The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry has been awarded a $476,680 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This 4-year grant, awarded on September 19, 2023, will support ODNR's efforts to enhance forest resilience, promote fire-adapted communities, and protect lives and property from wildfire risks across Ohio. Key activities to be funded...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry has been awarded a $188,616 Project Grant from the U.S. Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This grant, effective September 12, 2023 through June 30, 2027, will support ODNR's efforts to control rural fires, prevent and suppress fires on non-federal forest lands, and develop and transfer new fire management technologies across Ohio. Key activities include...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry received a $199,346 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant funds will be used to support activities such as hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention education, incident management support, and capacity building for fire departments and forestry...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry a $214,644 grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on May 14, 2024, supports projects that assist with the control of rural fires, prevention and suppression of fires on non-federal forest lands, and the development and transfer of new fire management technologies to enhance forest...
This $4,712,272 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will support a range of forest management and conservation activities across Ohio's 8.1 million acres of public and private lands. The award, effective August 26, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will enable the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry to deliver critical environmental services such as forest health...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry received a $918,544 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. The grant will fund services from June 2021 through June 2025 to assist in controlling and preventing rural and non-federal forest fires in Ohio, including development and transfer of prescribed burning techniques on non-federal lands. As the designated state...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,830,000 Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, through the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). This grant will fund a range of activities to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Ohio threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. Key products and services to be provided include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry on July 30, 2024. The grant funding will be used to increase landscape-level forest resilience by reaching out to Ohio's small acreage landowners. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant include providing technical assistance,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, with a performance period from January 17, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund ODNR's efforts to provide cost-share assistance and technical support to help underserved private forest landowners in Ohio participate in emerging...
The Ohio Combined Forest Health Projects grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service provides $270,000 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry through June 2025. The funding supports the Forest Health Protection federal grant program's goal of managing and protecting non-federal forest resources from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants. Specifically, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will use the grant to deliver...