Project Grant 22DG11330180025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 8 (Southern Region), awarded The Nature Conservancy a $2.36 million Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on August 19, 2025. This five-year award, extending through August 18, 2030, funds region-wide restoration of longleaf pine forest ecosystems through targeted silvicultural treatments on 7,200 acres of dense pine stands, prescribed fire and fuels treatments across 120,000 acres, and...

The Green Forests Work Landscape Scale Restoration Program: Restoring Shortleaf Pine project grant was awarded on August 24, 2021 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region. With $207,910 in funding provided over a three-year period concluding June 30, 2024, Green Forests Work, Inc. will deliver services to restore shortleaf pine forests in Kentucky. The award is being made through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664), which...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the USDA Forest Service R8-Southern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The grant supports the restoration and conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem across public and private lands in West Georgia, East Alabama, South Georgia, and North Florida. Key activities include 20,000 acres of prescribed burning, 1,350 acres of longleaf pine...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $519,854 cooperative agreement to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664) from September 2021 through August 2026. The award will support the Longleaf for All-Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund 2021-2026 project to expand outreach, education, technical assistance and financial resources for historically underserved landowners to restore and manage...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Region (Region 8) awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on August 29, 2025. This five-year project, concluding August 28, 2030, will improve longleaf forest resilience and accelerate longleaf pine restoration across priority geographies in Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina through...

American Forests will provide $250,000 in climate-smart reforestation services to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks under a four-year cooperative agreement from the National Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship program. Key activities include meeting with indigenous stewards to develop reforestation goals, evaluating assisted adaptation strategies, collecting tree cones, growing seedlings, planning post-fire recovery, and stakeholder engagement. American Forests will work with...

This project grant, awarded December 1, 2025, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), provides $749,038 in federal funding to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to conduct a four-year research initiative extending through November 30, 2029. The project addresses critical challenges in forest genetics and resilience by investigating trade-offs between...

Summary The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Longleaf Alliance Inc. under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP, CFDA 10.912) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports training of NRCS staff in longleaf pine management practices to establish foundational expertise for conservation program delivery in Alabama. The Longleaf Alliance will deliver comprehensive technical assistance and...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to The Longleaf Alliance Inc. on August 16, 2021 under the Conservation Stewardship Program. The agreement will fund efforts to improve forest management practices and support the Longleaf Pine Initiative through September 29, 2025. Through this cooperative agreement, The Longleaf Alliance will work with NRCS to conserve and enhance soil and water resources on forest lands in Alabama by promoting sustainable...

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) received a $180,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program. The three-year award will support research from June 2023 to May 2026 aimed at furthering understanding of symbiotic nitrogen fixation to enhance restoration of the longleaf pine savanna ecosystem in North Carolina....