The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $1,827,694.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). This grant will fund projects in Iowa related to urban and community forestry, forest health, forest stewardship, and state fire capacity from August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The Department may collaborate with local governments, non-profit organizations, and...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $2,991,658 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664). The grant, issued on September 22, 2022 for a period ending September 30, 2026, will support the Iowa Cooperative Forestry Assistance Programs Consolidated Payment Grant. Funding will assist the state in advancing forest resources management and conservation. This includes developing...
This $342,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) supports the implementation of the Iowa State Forest Action Plan. The grant funding will allow the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the grant recipient, to undertake a variety of forest management and conservation activities across non-federal lands in Iowa. This includes initiatives focused on developing genetically improved tree seeds and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,469,964 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant funding will support the Iowa Forest Resiliency Partnership Program, which aims to increase climate change adaptation, improve forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets for underserved forest landowners in Iowa. Key activities to be...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $320,000.00 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on June 27, 2023 under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). This grant will fund the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Infrastructure Iowa Revegetation Program, which aims to promote the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Iowa to sustain multiple values and uses. The grant will...
This $2,575,562 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) supports a diverse range of forest management and conservation activities across the state of Iowa. The grant, awarded on September 3, 2024 with a final completion date of September 30, 2028, will fund initiatives focused on developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation,...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $562,672 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support emergency forestry restoration efforts in Iowa under the Forest Stewardship Program. The award, provided between September 2021 through April 2025, will fund services to promote long-term management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands impacted by Disaster Number 1774. Specifically, the Department of Natural Resources will...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region. The grant is part of the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675) and will fund the STATE URBAN FOREST RESILIENCE: IOWA URBAN REFORESTATION IN CRITICAL AREAS WITH CATASTROPHIC LOSS project from December 8, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The project aims to plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, and green spaces in and...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $836,640 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on August 10, 2023, will support the Iowa Volunteer Fire Capacity project from August 10, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The project aims to assist in the control of rural fires, prevent and suppress fires on non-federal forest and rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $933,333 Project Grant on November 25, 2024 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). This federal grant supports the identification, protection, and preservation of environmentally important forest areas in Iowa that are at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Funded activities may include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases,...