The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $603,846.45 Project Grant under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675) to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) for the "PUERTO RICO URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2023". The grant, with a performance period running from September 20, 2023 to December 30, 2025, will fund the DNER's efforts to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green...
This $1,500,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) will fund comprehensive urban forestry initiatives in Puerto Rico. The award will support the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), doing business as Hilo, in planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources across the Commonwealth. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,999,988 Cooperative Agreement to Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd) under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award, effective September 27, 2024, will support a 3-year project to facilitate reforestation education, stewardship transitions, and green economy development in Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered through this Cooperative...
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus has been awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant, awarded on August 2, 2024, will fund a 3-year initiative titled "ROOTED IN THE RIO PIEDRAS NETWORK: A JUSTICE CENTERED APPROACH TO URBAN FOREST PLANNING TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE CITY OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO."...
The Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc., doing business as CRCd, received a $130,009 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur. The award will fund CRCd's "INTEGRATING URBAN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITHIN THE RIO HONDO COMMMUNITY FOREST" project from September 16, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,058,240 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The award, effective from August 13, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. Through this funding, PDC will deliver a comprehensive range of environmental conservation,...
This federal Project Grant award of $282,387.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675), supports a project titled "Biocultural Diversity and Resilience in Rio Piedras: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Build Community Capacity, Resilience, and Food Security." The award was made to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, a prominent Hispanic-serving educational institution, on September 18,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has awarded a $886,895 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to enhance habitat connectivity in subtropical dry forests in Puerto Rico over a 3-year project period ending in May 2026. PDC, which has a strong track record of delivering federally-funded environmental conservation...
This $220,168 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service on September 25, 2023 under the Forest Health Protection (CFDA 10.680) program. The grant funds the "PUERTO RICO FOREST HEALTH AND PROTECTION FISCAL YEAR 2023" project, to be carried out by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) over a 2-year period from September 2023 to August 2025. The grant aims to protect and manage Puerto Rico's non-federal...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) awarded a $9,000,000 Project Grant to Friends Of Hawaii's Urban Forest, doing business as Smart Trees Pacific, to enhance urban forests, build workforce capacity, and implement forest stewardship plans in Hawaii, Guam, and the Mariana Islands over a 5-year period from May 2024 to February 2029. The funded activities will focus on developing a qualified...