Cooperative Agreement L24AC00191

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management, through the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), awarded a $490,274 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University. The goal of this multi-year project is to assess the tools, methodologies, and governance practices that can be used to mitigate the impacts of large wildfires in the western United States, such as watershed impairment and habitat recovery for critical species. The research will involve a literature review,...

This is a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The $305,077 award to the University of Washington, with a subcontract to Portland State University, will fund a 2-year project titled "Assessing and Projecting Post-Fire Transitions and Reburn Dynamics in the Western Cascades." The project aims to develop new applied science for anticipating and understanding the capacity of forests in...

This $429,216 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) aims to investigate how previous managed wildfires influenced the extent, severity, and management tactics used on recent uncontrolled wildfires in the southern Sierra Nevada. The project has six key objectives: (1) identify the environmental factors that led to recent wildfires either burning over or stopping at the boundaries of...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region for $616,404.00 supports the "CHILOQUIN WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION AND EDUCATION" initiative delivered by the Klamath Watershed Partnership, a non-profit organization, over a 5-year period from August 2023 to August 2028. The project is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), which provides funding to develop...

This $8,095,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research, education, and extension efforts to address the growing challenges of wildfire, forest health, and climate change in the Pacific Northwest region. Led by Oregon State University, the project team will conduct data analysis and modeling to quantify the scale and spatiality of climate adaptation needs, develop workforce training programs, and...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), provides $551,580 to the University of California, Santa Barbara to advance industry knowledge and understanding of wildfire risk at the parcel, neighborhood, and community levels. The key products and services to be delivered include: Results-oriented enhancements to existing parcel-level Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) scoring tools...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,465,295 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to Remake Talent, operating as the Firebrand Resiliency Collective, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon. 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...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance (CFDA 15.674) program provides $300,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, to conduct fuels reduction and habitat restoration activities on 300 acres of land adjacent to the communities of Fort Jones, Etna, and Callahan, California. Key project activities include removing or thinning...