The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet, with a performance period from March 2024 to March 2029. This grant supports activities to engage underserved forest landowners in Kentucky and facilitate their participation in emerging private environmental markets, such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. Key...
This Cooperative Agreement award for $4,946,608.00, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), will support efforts to leverage environmental markets to reforest mine-scarred properties in Appalachia. The award, which runs from August 5, 2024 to July 31, 2028, will provide funding to the awardee, Bosland Growth LLC, to deliver technical assistance, cost-sharing, outreach, and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,995,649.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award aims to increase access for underserved and small acreage landowners to emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience through training. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include providing technical assistance,...
This $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award was issued on September 19, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award aims to improve access to emerging environmental markets for small acreage landowners and enhance ecosystem services in the Appalachian region. Key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: providing forest farming technical assistance to 125...
This $23,720,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), is intended to expand the Family Forest Carbon Program. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: Providing cost-share assistance, technical support, and education to help underserved private forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets such as...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has awarded a $1,998,204 Cooperative Agreement to Appalachian Carbon Exchange, LLC to establish a silvopasture reforestation program in rural Appalachia under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The program will provide cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help non-industrial private forest landowners in the region participate in emerging environmental markets such as carbon...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has awarded a $1,998,270.00 Cooperative Agreement to Appalachian Carbon Exchange, LLC under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The funding supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Central Appalachia. Key objectives include increasing climate change adaptation, supporting forest health, and facilitating market access for underserved and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $12,420,758 Cooperative Agreement under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to American Forests, a non-profit organization, on September 23, 2024. The award supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners, particularly by increasing their access to emerging environmental markets such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. Key...
This $500,000 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), supports the Southern Group of State Foresters in delivering cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to private forest landowners in the southern United States. The funding aims to help these landowners, particularly marginalized and underserved populations, access emerging environmental...
This $1,999,950 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The project, awarded to the Urban Forest Carbon Registry in August 2024, delivers three key solutions over 3 years to enable hundreds of land trusts to enroll thousands of rural landowners in carbon offset and ecosystem services programs: Technical assistance toolkits to help landowners assess eligibility,...