Cooperative Agreement L22AC00626

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) was awarded a $1,126,500 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, awarded on Sep 28, 2023, supports a range of services focused on mitigating hazardous fuels, such as implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed burns, performing landscape assessments, and developing action plans to improve forest health and community...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) on August 22, 2025. This funding will support two fuels reduction projects within the state of Oregon. Specifically, ODF will complete thinning and mastication treatments on approximately 311 acres of the Crescent County Wildland Urban Interface, and target thinning on 120 acres in the...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,020,000 project grant to the Long Tom Watershed Council through the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.723). The grant will support the Willamette Valley Prescribed Fire Capacity project from August 2022 through March 2026. Under this award, the Long Tom Watershed Council will work to increase the use of prescribed fire as a land management tool in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Prescribed fire is...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a 5-year, $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The primary goals of this fuels reduction project are to treat 490 acres of tribal and private lands within the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership planning area through manual thinning (240 acres) and prescribed burning (250 acres). Treatment activities will include...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $3.398 million cooperative agreement to the McKenzie River Trust Inc. from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026 under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). Through this award, the McKenzie River Trust will facilitate the restoration of large woody debris habitat in the McKenzie River Sub-Basin, which like many in the Willamette Basin lacks the large wood that historically characterized the system...

The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,173,823 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to South Willamette Solutions, a non-profit organization in Oakridge, Oregon, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the "OAKRIDGE WESTFIR FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY PROJECT" from September 2024 to December 2028. The project aims to develop and implement comprehensive community wildfire...

The Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council was awarded a $665,423.64 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to carry out the Summer Lake Wildfire Risk Reduction Project. The two-year project running from December 2021 through December 2023 aims to reduce wildfire risks in Oregon through forest management activities. The grant is funded through the USDA Forest Service's Schools and Roads Grants to States program (CFDA 10.665), which shares...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Schools and Roads - Grants to States program (CFDA 10.665) provides $203,779.00 to the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to improve the network of wildfire control and suppression areas in a high-risk region. The project will create 5 miles of shaded fuel breaks along Clover Creek Road in Klamath County, Oregon by removing small diameter trees and spacing...

The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the Oregon Department of Forestry from April 2023 through September 2027 under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228). The award will support the Oregon Watershed Restoration Authority IIJA Upper Applegate Watershed Project. As part of the BLM's Fuels Management Program, which provides strategic investments to reduce wildfire risks, the project activities...