This $2,854,770.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in implementing a comprehensive suite of wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across Wisconsin's non-federal forest and rural lands. The grant, awarded on March 26, 2025, will fund hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection...
This $599,591 Project Grant was awarded on March 25, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant funds wildfire risk reduction and fire assistance activities in the Driftless Area of Minnesota. The primary products and services to be delivered through this award include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention education, and capacity building...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,024,495 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance (CFDA 10.664) program to The Nature Conservancy. The grant, awarded on September 18, 2024, supports collaborative forest restoration efforts on priority landscapes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The funding will enable The Nature Conservancy to deliver a range of services, including landscape-scale restoration, habitat management, invasive species control, and...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $702,198 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. The three-year award, issued on July 1, 2021 and set to conclude by September 30, 2024, will fund efforts to assist in controlling rural fires and preventing, controlling, and suppressing wildfires on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Wisconsin. Services may also...
This $459,934 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports The Nature Conservancy's efforts to restore fire-adapted ecosystems and reduce wildfire risk across the Delmarva Peninsula. The 5-year project, spanning September 2023 to September 2028, will deliver services such as hazardous fuels reduction, prescribed burning, and community wildfire protection planning to...
This $602,000 Project Grant award, made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664), will support the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' efforts to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wisconsin Forest Plan. The award, effective September 3, 2024, will fund a 5-year initiative to develop genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, undertake landscape restoration projects, mitigate invasive species threats,...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $2.8 million project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region on September 23, 2022 to support Wisconsin bundled fire projects through June 30, 2027. The funding is provided through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.698), which aims to assist in the control, prevention, suppression and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest and rural...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $1,233,398 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin State Fire Assistance program from June 2021 through June 2024. The grant funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's objective to assist in controlling rural fires and developing prescribed fire techniques on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Wisconsin. Specifically, the...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.698). The grant will support the Wisconsin Wildland Urban Interface Program Partner Support from June 2021 through June 2025. The State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist in controlling rural fires and developing...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin Wildland Urban Interface Education and Community Support program. Funded through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), this award will allow the Wisconsin DNR to deliver wildfire risk reduction education and assistance to communities from June 2021 through June 2025. The Cooperative Fire...