Cooperative Agreement 22CA11132762036

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $163,800 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Southeast Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society (SE COCKPIT LFMCBS) in Jamaica. The grant aims to help smallholder farmers in Jamaica diversify their livelihoods and enhance community resilience in the face of intensifying weather conditions and agricultural pests. The funding will enable SE COCKPIT LFMCBS to increase its...

American Forests will provide $250,000 in climate-smart reforestation services to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks under a four-year cooperative agreement from the National Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship program. Key activities include meeting with indigenous stewards to develop reforestation goals, evaluating assisted adaptation strategies, collecting tree cones, growing seedlings, planning post-fire recovery, and stakeholder engagement. American Forests will work with...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur awarded a $100,000.00 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to the Virgin Islands Fire Service, a local government entity in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The grant will be used to assist in the control of rural fires, fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest lands and other...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,999,988 Cooperative Agreement to Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd) under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award, effective September 27, 2024, will support a 3-year project to facilitate reforestation education, stewardship transitions, and green economy development in Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered through this Cooperative...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development Haiti (USAID - OM) provided $37,779,741 to Chemonics International, Inc. to implement the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grant for reforestation projects in Haiti from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2022. The scope of work under this grant included converting households from charcoal to Liquefied Petroleum Gas cooking, establishing a domestic LPG cookstove assembly unit, planting mangrove...

The Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps, a division of the Puerto Rico Fire Department, received a $453,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA #10.698). The funding will be used to provide fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed burning services on non-federal lands in Puerto Rico from July 2023...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $110,500 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Executive Office of the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Agriculture. The grant supports the U.S. Virgin Islands Forest Action Plan Capacity Building Initiative, with the performance period running from January 7, 2025 to September 30, 2027. The grant funding will be used by the Department of Agriculture to...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NCASC) Program (CFDA 15.820), aims to demonstrate afforestation approaches in dry, grass-dominated landscapes to mitigate wildfire risk. The $267,438 project, with a performance period from December 15, 2024 to November 14, 2027, will: Install and monitor 16 trial plots across two sites in Hawaii to test the efficacy of science-driven afforestation...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,058,240 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The award, effective from August 13, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. Through this funding, PDC will deliver a comprehensive range of environmental conservation,...

This $556,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps, a division of the Puerto Rico Fire Department, in providing fire prevention, control, and management services across Puerto Rico's non-federal lands. The funding will enable the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps to conduct critical activities such as developing community...