Project Grant 23DG11120107014

This federal Project Grant award of $220,042.86 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) supports the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), doing business as Hilo, in implementing the Puerto Rico Forest Stewardship Program in fiscal year 2024. The award, effective from August 5, 2024 through September 30, 2026, will enable DNER to provide technical assistance, management planning, and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $111,187.55 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) on September 17, 2025, with performance extending through September 30, 2029. This project grant supports active forest management assistance to private non-industrial forest landowners across Puerto Rico, authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $364,800 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on September 23, 2025. The award funds forestry management and conservation activities on non-federal forest lands in Puerto Rico through December 31, 2029. The project delivers two primary components: (1) continued technical assistance to private forest landowners through development of new...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $603,846.45 Project Grant under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675) to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) for the "PUERTO RICO URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2023". The grant, with a performance period running from September 20, 2023 to December 30, 2025, will fund the DNER's efforts to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) of Puerto Rico. The grant will fund the Puerto Rico Forest Health Program for the fiscal year 2024, with a performance period from September 17, 2024 to August 31, 2028. The grant supports a comprehensive range of activities focused on protecting and managing non-Federal forest and tree...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $134,086.00 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) on September 18, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. The primary deliverable is salary support for a Forest Legacy Program Coordinator position at DNER, with supplemental funding allocated for essential travel, supplies, and services. The coordinator will prepare competitive acquisition...

The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources received a $396,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675), awarded September 22, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. The grant funds three full-time positions—a Program Coordinator, Partnership Coordinator, and Program Assistant—to lead the continued implementation and monitoring of urban reforestation projects throughout...

Summary of Federal Grant Award The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded $150,000 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources through the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) on September 10, 2025, for a project period extending through August 31, 2029. This Project Grant supports continuation of forest health monitoring activities, early detection of forest threats, and enhancement of technical capacity among forestry personnel across...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station received a $120,596 formula grant award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Cooperative Forestry Research Program (CFDA 10.202) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This McIntire-Stennis funding supports a forestry research program addressing critical forest management challenges in Puerto Rico through four coordinated...

This $556,000 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 Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps, a division of the Puerto Rico Fire Department, in providing fire prevention, control, and management services across Puerto Rico's non-federal lands. The funding will enable the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps to conduct critical activities such as developing community...