The Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation Vermont received a $496,000 Project Grant award on March 6, 2024 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). This grant will fund a range of activities to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Vermont threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. Key products and services to be delivered include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable forest management, wildfire mitigation, reforestation, habitat conservation, and water quality protection. The department may distribute sub-awards to eligible entities for local implementation of these federally funded initiatives. The Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program provides grants ranging from $66,667 to $17,333,333 to support 2-5 year projects, with state government entities as frequent recipients.