Project Grant 23DG11094200466

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $330,270 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Texas A&M Forest Service to conduct wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal land in Texas from August 2022 through June 2025. As the primary awardee, Texas A&M Forest Service will work to reduce hazardous fuels such as brush and dead trees across forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands to lessen...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), provides $750,000.00 in funding to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (FOA) to protect communities from wildfires. The grant will support the management and implementation of hazardous fuels reduction activities on 200 acres adjacent to the Tonto National Forest, as identified in community wildfire protection...

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management was awarded a $1.465 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct hazardous fuel treatments on non-federal lands in Arizona as part of the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) from August 12, 2022 to August 11, 2027. This federal grant program aims to reduce the risk and impacts of large wildfires by lessening hazardous fuel volumes in forests, woodlands,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $325,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The grant funds hazardous fuel reduction and mitigation activities on non-federal lands near National Forest lands to reduce the risk and impact of large, destructive wildfires. Funded activities include implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed burns, performing landscape...

This $1,450,000 Project Grant award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service supports the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The award will fund hazardous fuel reduction treatments on 78.8 acres of private and municipal property within the Village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Key activities include reducing overstory tree density, removing hazardous and diseased trees, and mitigating surface and ladder fuels to create defensible space around...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (FOA) a $671,590 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The award, effective from September 16, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund the development and implementation of community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) for at-risk communities in Arizona. The grant aims to help mitigate wildfire risks through...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $657,822 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands. The grant will support hazardous fuels reduction activities from July 2022 through June 2027. Specifically, the Division of Forestry will implement measures to reduce hazardous wildland fuels such...

The USDA Forest Service awarded a $340,000 project grant to the Texas A&M Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) from May 2023 to May 2028. The grant will support wildfire mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Texas. As the state's lead forestry agency, Texas A&M Forest Service will use the funding to reduce hazardous fuels and the risk of large, destructive wildfires across forests, woodlands, shrublands and...

The Quartz Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan project, funded by a $277,883 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), will develop a locally tailored community wildfire protection plan for a 300-structure area, including 90 structures on the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation. The plan will address wildfire hazards, emphasizing prescribed and cultural fire...