This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) provides $2,000,667.00 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support forest conservation and management activities. The grant aims to identify, protect, and preserve environmentally important forest areas in Michigan that are at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. The award will fund a range of activities including...
This federal Project Grant award of $699,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) supports a range of forest management and conservation activities across the state of Michigan. The grant, awarded on August 7, 2024, with a performance period ending on September 30, 2028, will be implemented by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Finance and Operations Division. Key products and services to be...
This federal Project Grant award of $542,522.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) provides funding to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support core activities for maintaining forest health across the state of Michigan. The grant, awarded on August 27, 2024, will fund a range of initiatives over the 4-year performance period ending on September 30, 2028. Key objectives include managing invasive species,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $14.22 million Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) on September 9, 2022. The grant will fund the FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION BLACK RIVER RANCH project through June 30, 2027 to effectively identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Michigan threatened by conversion to nonforest uses through the use of conservation easements or fee simple purchase of...
This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) will support the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in engaging underserved private forest landowners across the state. The key objectives are to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets such as carbon offset and ecosystem...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Forest Association under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant will fund a 5-year program to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Michigan. Key objectives include increasing climate change adaptation, supporting forest health, and facilitating access to private...
This $450,750.00 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), supports the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in implementing bundled forest health projects across the state. The funding will enable the DNR and its sub-awardees to carry out research, technical services, education programs, and on-the-ground management activities related to protecting Michigan's non-federal forest...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the Michigan Forest Association. The grant will fund cost-share initiatives and technical assistance to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for underserved non-industrial private forest landowners in Michigan. Key objectives include increasing climate change adaptation, supporting forest health, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to support the Elk Run conservation project. The grant, awarded on November 25, 2024, will fund a range of forest conservation and management activities in the state of Michigan through September 30, 2028. Key activities include the use of conservation easements, fee simple land...
This $20,100,000 federal Project Grant was awarded on December 10, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676). The grant will be used by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to support the Michigamme Highlands Forest Legacy Acquisition project over a period of 5 years through May 13, 2029. The project aims to effectively identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Michigan that are threatened by conversion to...