge Cost-Share Grants

    The DNR and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) offer cost-share funding grants to governmental units working with owners and operators of livestock operations to meet pollution control requirements imposed by the…

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    Motorized Stewardship Grants

    The 2013-15 Biennial Budget included a provision directing the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to distribute Stewardship Program funds as all-terrain vehicle (ATV), utility terrain vehicle (UTV) and snowmobile grants. -->The…

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    Municipal Flood Control Grant Program

    Recognizing the responsibility to protect life, health, and property from flood damages, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources offers this grant assistance package to all cities, villages, towns, tribal governments, and metropolitan sewerage…

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    Council, commission and committee meetings

    The Community Financial Assistance program works with various advisory councils, commissions and committees.

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    Department loan programs

    The DNR administers the following loan programs.

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    News

    2026 | 2025 | 2024 | Search: CTRL+F | PDF helpLearn about newsletters and bulletins.Sign up for newsletters and bulletins.Loan Capacity UpdateDue to continued high demand for financial assistance, loan capacity limitations may impact State Fiscal Ye

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    Additional funding sources

    The Grants.gov system houses information on over 1,000 grant programs.Many additional state and federal agencies and organizations have loan and grant programs that you can explore.

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    Allowable Boat Launch Fees

    Municipalities, lake management districts, and other access providers (entities that have a signed private provider agreement with the DNR) are allowed to charge reasonable launch fees under NR 1.91, Wis. Adm. Code.

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