Project Grant 23DG11051400001

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a $248,498 Cooperative Agreement under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program to the Butte County Fire Safe Council on August 9, 2024. This funding supports the "WILDLAND UBRAN INTERFACE FIRE HAZARD REDUCTION" project, which has a planned completion date of December 1, 2026. The Butte County Fire Safe Council, a non-profit organization focused on wildfire mitigation and community...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a 5-year, $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The primary goals of this fuels reduction project are to treat 490 acres of tribal and private lands within the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership planning area through manual thinning (240 acres) and prescribed burning (250 acres). Treatment activities will include...

The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council, Inc. was awarded a $1,288,379 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). This grant, spanning from January 2025 to July 2029, will support the organization's critical wildfire mitigation activities, including risk assessments, hazardous fuel reduction, and establishing defensible spaces for at-risk communities in California....

The Butte County Fire Safe Council was awarded a $2,745,672 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant, with a performance period from December 30, 2024 to July 30, 2029, will fund the "WILDLAND URBAN WILDFIRE HAZARD MITIGATION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH" project. Key activities include developing and updating community wildfire protection plans, creating...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award L24AC00643, funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228), provides $188,997.52 to support wildfire mitigation and ecosystem restoration efforts in the Clark Fork and Blackfoot watersheds in Montana. The project scope includes mechanical fuels reduction through thinning and prescribed burning on public lands, coordination with private landowners, and community...

This $175,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant program (CFDA 10.720) will support the development and implementation of a comprehensive wildfire protection plan for Missoula County, Montana. The funding will be used to conduct wildfire risk assessments, develop a community wildfire protection plan, reduce hazardous fuels, and improve community wildfire response...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...

The $661,254 federal Cooperative Agreement award under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program was granted to the Butte County Fire Safe Council, a non-profit organization in Paradise, California. The award, dated August 9, 2024, supports the "Berry Creek and Feather Falls Fire Hazard Reduction" project, which aims to mitigate wildfire risks and enhance ecosystem resilience in the Butte Creek...

The Plumas County Firesafe Council will receive $164,059 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program. The award will support the American Valley Wildfire Mitigation Project from September 2022 through December 2026. Under the agreement, the Plumas County Firesafe Council will work to protect, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat as well as reduce...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...