Green Diamond Resource Company's Korbel Integrated Forest Management Division received a $337,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) on September 18, 2025, under the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration program (CFDA 10.725). The project involves replacing the awardee's existing mobile chipping operation with a stationary facility located in California. This infrastructure upgrade is designed to increase the facility's capacity to process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects conducted on federal and tribal lands, thereby reducing the costs associated with vegetation removal and ecological restoration activities.
The stationary facility will enable Green Diamond Resource Company to more efficiently purchase and process woody byproducts from fire mitigation, thinning, and disease-control harvest activities on nearby federal lands. By transitioning from mobile to stationary operations, the facility will improve operational efficiency and market demand for restoration byproducts. The project must be completed by December 31, 2027, within the five-year completion requirement established by the grant program. This award is consistent with the CFDA 10.725 program's objective to financially support wood-processing infrastructure improvements that support ecosystem restoration goals while creating viable markets for forest management byproducts.