This $26,000,000 Project Grant awarded on December 9, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) will support the Alabama Forestry Commission's efforts to identify, protect, and preserve environmentally important forest areas at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Key activities to be funded include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable forest management practices, wildfire...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) to the Alabama Forestry Commission. The grant funding is for the "FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION DUNGDOWN MOUNTAIN CORRIDOR STATELINE" project, with a performance period from August 23, 2024 to August 22, 2029. The Forest Legacy Program is a voluntary federal land conservation initiative that aims to protect environmentally important forest areas at...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $7,057,426.08 Project Grant to the Alabama Forestry Commission under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant aims to support a range of forestry management and conservation activities across Alabama's non-federal lands, including: developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation, undertaking landscape restoration initiatives,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $613,348 Project Grant under the Forestry Research program (CFDA 10.652) to the Alabama Forestry Commission. The grant supports a 5-year project entitled "ALABAMA FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS" with a performance period from January 8, 2025 to December 31, 2029. Through this funding, the Alabama Forestry Commission will conduct comprehensive forest inventory and analysis activities across Alabama's non-federal forest...
This $101,078.96 Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service's Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) supports the Alabama Forestry Commission's implementation of forestry initiatives in Alabama. The grant will fund the Commission's efforts to monitor, manage, and enhance the state's forest resources through technical assistance, forest management planning, invasive species control, prescribed burns, post-disaster restoration, and other sustainable forestry practices. The Alabama Forestry...
This $4,558,456 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region to the Alabama Forestry Commission, a U.S. state government entity, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant funding will support the Commission's efforts to monitor, manage, and enhance Alabama's forest resources over a 5-year period from July 2023 to July 2028. Key activities include: Providing technical assistance and forestry services to...
The Alabama Forestry Commission was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration (CFDA 10.731) program. This federal grant award supports the "ALABAMA UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" initiative, which aims to increase climate mitigation and resilience on non-industrial private forest lands in Alabama by engaging underserved forest landowners and facilitating their participation in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $340,909 Project Grant to the Alabama Forestry Commission under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, awarded on Aug 17, 2024, will fund a 5-year project focused on wildfire prevention, control, and management across Alabama's non-federal forest and rural lands. Key activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention...
The Alabama Forestry Commission received a $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) on April 24, 2024. This grant supports the Alabama Conservation Reserve Initiative, which aims to promote the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Alabama to sustain the multiple environmental, economic, and social values of these forest resources. The...
This Project Grant award of $4,007,548.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) supports the Alabama Forestry Commission in delivering a range of forestry management and conservation services across Alabama's non-federal lands. Key products and services funded by this 5-year grant include: Developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation,...