This $316,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service on August 12, 2024 under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) will support the University of Illinois in managing an Illinois Forest Landowner Network. The project aims to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets for underserved forest landowners in Illinois through cost-sharing, technical...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in implementing various wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in Illinois. The $132,790 award, which was granted on August 7, 2024, will fund IDNR's efforts to enhance...
This $1,271,898.00 federal 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) supports the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' efforts to enhance rural fire management and forest resilience throughout Illinois. The funding will enable the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to implement a range of fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed fire...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Illinois Department of Natural Resources a $1,275,680 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on September 10, 2024, will fund activities to enhance wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands in Illinois through September 2029. Key project activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire...
This $135,792 Project Grant was awarded on September 10, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in the state. Key project activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire...
This $576,760 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program (CFDA 10.202) will support forestry research activities at the University of Illinois' College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Determining whether environmental DNA (eDNA) can...
This $637,180 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in the state. The award, effective from September 13, 2024 to September 5, 2029, will enable IDNR to implement...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $576,760 Formula Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Research program (CFDA 10.202) to the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. This two-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, supports the SIU Forestry Research Program's efforts to train future forestry scientists and land managers, while providing solutions to a range of regional forestry research...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $616,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.664) to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) on August 8, 2024. The grant funding will support IDNR's efforts to improve forest stewardship, forest health, and state fire assistance initiatives in Illinois. Key activities to be delivered under this 5-year grant include developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings,...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $572,286 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support fire prevention, control, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest and rural lands in Illinois from September 2021 through September 2024. Specifically, the Department will assist in controlling rural fires and...