The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $298,729 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region to support the Minnesota Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signups 53 & 54. The grant was awarded under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) to promote long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Minnesota. Funding will support the DNR's delivery of services to landowners to sustain...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, provided under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), will support the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in managing and conserving Minnesota's forests and natural resources. The $380,000 award, with a performance period from August 29, 2024 to May 3, 2027, will enable the Minnesota DNR to provide technical assistance, develop forest management plans, monitor forest health, control...
This $505,904 Project Grant awarded on June 4, 2025 by the USDA Forest Service supports the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) in Minnesota. The grant funding will be used to provide direct technical and financial assistance to private forest landowners across the state. Key activities include reducing fire risk, fighting damaging insects and diseases, promoting sustainable timber production, and generally stewarding non-federal forest lands. This grant represents the primary instrument...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $122,809 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin Conservation Reserve Program Sign Up 55 and 56. The award, made under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), will enable the Wisconsin DNR to promote and enable the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest land in Wisconsin from December 2022 through May 2026. Specifically, the...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $810,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program. The grant will support landscape scale restoration efforts to expand woodland stewardship and provide technical assistance connecting landowners to modern natural resource information from June 2023 through May 2028. Key services to be delivered include expanding outreach programs to landowners...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $104,879 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signups 53 & 54 in Wisconsin. Administered through the Forest Service's Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), the grant aims to promote long-term forest management on non-federal lands through CRP, which helps landowners remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a $3,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 10.731 - Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration) to support a landowner payment program in Minnesota. The grant aims to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets for underserved private forest landowners through cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education....
This federal Project Grant award for $480,000 was provided by the USDA Forest Service R9-Eastern Region to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support the Minnesota Nursery Cold Storage project. The award, which commenced on August 23, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2028, is funded under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The grant aims to promote and enable the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest land...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $651,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will support landscape-scale forest restoration efforts to protect priority lakes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin through May 2028. Key activities will include managing forests to improve water quality in the region. As the state natural resources agency, the Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $5,574,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant, with a performance period from December 23, 2024 to November 30, 2029, will support the Minnesota Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience Cost Share Program. The program aims to provide cost-sharing for climate mitigation and forest resilience practices, as...