Cooperative Agreement L19AC00064

The Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands was awarded a $242,138 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the development and implementation of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Salt Lake City, Utah. Key activities include conducting community wildfire risk assessments, developing...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), in cooperation with the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD), received a $779,497.87 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). The funding will support a multi-pronged effort to address the threat of wildfires in the communities of New Washoe City, East Washoe Valley, and Northeast Carson City, Nevada. The key products and services to be...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) supports the County of Park, Montana in developing and revising a Comprehensive Wildfire Protection Plan for Park County. The grant will fund activities to assess wildfire risks, reduce hazardous fuels, establish defensible spaces, and improve community wildfire response capabilities, with a focus on...

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) was awarded a $120,501 Project Grant on August 15, 2024 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the development and implementation of a comprehensive Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) update and modernization project for the state of Montana. Key activities to...

This Project Grant award for $1,986,450.00 was provided by the USDA Forest Service R1-Northern Region under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The funding will support the North Gallatin Front Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Project, which aims to develop community wildfire protection plans and update existing plans that are over 10 years old for communities at risk of wildfire damage and loss of life. The prime awardee is...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228), supports a comprehensive wildfire mitigation project in Montana. The $188,997.52 award, granted to Missoula County on September 18, 2024, will fund fuel reduction activities, such as thinning and prescribed burning, on public and private lands within the Clark Fork and Blackfoot watersheds. This work aims...

The Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through its Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands, has been awarded a $4,707,867 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will fund the development of community wildfire protection plans and the implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects in Utah's...

The Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands (Division of Forestry) has been awarded a $358,488 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to assist the Division in controlling rural fires, preventing and suppressing fires on non-federal forest and other rural lands, and developing and transferring new...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $510,000 Project Grant on June 22, 2023 to the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). This funding will support DNR's Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands in developing community wildfire protection plans for Utah communities considered at-risk from wildfire damage and...

Wildfire Adapted Partnership will implement Archuleta County, Colorado's Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2023 through 2028 under a $1.48 million project grant from the USDA Forest Service. Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), the project involves assessing wildfire risks and developing mitigation strategies to protect life, property, and natural resources from wildfire damage. As a non-profit organization...