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Ecology's Grants and Loans Programs

The Department of Ecology provides a number of financial assistance programs to support environmental management; see below for more information on each of these programs.

Air Quality

The Air Quality Program is offering a new grant program designed to provide Washington cities and counties with funding to retrofit their heavy-duty diesel vehicles.

Coastal Zone Management Grants

This includes guidance documents, application forms, sample agreements, and other useful information about the CZM Project Assistance Grant Program for local government jurisdictions within the 15 counties with saltwater shorelines. Grants are used for shoreline master program planning.

Environmental Education Grants

A wide range of environmental education grant opportunities are available through the Department of Ecology and other organizations.

Flood Control

This includes everything you need to apply for a Flood Control Assistance Account Program (FCAAP) grant. Grants are used for flood hazard management planning and building flood prevention projects (e.g., repairing levees).

Shoreline Management

Ecology offers two-year Shoreline Master Program grants to local governments to fund shoreline master program updates throughout Washington State. Local governments are required to update their Shoreline Master Program according to the schedule outlined in the Shoreline Management Act.

Spill Response

Oil spill response equipment grants are available to public entities and tribes in Washington to fund the acquisition of oil spill response equipment trailers.

Waste Management

Financial assistance is available for waste management through the following programs: Community Litter Cleanup Program, Coordinated Prevention Grants, Public Participation Grants, and Remedial Action Grants and Loans.

Water Quality

Water quality grants and loans are available for a broad range of projects.

Water Resources

Agriculture water supply grants are available for developing comprehensive water conservation plans and projects implementing water conservation plans.

Columbia River Basin Water Management Grants are available for a variety of conservation and storage projects.

Watershed Management

Watershed planning grants are available for organization, assessment, and plan development as well as development of in-stream flow recommendations, multiple purpose water storage assessment, and water quality planning.