Cooperative Agreement L24AC00487

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 California Tahoe Conservancy and USDA Forest Service will implement a coordinated hazardous fuels reduction strategy in community forests on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $4.3 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Under the six-year award beginning August 2022 through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235), the awardees will reduce hazardous fuels on 650-850 acres of small, forested...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will receive $300,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct wildfire risk reduction activities under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. From September 2022 through August 2026, the Preserve will perform fuel reduction and habitat restoration work in the Albany Pine Bush to control rural and wildland fires. The Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist non-federal...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...

This $790,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) supports the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) in reducing hazardous fuels and providing safe access for fire and emergency response throughout the Puu Ka Pele Forest Reserve on Kauai Island. The award, effective from August 16, 2024 through December 31, 2026, will enable DLNR to implement fuel...

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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida. The grant, with a performance period from August 26, 2024 to August 25, 2029, will fund cross-boundary wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Florida. Approved activities include implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed...

The City of South Lake Tahoe will receive $911,120 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to conduct hazardous fuel reduction activities. Under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the City will reduce fuels across approximately 149.82 acres of city-owned properties. This will decrease wildfire severity, improve defensible space, and enhance forest ecosystem health near critical infrastructure like the airport, schools, and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,011,752 cooperative agreement to the California Conservation Corps under the Youth Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 15.546) to conduct shaded fuel break projects on Reclamation lands from January 31, 2022 through January 31, 2027. Over the five-year period, California Conservation Corps crews will treat between 24 to 28 acres annually through vegetation removal techniques like pruning, cutting, chipping, and mowing to reduce wildfire fuel loads...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,789,608 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to Colorado State University on June 4, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant funded hazardous fuel reduction activities on approximately 200 acres of forested land in Colorado through mechanical treatments and prescribed burns. Work was conducted by two sub-awardees and included...