Ecology Services > Grants and Loans
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.
Natural Resources Grants and Loans
The Natural Resource Agencies recently held a webinar highlighting many of the grant and loan programs available this fall.
>> See what's available by listening to this Webinar.
>> View the webinar in Adobe Acrobat format.
(in partnership with the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office)
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.
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
The Coastal Protection Fund (CPF) is a non-appropriated revolving fund
to pay for projects that: restore or enhance environmental, recreational, archaeological, or aesthetic resources for the
benefit of Washington’s citizens; investigate the long-term effects of oil spills; develop and implement aquatic land
geographic information systems.
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.
Toxics Cleanup
See Paying for Cleanups.
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
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.
