Project Grant 13DG11420004177

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $6,250,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) on January 8, 2025. The grant funding supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in New York. Key activities include cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help landowners...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Town of Brookhaven Town Hall Grants Division received a Cooperative Agreement award of $988,128 from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide funding and technical assistance for New York's Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE) in Mastic Beach. Under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.927), this award supports the implementation of emergency recovery measures focused on runoff...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 8—Southern Region awarded $247,000 to the South Carolina Forestry Commission under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP). Awarded on July 14, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2028, this project grant funds on-the-ground technical assistance services to non-industrial private forest landowners in South Carolina affected by natural...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement valued at $999,994.00 to The Nature Conservancy on September 30, 2025, to provide funding and technical assistance for completion of New York's Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE) initiative in Staten Island. This award, administered under CFDA 10.927 (Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act), supports...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $13,500,000 Project Grant to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to implement the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). This five-year grant, effective July 17, 2023 through June 30, 2028, will enable DEC to plan for, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in disadvantaged communities across New York...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection received a $400,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), awarded July 8, 2025, with a completion date of December 30, 2029. The grant funds direct forest fuels reduction activities through prescribed fire and mechanical treatment methods to mitigate wildfire risk in underserved communities throughout New Jersey. This...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $41,267,731 Cooperative Agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) to the Town of Whitestown, New York. The funding supports implementation of recovery measures and debris removal related to the Halloween 2019 storm in Oneida County. The EWP Program provides financial and technical assistance to local sponsors for emergency watershed protection activities such as...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Region (Region 8) awarded the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services a $2.68 million Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on July 8, 2025. This five-year award, with an ultimate completion date of July 7, 2030, provides assistance to private landowners and state agencies for recovery of forested lands impacted by hurricanes and other natural...

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services received a $904,800 Project Grant from the U.S. Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station under the Forestry Research program (CFDA 10.652) on May 2, 2025. This award supports hurricane disaster recovery research activities in North Carolina with a completion date of March 31, 2030. As part of the federal government's broader investment in forestry research, this grant funds research initiatives designed to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection received a $450,921 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) for implementation of on-the-ground forest management practices in New Jersey. The award, effective January 2, 2026, through July 31, 2030, funds the execution of forest density reduction and hazardous fuel load mitigation activities designed to prevent...