Project Grant 21DG11094200250

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 10.664, Cooperative Forestry Assistance) to the Society of American Foresters on September 24, 2025, extending through August 31, 2030. Under this award, SAF will coordinate with Forest Service leadership and Wood Innovation Grant recipients to develop comprehensive digital media management strategy and project details aimed at promoting wood innovations. The deliverables center on content creation and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded Alliance For Green Heat, Inc. a $1.4 million Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Firewood Bank Program (CFDA 10.719) effective August 5, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This award supports the establishment and operation of firewood banks in proximity to national forests, which serve as emergency and seasonal heating fuel distribution centers for communities. The...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Hack-Away Forest Products, Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) awarded on November 12, 2025, with completion targeted for June 1, 2030. The grant will fund the modernization of the awardee's kiln-dried firewood operations in Wisconsin through replacement of two outdated kilns with high-efficiency stainless steel fast kilns, reducing drying times by more than 50...

Project Grant Award Summary DNA Timberworks LLC received $170,400 from the USDA Forest Service's Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) on September 16, 2025, to establish firewood processing infrastructure and supply capacity in Alaska. The project will deliver a minimum of 500 cords of dry firewood annually to address critical heating needs and air quality challenges in the region, where residents face extreme winter temperatures and limited commercial firewood availability. The...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $347,000 Project Grant to Sustainable Resources Institute Inc. under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674). The grant will fund a unified marketing strategy from August 2022 through August 2025 to help reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface through wood innovations. The Wood Utilization Assistance program aims to provide technical assistance regarding new wood utilization...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $572,592 Project Grant under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to K To College (Supplybank.org), a non-profit organization, to support the "Mass Timber Oakport Nonprofit Campus" project. The grant, with a performance period from August 20, 2024 to June 26, 2026, will fund initiatives to expand and accelerate wood energy and wood products markets in order to reduce hazardous forest fuels, improve forest...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded Brookside Lumber Inc. a $442,510 Project Grant under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674). The grant will fund the installation of a HEIZOMAT wood chip boiler with an integrated cyclone/ESP emission control system for kiln drying and heating sawmill buildings. The boiler and emission controls will allow Brookside Lumber to more efficiently utilize wood materials from forest management activities...

The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $175,172 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to Shawnee Resource Conservation, a non-profit organization in southern Illinois. The grant, with an award date of December 18, 2023 and ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, will fund the expansion of prescribed fire use to reduce wildfire risks across public and private lands in the region. Key services to be delivered include...

Federal Grant Award Summary Southeastern Firewood LLC received a $1.35 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) awarded on August 27, 2025. The grant funds the conversion of dry kiln operations from propane to wood fuel by installing mill residuals processing infrastructure in South Carolina. This project enables the company to utilize its own firewood processing byproducts as the primary fuel...

Tskp X IKD LLC was awarded a $945,086.32 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674) for the period of January 24, 2023 through December 31, 2026. The funding will support the New England Heat Modified Mass Timber Initiative to provide direct technical assistance to Forest Service, state foresters, tribes, public and private organizations regarding new and emerging wood utilization technologies and...