Funding is to support land management activities on state and private lands and to implement state forest action plan (sfap) priorities per statute.…

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded $495,799 to the West Virginia Division of Forestry on December 16, 2025, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to support land management activities on state and private lands and implement state forest action plan priorities through June 30, 2030.

The West Virginia Division of Forestry, a state government entity headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, receives the award. Work is performed in West Virginia and encompasses forest stewardship technical assistance to private landowners, wildfire prevention and mitigation activities, hazardous fuels reduction, prescribed fire implementation, and forest management support on non-federal forest lands. The Cooperative Forestry Assistance program advances forest resources management and conservation on the nearly 500 million acres of non-federal forest land in the United States, working with states, private landowners, and other partners to promote healthy forests and livable communities.