The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the California Fire Safe Council, Inc. through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on September 16, 2024, supports a range of activities focused on tinder risk reduction for residents and landowners in California through August 31, 2029. Key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: producing and distributing...
The California Fire Safe Council, Inc. was awarded a $3.6 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664) to support fire risk reduction activities from September 2021 through August 2026 in California. The funding will support the Council's work with nonfederal forest and rural landowners to advance forest resource management and conservation efforts aimed at reducing wildfire risk, such as...
The California Fire Safe Council, Inc. was awarded a $2.8 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support wildland fire risk reduction activities in California from September 2022 through August 2027. The State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist in controlling rural fires and developing new approaches to fire...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,320,646.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The award supports the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) in increasing efficiencies in wildland fire response across California. Key activities to be delivered under this grant include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire...
This $412,000 federal Project Grant was awarded on January 16, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire). The grant will fund a 4-year project from January 16, 2025 to January 9, 2029 focused on promoting stewardship of nonindustrial private forest lands in California. Key activities under this grant include developing genetically improved tree...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $2,838,440 Project Grant to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on August 23, 2024, is to equip and train California's local and rural volunteer firefighters to enhance their capacity to respond to wildfires. The funding will support a range of activities such as hazardous fuels...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This funding will support CAL Fire's efforts to control rural fires, prevent, suppress, and conduct prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest and other rural lands in California. CAL Fire provides a wide range of fire...
This federal Project Grant award for $661,560.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports a FY2024 statewide project in California to equip and train local and rural volunteer firefighters. The grant aims to enhance forest resilience, promote fire-adapted communities, and protect lives and property from wildfire risks across non-federal forest and rural lands in California. The award...
This $320,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) was provided to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) to develop seed production stands for nursery revegetation. The award supports the advancement of forest resources management and conservation, development of genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, and production and distribution of tree seeds and seedlings. The...
This $6,250,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) supports the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) in advancing the restoration and resilience of California's private non-industrial forestlands. The award, with a performance period from January 2025 to December 2028, will enable CAL Fire to deliver a range of specialized services, including fire prevention, suppression,...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports wildland fire risk reduction activities for California. The grantee, California Fire Safe Council, Inc. (doing business as CA Fire Safe Council), is a non-profit organization focused on community wildfire preparedness, education, and mitigation efforts to build fire-adapted and resilient communities across the state. Key activities funded through this 5-year grant include producing and distributing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, promoting cooperative forest resources management, supporting prescribed fire use, and implementing wildfire resilience solutions in the Santa Barbara County wildland-urban interface. The California Fire Safe Council has delivered over $11 million in prime federal grant awards from the Cooperative Fire Assistance and Cooperative Forestry Assistance programs since 2017 to prevent, control, and suppress rural and wildland fires on non-federal lands in California.