This grant will directly support the health, productivity, and resilience of america's forests and trees through supporting the state to implement their state forest action plan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 10 (Alaska Region), awarded the Alaska Department of Natural Resources $1,034,341 under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on August 19, 2025. This five-year project grant, with a completion date of August 18, 2030, supports implementation of Alaska's State Forest Action Plan to advance forest health, productivity, and resilience across non-federal forest lands. The funded activities will engage private landowners in active forest management practices designed to improve forest health, reduce disease and insect spread, thin fuels, and promote timber production and other economic benefits in alignment with Executive Order 14225.

The grant delivers on-the-ground technical assistance and forest management services targeting private forest landowners throughout Alaska. These services encompass hazardous fuels reduction, forest pest and invasive species mitigation, forest health restoration activities, and capacity-building initiatives that strengthen rural community resilience while advancing sustainable timber production and economic development on privately owned forest lands.

Activities align to executive order 14225 to support the immediate expansion of american timber production by engaging private landowners in active management activities to improve the health and productivity of forests, reduce spread of disease and insects, thin fuels, and manage forests to produce timber and other economic benefits.