The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant, with a performance period from September 11, 2023 to June 30, 2028, supports WDNR's efforts to mitigate hazardous fuel loads and reduce the risk of large, destructive wildfires across forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands in Wisconsin. Authorized...
This $2,854,770.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in implementing a comprehensive suite of wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across Wisconsin's non-federal forest and rural lands. The grant, awarded on March 26, 2025, will fund hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $2.8 million project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region on September 23, 2022 to support Wisconsin bundled fire projects through June 30, 2027. The funding is provided through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.698), which aims to assist in the control, prevention, suppression and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest and rural...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $702,198 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. The three-year award, issued on July 1, 2021 and set to conclude by September 30, 2024, will fund efforts to assist in controlling rural fires and preventing, controlling, and suppressing wildfires on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Wisconsin. Services may also...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin Wildland Urban Interface Education and Community Support program. Funded through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), this award will allow the Wisconsin DNR to deliver wildfire risk reduction education and assistance to communities from June 2021 through June 2025. The Cooperative Fire...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $2,769,634 Project Grant to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), a U.S. state government entity, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant funding will support WDNR in the control, prevention, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest and other rural lands across Wisconsin over the period of August 29, 2023 through June...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $1,233,398 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin State Fire Assistance program from June 2021 through June 2024. The grant funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's objective to assist in controlling rural fires and developing prescribed fire techniques on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Wisconsin. Specifically, the...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $390,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to carry out the Wisconsin Cooperative Forest Health Protection and Forest Health Monitoring Combined Projects from June 16, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under the grant, the Wisconsin DNR will protect and manage non-federal forest resources in Wisconsin from damaging insects, disease, and invasive plants. They will also monitor the health of...
This $602,000 Project Grant award, made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664), will support the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' efforts to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wisconsin Forest Plan. The award, effective September 3, 2024, will fund a 5-year initiative to develop genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, undertake landscape restoration projects, mitigate invasive species threats,...
This federal Project Grant award of $474,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The grant was awarded on Jul 18, 2024 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and has an ultimate completion date of Jun 30, 2029. The grant supports a comprehensive range of activities to protect and manage non-Federal forest and tree resources in Wisconsin from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants....