The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc. under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award, effective January 7, 2025, supports the organization's efforts to help underserved forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. Key objectives include increasing climate change...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $672,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on forestry and wildland fire management in the Northeast and Midwest regions. The grant supports the organization's operations in partnership with the Forest Service and state foresters, including travel to the Northwest Midwest State Foresters Alliance. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $267,122 Project Grant to the Land Trust Alliance, Inc. under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) on September 11, 2024. The funding supports the "Supporting Indigenous Land Relationships" project, which aims to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas at risk of conversion to non-forest uses through the acquisition of conservation easements or fee simple purchases from willing landowners. The...
This $252,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization, in implementing the Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy across the Northeast and Midwest regions. Key activities include developing a regional wildfire risk assessment and providing critical support services to state...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $625,000 Project Grant to American Forests under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant will support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners, with a focus on increasing climate change adaptation, supporting forest health, and facilitating access to private environmental markets for historically marginalized landowners through...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $533,333.33 Project Grant to the State of New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Division of Forests & Lands under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The grant funds will be used to support the "FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION OF OSSIPEE LAKE" project, which aims to identify, protect, and preserve environmentally important forest areas in New Hampshire that are at risk...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $440,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The grant funding will support a range of forest conservation and management activities in Michigan, including the protection of environmentally important forest areas at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Typical funded activities may include conservation easements, fee simple land...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $676,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry on August 30, 2024. This federal grant will fund a range of forest conservation and management activities in Maine over a 4-year period ending on September 30, 2028. Planned initiatives include acquiring conservation easements, implementing forest health monitoring programs,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $10.73 million Project Grant to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry on September 21, 2022 under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA #10.676). The grant will fund the acquisition of conservation easements and fee simple purchases of environmentally important forestlands in Maine threatened by conversion to nonforest uses through June 30, 2027. Administered by the USDA Forest Service, the Forest Legacy Program...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $124,000 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676). The grant will fund the administration of Maine's Forest Legacy Program over a 5-year period from December 2023 to June 2028. The Forest Legacy Program aims to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas threatened by conversion to non-forest uses, through the acquisition of...