The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $38,856,580.00 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720) to the Texas A&M Forest Service on September 3, 2024. This Project Grant aims to help at-risk Texas communities develop and implement community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) to mitigate wildfire risks through planning, risk assessments, hazardous fuel reduction, and landscape restoration. As part of this award, the Texas...
This $367,608 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports infrastructure investment and volunteer fire assistance activities in Texas. The grant recipient, the Texas A&M Forest Service, will use the funds over a 5-year period from August 2024 to August 2029 to enhance wildfire prevention, control, and management capabilities across non-federal forest and rural lands...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $643,523.00, 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 funding will support the Texas A&M Forest Service, a state government entity and 1862 land grant college, in delivering critical services for forest management, conservation, wildfire protection, and environmental stewardship in the state of Texas. Key...
The Texas A&M Forest Service received a $330,273 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to implement the Fiscal Year 2021 Community Fire Protection Program in Texas. The grant was awarded on September 22, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2024. Under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA #10.697), the Texas A&M Forest Service will reduce the volume of hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $340,000 was issued by the USDA Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697). The award supports the Texas A&M Forest Service, a state government entity and 1862 land grant college, in delivering cross-boundary wildfire hazard mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Texas. The funded activities will include implementing fuel treatments, conducting prescribed burns, performing...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3.5 million Project Grant to the Texas A&M Forest Service through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664) on December 5, 2022. The grant will support Texas' implementation of its State Forest Action Plan under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through December 4, 2027. As the primary sub-awardee, Texas A&M Forest Service will advance forest resource management, conservation, and genetic tree...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Forest Service on July 25, 2023 through the Community Project Funds - 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.730). The grant supports the "STAND READY TEXAS WILDFIRE PROTECTION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11" project, which provides forestry management, conservation, and wildfire protection services across Texas over the 5-year grant period ending on...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $1,903,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029 and will fund the implementation of the Texas State Forest Action Plan. Key services to be delivered under this grant include: Genetic tree improvement, forest seed and seedling production, oak wilt monitoring and prevention, invasive species...
This $444,445 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the development and implementation of comprehensive wildfire protection strategies for at-risk communities in Colorado. Specifically, the funding will be used by Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division to conduct wildfire risk assessments, reduce hazardous...
The USDA Forest Service 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) from May 2023 to May 2028. The grant will support wildfire mitigation activities on non-federal lands in Texas. As the state's lead forestry agency, Texas A&M Forest Service will use the funding to reduce hazardous fuels and the risk of large, destructive wildfires across forests, woodlands, shrublands and...