These funds will be used to provide direct assistance to non-federal land managers, producers, private forest landowners, and municipalities in new york to facilitate the surveying and monitoring of…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $457,020 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on July 7, 2025, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to provide direct assistance to non-federal land managers, private forest landowners, producers, and municipalities across New York. The grant funds surveying, monitoring, and treatment activities to protect forests and trees on non-federal public and private lands from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants. These services directly support cooperative forest health management priorities that benefit both state and federal forest resources while advancing national forest health objectives.

The multi-year project, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2029, reflects the extended timeline necessary to implement comprehensive forest health treatments given seasonal treatment windows and staffing constraints. By facilitating integrated pest management, detection surveys, and ecosystem restoration on non-federal lands, this award supports improved forest health conditions across New York's diverse forest ecosystems while strengthening the state's capacity to address regional forest threats and invasive species challenges.

These funds will be used to provide direct assistance to non-federal land managers, producers, private forest landowners, and municipalities in new york to facilitate the surveying and monitoring of forest health conditions and protect forests and trees on non-federal public and private lands from insects, diseases, and invasive plants. This grant is a critical award instrument used 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 is a multi-year project as treatments can't all be accomplished in a single-year due to forest threat treatment windows and staffing limitations.