Cooperative Agreement F18AC00015

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $599,850 project grant to Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. doing business as Huron Pines, for their "LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO PRESCRIBED FIRE IN MICHIGAN" effort. The grant is being administered under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program and will support services from September 15, 2022 through December 31, 2025. Under this award, Huron Pines will work to...

This $239,877 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) will enable the Shawnee Resource Conservation (Shawnee RCD Area) non-profit organization to engage volunteer fire departments in cross-boundary prescribed burn efforts near the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. The grant supports activities to reduce hazardous fuels and mitigate wildfire risks across public and private lands in the region. Key...

This $637,180 federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in enhancing wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands in Illinois. Key activities to be delivered under this 5-year award, which began on September 13, 2024, include hazardous fuels reduction,...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in implementing various wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in Illinois. The $132,790 award, which was granted on August 7, 2024, will fund IDNR's efforts to enhance...

The Department of Natural Resources Illinois received a $617,502 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to assist with the control of rural fires, prevention and suppression of fires on non-federal forest lands, and development and transfer of new fire management technologies. Key activities funded include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention...

This $1,271,898.00 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' efforts to enhance rural fire management and forest resilience throughout Illinois. The funding will enable the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to implement a range of fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed fire...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded the Illinois Department of Natural Resources $611,416 under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.698) on September 17, 2022. The funding supports staff salaries and program management costs through September 1, 2027 to oversee Illinois' fire protection duties with respect to nonfederal forest and rural lands. Specifically, the grant will assist the State in controlling...

This $135,792 Project Grant was awarded on September 10, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in the state. Key project activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire...

The federal Project Grant award of $763,020.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 9 - Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant was awarded on August 14, 2024 to the Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact, a non-profit organization located in Martinsville, Indiana. The grant funding supports a multi-year effort to equip and train fire personnel for national mobility, and to meet national and regional...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to support wildfire risk reduction efforts from July 23, 2021 through December 31, 2024. Specifically, the grant funding will support fuel break enhancement and fuel reduction activities in the Peninsula State Forest area of Michigan. The work will include...