Document the cooperation between the partner and the prescott national forest service to perform vegetation removal activities that include hand cutting, LOP and scatter, and mastication, as well as…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $440,400 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish under the Good Neighbor Authority program (CFDA 10.691) effective September 9, 2025. The agreement funds vegetation removal and land management activities on the Prescott National Forest through June 29, 2030. Primary deliverables include hand cutting, lop and scatter operations, mastication, hand piling, and decking of vegetative material. The project scope also encompasses heritage survey work and additional planning activities as determined necessary during the five-year performance period.

The Good Neighbor Authority program authorizes states to conduct restoration and land management projects on federal lands through negotiated cooperative agreements, with the goal of increasing the pace and scale of forest health treatments while reinvesting generated revenue into broader land management objectives. This agreement demonstrates the Forest Service's partnership with Arizona's wildlife management agency to achieve regional forest and watershed health priorities on Southwestern Region (Region 3) National Forest lands.

Document the cooperation between the partner and the prescott national forest service to perform vegetation removal activities that include hand cutting, LOP and scatter, and mastication, as well as some hand piling and decking of material, where appropriate. Additional activities will include heritage survey and other planning activities to be determined as needed.