The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 8 - Southern Region, awarded a $340,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The grant funds will be used to implement cross-boundary wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Texas over a 5-year performance period from September 2024 to September 2029. The Texas A&M Forest Service, a state agency with expertise in forestry management and wildfire protection, will leverage this funding to conduct fuel treatments, prescribed burns, landscape assessments, and develop action plans to improve forest health and community wildfire resilience across the state. The grant aligns with the USDA Forest Service's Wildfire Crisis Strategy to treat up to an additional 30 million acres of non-federal lands to reduce the risk of large, destructive wildfires.
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