Project Grant 25DG11052012160
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,310,538 Project Grant under the Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grant Program (CFDA 10.690) to the South Tahoe Public Utility District on August 23, 2024. This multi-year grant will fund a wide-ranging water infrastructure project to improve fire flow and drought resilience in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Key components include installing new water mains, adding fire hydrants, and upgrading the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)...
- Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement to South Tahoe Public Utility District under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) on October 1, 2025, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2026. The agreement funds critical water infrastructure replacements as mandated by the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The district will execute a drinking water infrastructure construction project consisting of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Trinity Public Utilities District received a $1.71 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), awarded on July 29, 2025. The project is designed to reduce fuel buildup in high wildfire risk areas across California by removing ladder fuels and managing vegetation around larger trees to minimize understory regrowth and create...
- Summary The U.S. Forest Service, Region 5 – Pacific Southwest Region awarded Clear Lake Environmental Research Center a Project Grant totaling $8,002,157 on August 11, 2025, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will fund wildfire mitigation activities in California through December 31, 2029, with a primary focus on reducing fuel loads within and adjacent to wildland-urban interface (WUI) and intermix communities to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Nevada Division of Forestry received a $2.99 million Project Grant from the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), awarded December 15, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2030. This funding supports the development and implementation of wildfire mitigation strategies to improve defensible space in the Glenbrook area, along primary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region, awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to the Department of Search and Rescue on September 24, 2025. This award, extending through December 31, 2029, supports search, rescue, and fire prevention relief efforts through evidence-based risk management practices designed to improve public...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (USDA-FS R5) awarded a $347,392.23 Project Grant to Lake County Resource Conservation District under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) on August 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2029. The award supports the "Fire in Hand, Healing Lands" project, which implements fuels reduction and fire-resilient ecosystem restoration across...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $575,422 Project Grant to South Tahoe Refuse Co. under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) on August 30, 2024. The grant is focused on advancing community-supported wood energy initiatives in the Tahoe Basin region of California. The project aims to provide technical assistance to the Forest Service, state foresters, tribes, and public/private organizations to support the adoption of new wood utilization technologies...
- This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $498,331.00, was provided by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The purpose of the grant is to advance the understanding of the ecohydrological impacts of watershed restoration treatments in the upper Stanislaus and Tuolumne River basins in California. The key activities to be performed under this grant include leveraging existing data and science to quantify the combined impacts of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) received a $2,013,118 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), effective September 9, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This award funds comprehensive forest health protection and management services across California's non-federal forest lands. Key deliverables...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (CFDA 10.690 - Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grant Program) awarded South Tahoe Public Utility District a $4.31 million Project Grant on September 24, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2029. Under this award, South Tahoe Public Utility District serves as the primary coordinator and liaison between subrecipients and the federal funding agency, managing partner agency communications, guiding procurement and contract processes, and overseeing subrecipient compliance throughout the project period. The grant funds water infrastructure improvements focused on fire flow capacity enhancements in the Lake Tahoe Basin. South Tahoe Public Utility District is overseeing two principal subrecipient projects: the Elizabeth Drive Waterline & Fire Flow Enhancement Project, which replaces approximately 900 linear feet of undersized 3.5-inch water main with a new 6-inch main and installs one new fire hydrant to comply with current fire flow standards in the Skyland subdivision near Homewood, California; and the Madden Creek Water System Fire Flow Capacity Improvements Project (subawarded to Tahoe City Public Utility District), a multi-phase effort to upsize over 8,000 linear feet of waterline, create system looping, and install 13 new fire hydrants to enhance fire flow capacity and reliability for a rural water system. These infrastructure projects contribute to water quality improvement goals and enhanced public safety resilience in the Tahoe Basin.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.2m | 9/24/25 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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TWFSPFY25TPWCS | None | Project Grant 25DG11052012160 | $171.8k | 1/27/26 | |
TWFSPFY25TCPUDS | Tahoe City Public Utility District | Project Grant 25DG11052012160 | $2.0m | 1/27/26 |