Cooperative Agreement L09AC15467

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,789,608 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to Colorado State University on June 4, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant funded hazardous fuel reduction activities on approximately 200 acres of forested land in Colorado through mechanical treatments and prescribed burns. Work was conducted by two sub-awardees and included...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Red Lodge Fire Department under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). This 5-year agreement, running from August 2023 to August 2028, will fund the Red Lodge Fire Department's fuel mitigation crew to conduct forest thinning, create defensible space around homes and properties, and dispose of slash piles in Carbon County, Montana. The funding will be...

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228) will fund activities to reduce wildfire risk in Tooele County, Utah. The key activities include roadside and field mowing, community clean-up, transporting fire-risk fuels to the landfill, thinning and limbing trees to create fuel breaks, and prescribed burning. The expected outcomes are to create fire-resilient...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, through the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), awarded a $499,865 cooperative agreement to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on landscape-scale fuel reduction strategies for grassland ecosystems in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) of Boulder County, Colorado. The project aims to: Measure grassland fuel characteristics to develop a custom fuel model for the region Experimentally test mowing, grazing, and prescribed fire fuel...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $657,822 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands. The grant will support hazardous fuels reduction activities from July 2022 through June 2027. Specifically, the Division of Forestry will implement measures to reduce hazardous wildland fuels such...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,966,618 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc. for the Lake County Fuels Reduction Through Mastication Under Power Lines project. The funding supports the development and updating of Community Wildfire Protection Plans, wildfire risk assessments, hazardous fuels reduction through vegetation removal and prescribed...

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation was awarded a $771,270 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant supports hazardous fuels reduction projects in Montana through June 2026. Specifically, the funding supports five sub-awards to complete fuel reduction on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands. The sub-awards include the Lost Horse-Sula Fuel...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded $6,973,754 under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664) to Colorado State University on August 24, 2022 for completion by July 31, 2027. The Project Grant funding will support wildfire mitigation services delivered by Colorado State University and sub-awardee West Region Wildfire Council. Specifically, the Council will conduct 200 site visits to educate homeowners on property wildfire...

This Project Grant award of $687,221.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) will fund hazardous fuel reduction activities in Colorado's Mid Valley North region adjacent to national forests and grasslands. The award to Colorado State University (CSU) will support implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed burns, performing landscape assessments, and developing action plans to mitigate...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division under the CFDA 10.697 State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program. The grant, with a performance period from July 28, 2023 to May 31, 2028, will fund activities to reduce the risk and long-term impacts of large, destructive wildfires by decreasing hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands...