Cooperative Agreement L23AC00602

The County of Sierra in California was awarded a $203,550 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the development and updating of the County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan, as well as the implementation of wildfire mitigation projects outlined in the updated plan. Key activities to be funded include conducting wildfire risk...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $9,997,998 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720) to the Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County, a non-profit organization, for the Siskiyou County Home Assessment and Defensible Space and Education Project. The grant funds the development of community wildfire protection plans, home risk assessments, creation of defensible space, and public education...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District a $250,000 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The funding supports the development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for California communities at risk of wildfire damage and loss. The award has a performance period from January 13, 2025, to July 6, 2026. The federal grant program aims to create...

The County Of San Diego - Office Of Emergency Services received a $4,545,925.00 Project Grant award on November 9, 2023 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). This funding will enable the County to develop and update community wildfire protection plans, as well as implement hazardous fuels reduction, vegetation management, and other wildfire mitigation projects to improve...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $778,280 Cooperative Agreement under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228) to the Amador Fire Safe Council in California. The grant funding will support the "Rancheria Ridge Fuel Break and County-Wide Planning Project" over a 4-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028. The project aims to reduce wildfire risks and enhance community resilience through a...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), provides $216,769 to the Santa Clara Fire Safe Council Inc. to develop an updated Santa Clara County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The project aims to enhance wildfire prevention and community resilience through creating a comprehensive, accessible CWPP document with local annexes and a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $2,114,437 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to the Sierra County Fire Safe And Watershed Council, Inc. on December 13, 2023. The grant supports vegetation management, forest restoration, and related services to mitigate wildfire risks in the Sierraville area of Sierra County, California through September 2030. The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $7,374,392 Project Grant to the Lake County Resource Conservation District under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The goal of this 4.5-year project is to reduce fuels and build capacity among the native community to achieve fire-resilient ecosystems by conducting intentional burning on landscapes that have not been burned in nearly 200 years. The project aims to...

The California Tahoe Conservancy will reduce hazardous fuels on 950 to 1,250 acres of high-priority wildland urban interface areas on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $5.99 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. Focusing on three geographic regions, the Conservancy will treat Conservancy-owned parcels over one acre adjacent to communities to reduce catastrophic wildfire threats, protect...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...