This agreement will provide the framework and funding for the collaboration between the bighorn national forest and cooperator on a hazardous fuels removal project

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 2–Rocky Mountain Region awarded the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments a $250,000 cooperative agreement on May 4, 2026, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717) to fund hazardous fuels removal and watershed protection on National Forest System lands in Wyoming.

The Motley and Survivor Hazardous Fuels Removal Project will remove approximately 6,068 one hundred cubic feet units of saw and non-sawtimber across 348 acres of Bighorn National Forest lands through shared stewardship. The project objective is to reduce the threat of high-severity wildfires and improve protection of a municipal watershed. Timber will be cut, prepared, and transported off forest to local wood fiber industry under a timber sale contract managed by the State, anticipated to be awarded in 2027 or 2028, with contract operations and road reconstruction activities completed by December 31, 2031. Any revenue generated under the agreement will be reinvested in National Forest System lands restoration activities, documented through formal modification.

Place of performance is Wyoming.

This project, the motley and survivor hazardous fuels removal project, includes the removal of approximately 6,068 one hundred cubic feet units of wood fiber, both saw and non-sawtimber, over 348 acres of national forest system lands through shared stewardship with the cooperator. The objective of this timber removal project is hazardous fuels removal to reduce the threat of high severity wildfires and improve protection of a municipal watershed in wyoming. Timber will be cut, prepared, and transported off forest to local wood fiber industry under a contract managed by the state. The timber sale is expected to be awarded in 2027 or 2028, with contract operations and road reconstruction activities completed by the end of 2031. Any revenue generated under this agreement will be reinvested in national forest system lands restoration activities, revenue and restoration activities will be documented by formal modification.