Project Grant 19DG11062765721

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $410,000 Project Grant to The Northwoods Alliance Incorporated through the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFP) on September 22, 2022. The grant will fund the acquisition of 200 acres of land to establish the Cedar Headwaters Community Forest under the CFP. The purpose of the CFP is to achieve community benefits by establishing community forests through 50/50 competitive grant awards to local...

The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Headwaters Economics Inc., a non-profit research organization, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant funding will be used to maintain and enhance the Wildfire Risk to Communities website, a data visualization and planning tool that supports federal agencies in addressing community wildfire risks and resilience across the United States. As a trusted partner for various federal...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through its Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFDA 10.689), awarded a $722,000 Project Grant to Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Inc., a non-profit organization in New York. The grant funding will be used to acquire and establish the Wolf Creek Community Forest. The project aims to protect forestland from conversion to non-forest uses while delivering community benefits such as public recreation, environmental conservation,...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) supports the Headwaters of the Colorado (HOC) Initiative, a multi-stakeholder collaboration focused on building resilient and functioning forested headwaters within the Little Snake and Yampa watersheds in Wyoming and Colorado. The funding will enable the HOC partnership, which includes federal and state land management agencies, private landowners, and local community...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $589,500 Project Grant to the Frenchman Bay Conservancy under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFDA 10.689) to create the Whitney Community Forest in Maine. This 4-year project involves the fee simple acquisition of private forestland to establish a new community forest that will provide public recreation, environmental conservation, economic opportunities, and forest-based educational programming for the...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFDA 10.689), will fund the acquisition of approximately 77 acres of land in Cumberland, Maine to establish the Watson Woods Community Forest. The $660,000 grant, awarded on March 27, 2025, will allow the Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust, Inc. to purchase this tract of land, with the goal of protecting the...

The Great Peninsula Conservancy received a $2.6 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to establish the Newberry Woods Community Forest under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFP). The purpose of the CFP program is for recipients to achieve community benefits through 50/50 competitive grants to establish community forests. Funding for the Newberry Woods Community Forest will support the Great...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,674,100 Project Grant to the Watershed Conservation Resource Center (WCRC), a non-profit organization, under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). This 5-year grant, running from March 2024 to March 2029, supports urban and community forestry expansion activities in Arkansas, including tree planting, ecosystem restoration, conservation planning, workforce development, and educational...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $124,978 project grant under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program to Sustainable Northwest. The grant will support the organization's COMMUNITY FOREST VIDEO STORYTELLING initiative from September 2021 through December 2022. Through this funding, Sustainable Northwest will produce outreach and educational videos highlighting the community benefits of establishing community forests through the Community Forest Program's...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,111,450 Project Grant to Mt. Adams Resource Stewards under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFDA 10.689). The grant will support the establishment of the South Conboy Lake Community Forest Property through the acquisition of land and provision of 50/50 matching funds. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program achieves community benefits by helping local governments, tribes, and nonprofits...