Authorized by statute in the cooperative forestry assistance act (PL 95-313, as amended), this consolidated payment grant (CPG) is the primary award instrument through which the USDA works with and…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 8 - Southern Region, awarded a $5.24 million Consolidated Payment Grant to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (Division of Animal Industries) under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on September 3, 2025. This five-year project grant, with an ultimate completion date of September 2, 2030, represents the primary award instrument through which USDA cooperates with state forestry agencies to implement forest management programs on state, private, and municipal forest lands that benefit federal and national forest health.

The award consists of six integrated funding components: Forest Stewardship Program, Forest Health Protection Program, Urban & Community Forestry Program, State Fire Capacity Program, Volunteer Fire Capacity Program, and Landscape Scale Restoration Program. Through these program components, the Division of Animal Industries will provide direct technical and financial assistance to non-federal land managers, private forest landowners, municipalities, and producers throughout Tennessee to support wildfire prevention and suppression, reduce fire risk, combat invasive forest insects and diseases, enable timber production, and promote sustainable forest stewardship practices on non-federal forest lands.

Authorized by statute in the cooperative forestry assistance act (PL 95-313, as amended), this consolidated payment grant (CPG) is the primary award instrument through which the USDA works with and through the georgia forestry commission to cooperatively set priorities for and implement management programs on state, private, and municipal forest lands that directly and indirectly benefit the health of federal forest land and the nation s forests. This award consists of the forest stewardship program, forest health protection program, urban & community forestry program, state fire capacity program, volunteer fire capacity program, and landscape scale restoration program funding. Through this award, direct assistance is provided to non-federal land managers, producers, private forest landowners, and municipalities to fight fires, reduce fire risk, fight damaging insects and diseases, produce timber, and steward their forests.