Formula Grant 106652005Q21055

This consolidated payment grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will provide $2,952,178.00 to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry (DACF) to increase active forest management, reduce wildfire risk, and support related conservation and community forestry programs. The grant funding will be used for the Forest Stewardship Program to assist and educate forest landowners on...

This Project Grant award of $527,855 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance (CFDA 10.664) program supports land management activities on 4.6 million acres of private forest lands in Maine. The funding will enable the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry to provide financial and technical assistance to over 74,000 private forest landowners to conduct hazardous fuels reduction, develop multi-resource...

This $494,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) to the Conservation & Forestry, Maine Department of Agriculture. The project will support a variety of forest management and conservation activities across non-federal lands in Maine from August 2024 through May 2029. Key activities include developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $676,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry on August 30, 2024. This federal grant will fund a range of forest conservation and management activities in Maine over a 4-year period ending on September 30, 2028. Planned initiatives include acquiring conservation easements, implementing forest health monitoring programs,...

The Forest Society of Maine will receive $250,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5. The funding is provided under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (NRDAR, CFDA 15.658) to support conservation efforts for the Coburn Gore Project. The goal of the Coburn Gore Project is to permanently conserve a tract of working forestland containing important loon nesting habitat and headwaters of a major...

The Maine Consolidated Forestry Programs Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service provides $2.76 million to support urban and community forestry, forest stewardship, forest health, state fire capacity, and volunteer programs in Maine through June 2030. Funded under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), this Project Grant will advance forest resource management, conservation, and related services. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,533,333 Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) project grant to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry (DACF) on January 21, 2025. The grant supports the "FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION SOUTH BRANCH FOREST PROJECT" with a planned completion date of June 30, 2029. The Forest Legacy Program is a voluntary land conservation initiative focused on protecting environmentally important forest areas at risk of...

This $4,886,667.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) supports the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's efforts to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Maine threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. The award will fund the acquisition of forestlands through fee simple purchases or conservation easements to prevent conversion, specifically for the South Bog Stream...

This $3,262,592 Project Grant award to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry was made on September 25, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will support a variety of forestry initiatives in Maine, including urban and community forestry, forest stewardship, and forest resilience activities, over a period ending on June 30, 2028. Past federal grants to this state agency have funded land...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $124,000 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676). The grant will fund the administration of Maine's Forest Legacy Program over a 5-year period from December 2023 to June 2028. The Forest Legacy Program aims to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas threatened by conversion to non-forest uses, through the acquisition of...