The Ohio Combined Forest Health Projects grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service provides $270,000 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry through June 2025. The funding supports the Forest Health Protection federal grant program's goal of managing and protecting non-federal forest resources from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants. Specifically, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will use the grant to deliver...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,830,000 Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, through the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). This grant will fund a range of activities to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Ohio threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. Key products and services to be provided include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry on July 30, 2024. The grant funding will be used to increase landscape-level forest resilience by reaching out to Ohio's small acreage landowners. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant include providing technical assistance,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $340,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry. This grant will fund a comprehensive initiative to survey and suppress the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive forest pest, across Ohio's forests. The project will span from March 2024 through June 2028, with the goal of protecting and managing the state's non-federal...
This $4,712,272 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will support a range of forest management and conservation activities across Ohio's 8.1 million acres of public and private lands. The award, effective August 26, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will enable the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry to deliver critical environmental services such as forest health...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912). The funding will support enhancing the protection of land and water resources in counties across Ohio, as well as the conservation and restoration of woodland habitat. Over the 3-year project period from September 2023 to September 2026,...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry received a $115,674 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Ohio Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up 55 & 56. The grant was awarded under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), which aims to promote long-term forest management on non-federal lands. Funding will support the Division of Forestry in enabling private landowners to actively manage their forest lands through March...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry will receive $359,985.25 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717). The funding will support ODNR's efforts to address non-native invasive species through capacity building initiatives from April 2023 through December 2026. As the state agency responsible for managing Ohio's natural resources across 800,000...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $5.654 million Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664) for the period of September 12, 2022 through June 30, 2027. The grant will support the Consolidated Forestry Programs including urban and community forestry, forest health, state fire assistance, wildfire risk reduction, and volunteer fire assistance programs in Ohio....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service is providing a $327,317 Project Grant award under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to The Ohio State University to increase infrastructure for early detection of native and invasive forest pathogen DNA. The project will run from April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027. The Ohio State University, a public research university, will conduct research and develop improved technologies to monitor the health of the nation's...