This federal Project Grant award of $1,372,153 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) supports the Union County Firewise Community Resiliency Project. The project aims to develop and implement a community wildfire protection plan for at-risk communities in Union County, Oregon to mitigate wildfire risks through comprehensive planning, risk assessments, hazardous fuel reduction, and...
This federal Project Grant award of $246,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the County of Baker, located in Oregon, in updating their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) over a 5-year period from September 2023 to September 2028. The key products and services to be delivered include conducting a wildfire risk assessment, reducing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,173,823 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to South Willamette Solutions, a non-profit organization in Oakridge, Oregon, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the "OAKRIDGE WESTFIR FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY PROJECT" from September 2024 to December 2028. The project aims to develop and implement comprehensive community wildfire...
The County Of Wasco in Oregon was awarded a $5,945,661 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant, under the CFDA program 10.720, will fund the development and implementation of community wildfire protection plans for high-risk communities in the county from September 2024 through September 2029. Key activities include comprehensive wildfire risk assessments, hazardous fuel reduction, and landscape...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded a $681,041 Project Grant to the Oregon Department of Forestry under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the development of a community wildfire protection plan and the implementation of a defensible space project in Grant County, Oregon. The project aims to reduce the risk of wildfire damage and loss of life for communities at...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,935,486 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720) to the Community Services Consortium (CSC), a U.S. local government entity and council of governments based in Albany, Oregon. The grant funding will be used to enhance landscape resiliency, public safety, and community fire adaptation in the Santiam Canyon region. Key activities to be delivered through this 5-year project grant include...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,740,182.15 Project Grant to the Walker Range Patrol Association, a non-profit organization in Crescent, Oregon, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The five-year grant, awarded on September 12, 2024, supports the Walker Range Mitigation project, which aims to develop and implement a comprehensive Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Key activities include conducting...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $249,959 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to Applegate Partnership, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Jacksonville, Oregon, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (CFDA 10.720) program. The purpose of this Project Grant is to support the development and implementation of a community wildfire protection plan (CWPP) for the Applegate watershed region. Key activities to be funded include conducting wildfire risk...
This $992,815 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 19, 2023 by the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The funding will support a 4.5-year project by the County of Wheeler, Oregon to perform vegetation clearing along roadway shoulders. This work will improve defensible spaces and evacuation routes to make the local community more resilient against wildfires. As a sub-recipient of federal funds,...
This $466,500 Project Grant award was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant recipient is the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), a state government agency responsible for managing and protecting Oregon's forest resources. The funding will support ODF's comprehensive forest management and wildfire mitigation efforts, including hazardous fuels reduction,...