This federal Project Grant award of $933,333.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The grant was awarded to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) on November 25, 2024, with a performance period running through September 30, 2029. The funding will support the Iowa DNR in identifying, protecting, and preserving environmentally important forest areas in the state that are at risk of...
The Project Grant award, titled "IOWA FOREST RESILIENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM", is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). This $4,469,964 grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, supports the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) in implementing climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Iowa. The key objectives...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $186,997.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The award, with a period of performance from September 12, 2024 to May 3, 2027, will support the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) in promoting and enabling long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Iowa. The key activities under this grant include...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,575,562 Project Grant on September 3, 2024 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports a comprehensive range of forest management and conservation activities across non-federal lands in Iowa, including developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and distributing tree seedlings for reforestation, undertaking landscape...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,826,666.67 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The award, dated December 10, 2024, will fund the acquisition of the Searryls Cave Forest Addition in Iowa, with a planned ultimate completion date of December 1, 2029. The Forest Legacy Program supports the identification and protection of environmentally important forest areas at...
This $342,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) supports the implementation of the Iowa State Forest Action Plan. The grant funding will allow the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the grant recipient, to undertake a variety of forest management and conservation activities across non-federal lands in Iowa. This includes initiatives focused on developing genetically improved tree seeds and...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $2,991,658 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664). The grant, issued on September 22, 2022 for a period ending September 30, 2026, will support the Iowa Cooperative Forestry Assistance Programs Consolidated Payment Grant. Funding will assist the state in advancing forest resources management and conservation. This includes developing...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $1,827,694.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). This grant will fund projects in Iowa related to urban and community forestry, forest health, forest stewardship, and state fire capacity from August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The Department may collaborate with local governments, non-profit organizations, and...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $562,672 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support emergency forestry restoration efforts in Iowa under the Forest Stewardship Program. The award, provided between September 2021 through April 2025, will fund services to promote long-term management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands impacted by Disaster Number 1774. Specifically, the Department of Natural Resources will...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $320,000.00 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on June 27, 2023 under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). This grant will fund the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Infrastructure Iowa Revegetation Program, which aims to promote the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Iowa to sustain multiple values and uses. The grant will...