Project Grant 19DG11420000271

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...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will receive $300,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct wildfire risk reduction activities under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. From September 2022 through August 2026, the Preserve will perform fuel reduction and habitat restoration work in the Albany Pine Bush to control rural and wildland fires. The Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist non-federal...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $228,679 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720) to Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd), a non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will support the development of the first Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the Maricopa State Forest. The plan aims to help the community mitigate wildfire risks through comprehensive...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), provides $185,000.00 to the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning And Policy Commission to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the Southampton Pine Barrens region. The grant, awarded on January 10, 2025, will support comprehensive planning, risk assessments, and efforts to create fire-adapted...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a $1,273,350 Project Grant to Carolina Land And Lakes (Rc&D), Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will be used to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for at-risk communities in North Carolina and to update existing plans over 10 years old. The project aims to help protect communities from...

This $540,210 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) will fund the development and updating of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for the Kern Fire Safe Council, doing business as the MT Pinos Communities Fire Safe Council, in California. The grant will support wildfire risk assessments, hazardous fuels reduction, creation of defensible spaces, and...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $9,805,642 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to the Clear Lake Environmental Research Center, a non-profit organization, on November 20, 2023. The grant funds the development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and implementation of wildfire mitigation projects for Lake County, California. Specific activities include conducting...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $498,606 Project Grant to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funds a 3-year project from September 2024 to August 2027 to develop and implement a landscape-scale wildfire prevention plan for Southern Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to Instituto De Avance Integral Latino, a community development non-profit corporation, to develop and implement a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the Montebello, California community. The grant aims to help the community mitigate wildfire risks through comprehensive planning, risk assessments, hazardous...