Project Grant 16DG11031000012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD), doing business as C A R C D, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant is intended to support climate mitigation, forest resilience practices, and engagement of underserved forest landowners in emerging environmental markets. Key services to be delivered include cost-sharing for forestry...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $449,903 Project Grant to Wood Sharks LLC through the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund the Lower Embudo and Copper Hill State Trust Land Collaborative Restoration Project from September 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to promote healthy watersheds and reduce wildfire risks in New Mexico's forests through restoration activities. Specifically, the grant will...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Alfonso Chacon & Sons of New Mexico under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund implementation of activities to expand and strengthen fuel breaks through forest restoration in the Vallecitos area of New Mexico from July 2021 through July 2024. Specifically, the grant will support healthy watersheds and reduce threats from wildfires, insects and...

This $1,999,988 Cooperative Agreement award, made on September 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), aims to facilitate reforestation education, stewardship transitions, and the development of green economies in Puerto Rico. The recipient, Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd), is a non-profit organization and community development corporation focused on environmental...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded Old Wood, LLC $450,000 under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679) from September 2, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding will support projects to promote healthy watersheds and reduce wildfire risks in New Mexico's forests through improving forest ecosystem functioning and plant and tree diversity. Specifically, Old Wood will deliver services around building up the base of the state's forest industry at the...

The Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation, in partnership with the Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project, will receive $530,048 from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program to upgrade two diversion structures and restore adjacent riparian habitat along the Conejos River in Colorado. Funded from July 2022 to June 2024, the Foundation and its partners will improve two diversion structures to ensure full water delivery during low flows through the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $1,999,874.00 was granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service on December 19, 2024 under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award supports the project "BUILDING A BIOCHAR MARKET FOR FOREST AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE" to be carried out by the non-profit organization Corrim over a performance period ending on December 18, 2027. The project aims to support...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a $344,000 Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) Project Grant to Distrito De Conservacion De Suelos Y Aguas Del Suroeste, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant supports a landscape-scale restoration initiative to increase ecosystem resilience in eastern Puerto Rico through effective conservation management practices. The project aims to advance sustainable forestry, establish...

Under a $250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (CCFEG), doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will correct one (1) fish passage barrier to improve access to 1.45 miles of cold-water habitat for endangered fish species, including bull trout. Additionally, CCFEG will place locally sourced wood in up to 1 mile of Pole Creek to enhance instream complexity. This work is funded...

The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) will receive $256,718 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to address invasive weeds in Cordova, Alaska through June 2027. Under the award, CRWP will work cooperatively with the Forest Service to control and eradicate invasive plant species that threaten natural ecosystems and community resources. The funding is provided through the Schools and Roads Grants to States program (CFDA #10.665), which...