This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) provides $215,000.00 to the Arkansas Forestry Commission to conduct cross-boundary wildfire mitigation activities on non-federal lands. The funding will support a 5-year project from September 9, 2024 to September 8, 2029 to implement fuel treatments, conduct prescribed burns, perform landscape assessments, and...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission has been awarded a $158,606.00 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This funding will support the Commission's efforts to mitigate wildfire risks, enhance forest resilience, and protect lives and property across non-federal forest and rural lands in Arkansas. The grant's key activities will include hazardous fuels reduction, community...
This $4,646,128 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) supports a range of forest management and conservation initiatives delivered by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. The grant funding will enable the Commission to undertake activities such as developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation, conducting landscape-level...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission received a $216,350 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region through the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant will fund wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Arkansas from August 2022 through June 2025. Specifically, the Commission will reduce the volume of hazardous fuels such as brush, dead trees and flammable vegetation on forests,...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission was awarded a $215,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The five-year grant running from May 2023 to May 2028 will support the Commission's efforts to mitigate wildfire hazards on non-federal lands in Arkansas. As the prime recipient, the Commission will use the funding to implement fire and fuels management programs aimed at...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission received a $216,297 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region on June 30, 2021 to support hazardous fuel reduction and mitigation activities through June 30, 2024. The funding supports the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), which aims to reduce the volume of hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands to lessen the undesired effects of large,...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission was awarded a $444,444.44 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will fund implementation of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant in Arkansas from September 2022 through June 2027. Under this award, the Arkansas Forestry Commission will develop and update community wildfire protection plans for communities in Arkansas...
The Arkansas Forestry Commission received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). This grant funding supports the "ARKANSAS UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" initiative, which aims to provide cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help underserved private forest landowners in Arkansas participate in emerging...
This federal Project Grant award for $2,500,000.00, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), aims to improve forest resilience in Arkansas through fire and density reduction activities. The award, with a performance period from January 3, 2025 to January 2, 2029, will be administered by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC), a state government agency responsible for...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Arkansas Forestry Commission a $711,000 Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) project grant on July 18, 2024. This 5-year grant supports the Arkansas State Forest Action Plan, which aims to develop genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, produce and distribute tree seedlings for reforestation, undertake landscape restoration initiatives, mitigate invasive species threats, and promote sustainable forestry...