The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $175,172 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to Shawnee Resource Conservation, a non-profit organization in southern Illinois. The grant, with an award date of December 18, 2023 and ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, will fund the expansion of prescribed fire use to reduce wildfire risks across public and private lands in the region. Key services to be delivered include implementing prescribed fire and community wildfire protection plans, conducting landscape-scale oak hickory ecosystem restoration, developing regional adaptive management plans, providing technical assistance for cross-boundary forest restoration, and offering educational programming for landowners. This grant builds on Shawnee Resource Conservation's previous projects funded by the U.S. Forest Service since 2019 to address forestry management, wildfire prevention, and land restoration in southern Illinois.
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