Cooperative Agreement L25AC00149

The Project Grant award in the amount of $306,475.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant, with a performance period from June 17, 2024 to June 30, 2027, supports the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments to implement hazardous fuels mitigation, forest health management, and wildfire prevention activities in the Crow Creek watershed. Key deliverables...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $322,450.00 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments. The funding supports the 2023 Crooked Creek Community Fuels Mitigation Project to develop and update community wildfire protection plans in Wyoming. As a sub-grantee, the Fremont County Fire Protection District will...

This federal Project Grant award for $300,000 was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant supports activities to mitigate wildfire risks across non-federal lands in Wyoming, including implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed burns, performing landscape assessments, and developing action plans to improve forest health...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will support the development and updating of community wildfire protection plans for at-risk communities in Wyoming from September 15, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to develop new...

The State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments Division received a $1,875,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) on December 23, 2024. The grant will fund the "WYOMING FOREST RESILIENCE PROJECT" with a performance period ending on December 22, 2029. The project aims to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Wyoming. Key...

The State of Wyoming Office of State Lands received a $1,128,024 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) on June 5, 2023. The grant completion date is June 4, 2028. The award will support hazardous fuels reduction on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands adjacent to national forests and grasslands in Wyoming to reduce wildfire risks and damage to natural...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Red Lodge Fire Department under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). This 5-year agreement, running from August 2023 to August 2028, will fund the Red Lodge Fire Department's fuel mitigation crew to conduct forest thinning, create defensible space around homes and properties, and dispose of slash piles in Carbon County, Montana. The funding will be...

This $690,280 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) supports the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments in developing and revising Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for underserved communities in Wyoming. The grant, with a period of performance from September 2024 to September 2029, will fund comprehensive planning, risk...

This $350,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) will fund the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative (WRTBI) to expand buffalo habitat restoration and cultural revitalization efforts on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The project has two key components: 1) Fencing 26 miles of 16,400-acre Range Unit 24 to convert it from cattle grazing to buffalo...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $1,000,000.00 Project Grant to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California, doing business as Washoe Development Group, to support the "Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Washoe Tribe Elder and Share Firewood" project. This grant is funded through the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for...