Project Grant 15DG11132543007

This is a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The $305,077 award to the University of Washington, with a subcontract to Portland State University, will fund a 2-year project titled "Assessing and Projecting Post-Fire Transitions and Reburn Dynamics in the Western Cascades." The project aims to develop new applied science for anticipating and understanding the capacity of forests in...

The Cascadia Conservation District was awarded a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). This funding will support the implementation of fuels treatment projects on private lands adjacent to power line corridors in the East Cascades region of Chelan County, Washington. The goal is to reduce the risk of wildfire damage to critical...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), will support a series of three 1.5-day in-person workshops in Phoenix, AZ. The workshops will assist practitioners in integrating new fire management strategies and evaluating their potential impacts across land ownerships. The $320,760 project aims to: 1) identify new or adapted management strategies to accelerate adaptation...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management, through the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), awarded a $490,274 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University. The goal of this multi-year project is to assess the tools, methodologies, and governance practices that can be used to mitigate the impacts of large wildfires in the western United States, such as watershed impairment and habitat recovery for critical species. The research will involve a literature review,...

The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded Oregon State University a $523,997 Cooperative Agreement under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The award will support the Northwest Fire Science Consortium to foster scientist-manager communication and collaboration that integrates relevant fire and fuels management science. Key products and services include maintaining platforms for needs assessments and disseminating identified...

Wildfire Adapted Partnership will implement Archuleta County, Colorado's Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2023 through 2028 under a $1.48 million project grant from the USDA Forest Service. Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), the project involves assessing wildfire risks and developing mitigation strategies to protect life, property, and natural resources from wildfire damage. As a non-profit organization...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $579,672 Project Grant to Wallowa Resources, a non-profit organization and community development corporation, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). This 3-year award supports the development and implementation of a community wildfire protection plan (CWPP) for the Baker Firewise Community Resiliency Project in Oregon. Key activities include conducting wildfire risk...

The $1,173,823 "OAKRIDGE WESTFIR FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY PROJECT" federal Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region on September 17, 2024. The grant was provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720), which aims to help at-risk communities develop and implement community wildfire protection plans to mitigate wildfire risks. The grant funding...

This $338,400 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Association For Fire Ecology in increasing public benefits from fire ecology and management. The key activities to be funded over the 2-year period include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention education, incident management support, and capacity building for fire departments and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 has awarded a $640,000 Cooperative Agreement to MT. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), a non-profit organization, to improve forest resiliency on community forest lands and priority private working forests adjacent to Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Klickitat River Canyon in Washington. The funding, provided through the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674), will...