Cooperative Agreement P12AC31008

This federal Project Grant award of $104,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) will fund a two-year Advanced Forest Legacy Projects Data Management Pilot Phase Two. The grantee, Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc., is a non-profit focused on forestry and wildland fire management across the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. The grant aims to enhance forest health,...

This Project Grant award of $651,150 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the National Audubon Society Inc., a non-profit conservation organization. The funding will support a 5-year initiative to engage private landowners in Vermont to address the biodiversity crisis through collaborative conservation efforts focused on landscape-scale restoration. The project aims to protect...

This Project Grant award of $597,992.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will enable the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient forest management practices in Massachusetts. The funding will support the organization's efforts to promote the conservation and sustainable management of non-federal forest and other rural lands, including...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation (aka Northeast Wilderness Trust) under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program. The funding will support the acquisition and permanent protection of a 1,410-acre property in Russell, NY as the Grasse River Wilderness Preserve. The property will be placed under a forever-wild conservation easement held by the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc. under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, awarded on January 7, 2025, supports the Alliance's efforts to facilitate access to emerging carbon markets and promote climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners across the Northeastern and Midwestern...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation $1.07 million on August 26, 2025, through the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) to support forest conservation and land acquisition activities in New York's Rensselaer Plateau region. The project involves acquisition and management of a 640-acre tract that connects Pittstown State Forest and Grafton Lakes State Park, with completion targeted for...

This federal Project Grant award of $312,500.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The funding will support the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in implementing a range of forest conservation and management activities over the 2024-2029 performance period. Key products and services to be delivered include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) received a $1.17 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) for the Northeast-Mid-Atlantic Partnership for Forests and Water. The award, obligated on July 10, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027, supports continued regional collaboration to maximize conservation impact across...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 9 (Eastern Region), awarded $650,000 to the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc. on August 13, 2025, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). This Project Grant supports organizational operations and collaborative forest management activities across 20 state forestry agencies in the Northeast and Midwest regions plus the District of Columbia through January 31,...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,227,000.00, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), supports a range of forest management, conservation, and restoration activities across non-federal lands in New York. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for...