The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $651,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will support landscape-scale forest restoration efforts to protect priority lakes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin through May 2028. Key activities will include managing forests to improve water quality in the region. As the state natural resources agency, the Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $810,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program. The grant will support landscape scale restoration efforts to expand woodland stewardship and provide technical assistance connecting landowners to modern natural resource information from June 2023 through May 2028. Key services to be delivered include expanding outreach programs to landowners...
The Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service awarded a $576,818 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The grant, effective from December 9, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will support comprehensive wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in Minnesota. Key activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on January 16, 2025. The grant supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Minnesota through cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education. The project aims to increase climate change adaptation,...
This $1,024,495 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) supports collaborative landscape-scale forest restoration initiatives on priority lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The grant, awarded on September 18, 2024, will fund activities focused on reducing wildfire risks, improving watershed function, enhancing wildlife habitats, and advancing sustainable forestry practices through The Nature...
This Project Grant award, totaling $505,904.00, is funded by the USDA Forest Service through the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The grant supports the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in implementing programs to actively manage private forest lands in Minnesota. Key activities include providing technical assistance to private forest landowners to reduce fire risk, combat damaging insects and diseases, promote sustainable timber production, and generally improve forest...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) provides $1,549,019.00 in funding to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support state and local rural fire prevention and control programs. The award, which runs from June 11, 2025 to September 30, 2029, will enable the Minnesota DNR to deliver a range of services, including fire prevention, control,...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,510,212.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports comprehensive wildfire prevention, control, and management activities across non-federal forest and rural lands in Minnesota. The award will fund the "Minnesota Bundled Cooperative Fire Award" to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from January 17, 2025 through December...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734), will provide $478,000.00 to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support a range of forest conservation and management activities across the state. The performance period for this grant runs from Aug 29, 2024 to Aug 20, 2029. The primary products and services to be delivered under this grant include conservation...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $450,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the "WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION: ENHANCING THE NORTHEAST WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT - INCORPORATING SMALL-SCALES FIRES" project from June 2022 through December 2023. The project aims to enhance wildfire risk assessment in the...