Cooperative Agreement F18AC00591

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $664,442 cooperative agreement to Oregon State University on September 15, 2025, under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) to establish and operate the Northwest Fire Science Consortium as a regional fire science exchange serving the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University will coordinate science engagement efforts across fire science producers, land and fire management institutions, and practitioners...

The Oregon Department of Forestry will receive $1.66 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region. The award is provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA 10.716) to support statewide restoration and timber sale preparation planning from February 2023 through June 2027. Funding will support the development of plans to conduct prescribed burns and...

The Oregon Department of Forestry received a $374,840 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the department's delivery of fire prevention, control, and prescribed burning services on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Oregon through September 2025. As the direct recipient of the funding, the department...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded the Oregon Department of Forestry a $496,500 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) on September 10, 2025. This award will support the department's fire capacity and assist communities at risk from catastrophic wildland fires through September 29, 2029. Consistent with CFDA 10.698 program objectives, the grant funds fire management...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded $138,500 to the Oregon Department of Forestry on August 20, 2026, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The Oregon Department of Forestry will administer application, award, monitoring, auditing, and reimbursement processes in cooperation with participating Oregon fire departments during 2027. Funded applications from local fire departments will support personal...

This $627,404 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) aims to assess the impact of prescribed fire regimes on water quantity and quality in the Cross Timbers region of Oklahoma. The primary objectives are to evaluate the effects of prescribed fire on vegetation, soil, water yield, and water quality, as well as model the application of prescribed fire on water resources under...

This $290,170 Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Oregon Department of Forestry in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, mitigation, and response services on non-federal forest and rural lands across Oregon. Key activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, prescribed fire management, and public education and outreach. The Oregon...

This $380,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program supports a project conducted by the University of Washington, in collaboration with Oregon State University, to investigate post-fire transformations in forests and shrublands in the Inland Pacific Northwest region. The key objectives are to: 1) identify and map areas that have experienced post-fire vegetation changes, 2) use...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,523,410 Project Grant to the Oregon Department of Forestry under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant funding will support the department's delivery of wildfire protection, forest management, and natural resource conservation services across Oregon over a 3-year performance period from September 23, 2023 to September 30, 2026. Key activities include hazardous fuels reduction,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), provides $629,326 to study the water quality impacts of prescribed fire in western US conifer forests. The project aims to address uncertainties around how prescribed fire usage for forest restoration, in response to increasing wildfire size and severity due to climate change, may affect water quality. The study will examine...