Cooperative Agreement 23GN11021300035

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $962,604 Cooperative Agreement under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717) to the New Mexico Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department for the Magdalena Mountains Restoration Project. The project aims to implement forest restoration and hazardous fuels reduction treatments on up to 2,000 acres of National Forest System land in New Mexico. Key activities include hand...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $657,822 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands. The grant will support hazardous fuels reduction activities from July 2022 through June 2027. Specifically, the Division of Forestry will implement measures to reduce hazardous wildland fuels such...

This $108,350 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on August 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program. The funding supports the Ventura County Fire Protection District, doing business as the Ventura County Fire Department, in conducting fuel treatments and hazardous vegetation reduction within the Ojai Community Defense Zones in California. The project aims to protect, restore, and enhance...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,789,608 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to Colorado State University on June 4, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant funded hazardous fuel reduction activities on approximately 200 acres of forested land in Colorado through mechanical treatments and prescribed burns. Work was conducted by two sub-awardees and included...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...

The Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award, effective January 13, 2025 through November 30, 2029, will support the Division's efforts to build capacity to engage and support forest landowners in Utah. Key activities include developing community wildfire protection...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $4,966,618 Project Grant to Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc. under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the "Lake County Fuels Reduction Through Mastication Under Power Lines" project, which aims to develop and update Community Wildfire Protection Plans, conduct wildfire risk assessments, reduce hazardous fuels through vegetation...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 8 (Southern Region), awarded a $325,000 Project Grant to Texas A&M Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) on August 12, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 11, 2030. This award supports the Cross Boundary Wildfire Hazard Mitigation on Non-Federal Lands Program, which delivers hazardous fuel reduction and mitigation activities on non-federal forestlands...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands. The grant aims to reduce the risk and long-term damage from large, destructive wildfires by performing hazardous fuel reduction projects on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands in...

The Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation received a $770,800 Project Grant award on July 24, 2025, under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 1 – Northern Region. The grant will support hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Montana through June 30, 2030. Primary deliverables include implementing fuel mitigation...