Cooperative Agreement 13CA11051900024

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...

The City of South Lake Tahoe will receive $911,120 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to conduct hazardous fuel reduction activities. Under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the City will reduce fuels across approximately 149.82 acres of city-owned properties. This will decrease wildfire severity, improve defensible space, and enhance forest ecosystem health near critical infrastructure like the airport, schools, and...

The California Tahoe Conservancy and USDA Forest Service will implement a coordinated hazardous fuels reduction strategy in community forests on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $4.3 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Under the six-year award beginning August 2022 through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235), the awardees will reduce hazardous fuels on 650-850 acres of small, forested...

The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District will receive $532,470 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded on December 27, 2022 by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235). The funding will support a 90-115 acre fuels reduction project along Highway 50 in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 2023 to 2028. Treatments will include thinning and removal of fuels in two areas prone to heavy traffic and near homes to modify potential...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $597,330 Project Grant to the Nevada Division of Forestry under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant will fund hazardous fuels reduction activities in the Intermountain Region of Nevada from August 2022 through July 2027. Specifically, the Nevada Division of Forestry will use the funding to reduce the volume of hazardous fuels on forests,...

The North Tahoe Fire Protection District will receive $2.7 million under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region on December 23, 2022. The funding supports hazardous fuels reduction on 300-700 acres of high priority wildland urban interface defense zones in North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts as identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Treatments will improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfire...

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management was awarded a $1.465 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct hazardous fuel treatments on non-federal lands in Arizona as part of the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) from August 12, 2022 to August 11, 2027. This federal grant program aims to reduce the risk and impacts of large wildfires by lessening hazardous fuel volumes in forests, woodlands,...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228) provides $779,497.87 in funding to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) and the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD) to address the threat of wildfires in communities in Nevada. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant funding include: 1) Promoting public education and awareness of wildfire safety, 2)...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $845,500 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Nevada Division of Forestry. The award, made on July 11, 2024, supports the Division's efforts to mitigate wildfire risks across non-federal lands in Nevada through hazardous fuel reduction, prescribed burning, and vegetation management activities. The program aims to create fire-resilient landscapes and fire-adapted...

This $1,450,000 Project Grant award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service supports the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The award will fund hazardous fuel reduction treatments on 78.8 acres of private and municipal property within the Village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Key activities include reducing overstory tree density, removing hazardous and diseased trees, and mitigating surface and ladder fuels to create defensible space around...