Consolidated payment grant (CPG) is the primary award instrument through which the united states department of agriculture (USDA) works with and through the virginia department of forestry to…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 8 - Southern Region, awarded $4,979,076 to the Virginia Department of Forestry on August 21, 2025, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). This Consolidated Payment Grant (CPG) funds six integrated forestry programs: 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 August 20, 2030, the Virginia Department of Forestry will provide direct technical assistance and management support to non-federal land managers, private forest landowners, municipalities, and producers across the Commonwealth to improve forest health and resilience on state, private, and municipal forest lands.

The award supports on-the-ground implementation activities including wildfire prevention and suppression, hazardous fuel reduction, forest pest and disease management, timber production support, and landscape-scale forest restoration. Services delivered through this funding partnership advance forest stewardship practices, strengthen local fire response capacity, and benefit the broader health of Virginia's forests and the nation's forest resources. The program operates collaboratively between federal and state agencies to establish shared priorities and implement management objectives aligned with Virginia's State Forest Action Plan.

Consolidated payment grant (CPG) is the primary award instrument through which the united states department of agriculture (USDA) works with and through the virginia department of forestry 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 nations 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.