The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $4,900,000 Project Grant to Butte County Fire under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funds the Defensible Space Inspection Project, which involves conducting wildfire risk assessments, reducing hazardous fuels, establishing defensible spaces, and implementing other projects described in updated community wildfire protection...
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 support the council's efforts to develop and implement community wildfire protection plans, conduct risk assessments, reduce hazardous fuels, establish defensible spaces, and improve...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region under the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.730). The grant funding is to support Butte County Public Works, a U.S. local government entity, in executing fuels reduction and wildfire risk reduction activities in California from September 2025 through September 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include...
The County of Sierra in California was awarded a $203,550 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). The grant funding will support the development and updating of the County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan, as well as the implementation of wildfire mitigation projects outlined in the updated plan. Key activities to be funded include conducting wildfire risk...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $513,533 Project Grant to the County of Kern Fire Department Division in California under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the Kern County Fire Department Prescribed Fire Training Project, which aims to mitigate wildfire risks and promote community safety through comprehensive planning, risk assessments, and landscape restoration efforts. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region awarded the Yuba Watershed Protection And Fire Safe Council a $243,842 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) on September 13, 2023. The funding will be used to update the Yuba Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan by June 30, 2025. This grant program provides funding to assist at-risk communities with planning and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $2,114,437 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to the Sierra County Fire Safe And Watershed Council, Inc. on December 13, 2023. The grant supports vegetation management, forest restoration, and related services to mitigate wildfire risks in the Sierraville area of Sierra County, California through September 2030. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $9,997,998 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720) to the Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County, a non-profit organization, for the Siskiyou County Home Assessment and Defensible Space and Education Project. The grant funds the development of community wildfire protection plans, home risk assessments, creation of defensible space, and public education...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $10,000,000.00 Project Grant to the County of Tuolumne, doing business as Tuolumne Co 4-H, on January 9, 2024 under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funds will support the development and updating of the county's Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) to assist at-risk communities in mitigating wildfire risk. Key activities to be delivered include...
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...