The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to the Arkansas Forestry Commission under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) on June 24, 2024. This grant supports the Southern Pine Beetle Eradication Initiative, a 5-year effort to protect and enhance forest resources in Arkansas through sustainable management, conservation, and wildfire prevention activities. As the state forestry agency, the Arkansas Forestry Commission will leverage its...
The Georgia Forestry Commission received a $750,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region to address the southern pine beetle infestation in Georgia. Funded under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA #10.680), this three-year award will support the Commission's work to protect and manage non-federal pine forests and trees from the damaging southern pine beetle. Key services will include monitoring beetle populations, developing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Mississippi Forestry Commission under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The grant will fund efforts from June 2021 through June 2024 to address the southern pine beetle infestation in Mississippi. As part of the Forest Health Protection program's goals to monitor forest health and protect trees from damaging insects, the Commission will use the funding to manage and contain the spread of...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Mississippi Forestry Commission on March 22, 2023 to implement the Southern Pine Beetle Program in Mississippi through March 21, 2028. The grant is being administered under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA #10.680), which aims to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants. Over the five-year period, the Commission will utilize the funding to...
This federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) provides $100,000.00 to the Alabama Forestry Commission for the Southern Pine Beetle Eradication Initiative. The objective of this award is to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in Alabama from the invasive southern pine beetle, a damaging forest pest. Specific activities to be carried out under this 5-year grant, which begins on June 18, 2024, include...
The South Carolina Forestry Commission received a $625,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to implement the Southern Pine Beetle program from July 2021 through June 2024. Under the grant, the South Carolina Forestry Commission will utilize the funding to protect and manage non-federal forest resources in South Carolina from damaging forest pests like the Southern Pine Beetle. As part of the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA #10.680), the Commission...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $570,000 Project Grant to the South Carolina Forestry Commission under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA 10.680). The grant will fund the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program from July 2022 through June 2025. As part of the Forest Health Protection program's goal to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging insects and disease, the Program will work to prevent outbreaks of the southern pine...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). This grant funding supports the "ARKANSAS UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" initiative, which aims to provide cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help underserved private forest landowners in Arkansas participate in emerging...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $2,265,597 Project Grant to the Arkansas Forestry Commission on July 10, 2023 under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). This funding supports a 5-year project to advance the management and conservation of forest resources on non-federal lands in Arkansas. Key activities include developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seeds and seedlings for reforestation,...
This $4,646,128 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) supports a range of forest management and conservation initiatives delivered by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. The grant funding will enable the Commission to undertake activities such as developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation, conducting landscape-level...