The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $2,334,835.00 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 funds the development and updating of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for at-risk communities, as well as the implementation of wildfire mitigation projects outlined in recently updated CWPPs. Key activities...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $17,798,144 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, awarded on November 18, 2023, will support the development and updating of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for at-risk communities in Washington, as well as the implementation of wildfire mitigation projects...
This $373,459 federal Project Grant award was provided by the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CFDA 10.720) program. The grant to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will fund the development of new community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) and the update of existing CWPPs over 10 years old on non-federal lands. The funding will also support risk assessments, hazardous fuels reduction, defensible...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $30,661,591 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (CFDA 10.720) program. The grant, awarded on December 4, 2024, will support the development and implementation of community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) for at-risk communities in Washington state over a 5-year period through December 3, 2029. The key products and services to be...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $451,778 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program. The grant will support the development and updating of community wildfire protection plans for at-risk communities in Washington through December 2025. Specifically, the funding will assist the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in developing new community...
This $926,465 Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in Washington. Key services to be delivered include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention education, incident management support, and capacity...
This federal Project Grant award of $573,700 from the USDA Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in addressing wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands in the state. The grant, which was awarded on September 16, 2024 and runs through September 15, 2029, will fund DNR's efforts to enhance forest resilience, promote fire-adapted...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been awarded a $1,123,500.00 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant, awarded on Sep 21, 2023, will support a range of wildfire mitigation and forest health services to be delivered over the next 5 years through Sep 20, 2028. Key activities include implementing hazardous fuel treatments, conducting...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,126,500 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant will support the Washington State National Fire Plan Wildland-Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel and Community Assistance Program from August 2021 through August 2026. The program aims to reduce hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands to...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will provide timber sale preparation services under a $1.7 million cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region. The award was made on September 19, 2022 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA #10.716), which provides funding to address natural resources infrastructure, wildfire management and ecosystem restoration....