This agreement will leverage the partner's capacity and contracting procedures to expedite management activities for the treatment of insect and disease infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels,…

Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs Division received a $1,372,625 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 2 – Rocky Mountain Region, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA 10.716), awarded September 9, 2025, with completion targeted for June 25, 2035. The award funds a supplemental agreement under an existing Good Neighbor Master Agreement to deliver forest health restoration and ecosystem management activities on National Forest System lands in Colorado. Primary deliverables include harvesting a minimum of 19,343 hundred cubic feet of timber; treating insect and disease-infected trees; reducing hazardous fuels through vegetation management; and performing restoration activities to improve forest and watershed health while increasing ecosystem resistance to insect infestations.

The cooperative agreement leverages Colorado State University's contracting procedures and technical capacity to expedite on-the-ground management activities in alignment with Executive Order 14225 (Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production) and Secretarial Memorandum 1078-006 (Increasing Timber Production on National Forest System Lands). As a Land Grant research institution with extensive experience managing federal natural resources projects, CSU will execute the project scope of work through its Sponsored Programs Division, combining field management activities with applied expertise to support the Forest Service's Wildfire Crisis Strategy and National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy objectives.

This agreement will leverage the partner's capacity and contracting procedures to expedite management activities for the treatment of insect and disease infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels, and performance of other activities to restore or improve forest and watershed health. The project will be a supplemental agreement under an existing good neighbor master agreement and is pursuant of executive order 14225 (immediate expansion of american timber production) and secretarial memo 1078-006 (increasing timber production and designating an emergency situation on national forest system lands). IT will harvest a minimum of 19,343 hundred cubic feet (CCF) of timber and increase ecosystem resistance to insect infestations.