Project Grant 21DG11030000019

The Northern Arizona University will receive $2 million under a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region. The grant is part of the agency's Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention program (CFDA 10.694), which aims to enhance capacity for developing and regularly updating science-based forest restoration treatments that reduce wildfire risk and improve dry forest ecosystem health.

Under this award, Northern Arizona University will conduct work outlined in its 2021 Ecological Restoration Institute Work Plan. The Work Plan activities are understood to focus on enhancing the ability to transfer, apply, monitor, and update practical forest restoration techniques that lessen wildfire severity and promote long-term forest sustainability, in alignment with goals of the federal grant program. The period of performance is September 30, 2022.