The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,465,295 Project Grant to Remake Talent, operating as the Firebrand Resiliency Collective, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant, which runs from September 2024 to May 2029, supports the development and implementation of the Rogue Valley Integrated Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Key activities include community building, education, risk assessments, and...
This $129,910.30 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228), aims to reduce the abundance of exotic annual grasses within the Upper Rogue Oak Initiative project area in southwest Oregon. The Understory Initiative, a woman-owned non-profit organization, will collaborate with BLM to strategically apply prescribed burning and follow-up herbicide treatments to clear meadows of invasive...
The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $121,927.20 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative (SOFRC), a woman-owned non-profit organization. The award, granted on March 13, 2024, will fund SOFRC to implement vegetation surveys across 6,798 acres of small diameter, risk reduction treatments and 803 acres of commercial harvest for habitat restoration on federal lands in Oregon....
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $2,606,862.14 Cooperative Agreement to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon. The funding is provided through the BLM's Forest and Woodlands Resource Management program (CFDA 15.233) and will support the implementation of the Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy and the Klamath-Siskiyou Strategic Conservation Action Plan. The Cooperative Agreement will fund 250 acres of oak...
This $466,500 Project Grant award was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant recipient is the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), a state government agency responsible for managing and protecting Oregon's forest resources. The funding will support ODF's comprehensive forest management and wildfire mitigation efforts, including hazardous fuels reduction,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Oregon. This funding will support two key initiatives: Provide restoration support to private landowners in the Little Butte Upper Rogue Oak Initiative focus area, in cooperation with the Klamath-Siskiyou Oak Network. This will assist landowners with planning to leverage other...
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 Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, will receive $1,000,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The funding will support continued maintenance of severely fire-prone areas within the Ashland All-Lands Forest Restoration project boundaries above Ashland, Oregon through activities such as...
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...
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...