Kansas community wildfire defense grant base funding

Active Project Grant Awarded

Award ID
23DG11021600078
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$444,444

Award facts

Assistance listing
10.720 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants
Completion date 64% complete
Funding
  • $400,000.00 Federal
  • $44,444.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Kansas, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

About this award

This $444,444.00 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The award was made to Kansas State University to assist at-risk communities in Kansas with planning and implementing wildfire mitigation measures.

The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include:

  • Developing new community wildfire protection plans (CWPP) or updating existing CWPPs over 10 years old
  • Conducting wildfire risk assessments
  • Reducing hazardous fuels through vegetation removal and prescribed burns
  • Establishing defensible spaces
  • Implementing other projects described in recently updated CWPPs

This 5-year grant award, with a performance period from August 18, 2023 to August 14, 2028, supports the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy to create fire-adapted communities, restore landscapes, and improve wildfire response capabilities.

Quick answers

Who received award 23DG11021600078?

23DG11021600078 was awarded to Kansas State University by Region 2 - Rocky Mountain Region (Forest Service) on August 18, 2023.

How much is award 23DG11021600078 worth?

$444,444 has been obligated on 23DG11021600078: $400,000 in federal funding and $44,444 in non-federal funding.

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