Project Grant 17DG11046000618

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), in cooperation with the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD), received a $779,497.87 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). The funding will support a multi-pronged effort to address the threat of wildfires in the communities of New Washoe City, East Washoe Valley, and Northeast Carson City, Nevada. The key products and services to be...

The City of South Lake Tahoe will receive $911,120 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to conduct hazardous fuel reduction activities. Under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the City will reduce fuels across approximately 149.82 acres of city-owned properties. This will decrease wildfire severity, improve defensible space, and enhance forest ecosystem health near critical infrastructure like the airport, schools, and...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $597,330 Project Grant to the Nevada Division of Forestry under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant will fund hazardous fuels reduction activities in the Intermountain Region of Nevada from August 2022 through July 2027. Specifically, the Nevada Division of Forestry will use the funding to reduce the volume of hazardous fuels on forests,...

The North Tahoe Fire Protection District will receive $2.7 million under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region on December 23, 2022. The funding supports hazardous fuels reduction on 300-700 acres of high priority wildland urban interface defense zones in North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts as identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Treatments will improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfire...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station provides $610,000.00 to the Nevada Division Of Forestry, a U.S. state government entity, through the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The purpose of the grant is to reduce the undesired effects of large, destructive wildfires by decreasing hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands. Through this...

This federal Project Grant award of $298,625 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to support the ST LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA HI LO FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT. The grant funding, which has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, will enable Saint Louis County Administration Building, a U.S. local government entity, to execute a range of wildfire mitigation services. This...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $212,043 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720). The funding will support NDF in updating and modernizing the Storey County Community Wildfire Protection Plan over the period of August 2024 to July 2029. This project aims to help the community mitigate wildfire risks through comprehensive planning,...

This Project Grant award of $219,732.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station supports the Nevada Division Of Forestry, a U.S. state government entity, to deliver a range of services under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). Key products and services provided through this funding include: conducting community wildfire risk assessments and mitigation planning; performing fuels...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance (CFDA 15.674) program provides $300,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, to conduct fuels reduction and habitat restoration activities on 300 acres of land adjacent to the communities of Fort Jones, Etna, and Callahan, California. Key project activities include removing or thinning...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,789,608 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to Colorado State University on June 4, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant funded hazardous fuel reduction activities on approximately 200 acres of forested land in Colorado through mechanical treatments and prescribed burns. Work was conducted by two sub-awardees and included...