Project Grant 26DG11021600009
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded $6,973,754 under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664) to Colorado State University on August 24, 2022 for completion by July 31, 2027. The Project Grant funding will support wildfire mitigation services delivered by Colorado State University and sub-awardee West Region Wildfire Council. Specifically, the Council will conduct 200 site visits to educate homeowners on property wildfire...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division $29.479 million in project grant funding on December 3, 2025, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to support community wildfire mitigation and planning across Colorado through November 15, 2030. The award funds nine selected projects across Colorado communities: Coalition for the Upper South...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $7.3 million under the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending federal grant program (CFDA #10.723) on August 17, 2022 to Colorado State University with completion by July 31, 2027. Colorado State University will implement wildfire risk reduction and forest resilience projects in Colorado through two sub-awards. The National Forest Foundation sub-award will conduct applied silviculture treatments on 400 acres, including...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded the National Forest Foundation $1.299 million on July 23, 2026, under the FY26 Community Project Funds-Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.741) to reduce wildfire risk through fuel treatments on private land in Colorado. The award funds treatment of up to 200 acres of private land adjacent to Rampart Range Road to create strategic fuel breaks and facilitate safer and more effective wildfire response....
- The Council of Western State Foresters received a $222,222 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region to support community wildfire protection and planning efforts in western states. Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA #10.720), this award will support the development and updating of community wildfire protection plans for at-risk communities over a five-year period from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Council of Western State Foresters received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 2 – Rocky Mountain Region, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), effective September 4, 2025, through September 2, 2030. This award supports critical wildland fire prevention, mitigation, and resilience initiatives across the western United States by fostering...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award was provided by the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The award to Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division supports planning and implementation of wildfire mitigation measures on non-federal lands in Colorado. Funded activities include developing new community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs), updating existing CWPPs over 10 years old, conducting wildfire...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,789,608 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to Colorado State University on June 4, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant funded hazardous fuel reduction activities on approximately 200 acres of forested land in Colorado through mechanical treatments and prescribed burns. Work was conducted by two sub-awardees and included...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded $105,000 to Estes Valley Watershed Coalition on July 23, 2026, under the FY26 Community Project Funds-Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.741) for wildfire risk reduction and emergency access improvement within the Estes Valley Fire Protection District. The award funds roadside thinning treatments along priority emergency routes identified in the Estes Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan to improve...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division under the CFDA 10.697 State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program. The grant, with a performance period from July 28, 2023 to May 31, 2028, will fund activities to reduce the risk and long-term impacts of large, destructive wildfires by decreasing hazardous fuels on forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded $500,000 to West Region Wildfire Council on July 23, 2026, under the FY26 Community Project Funds-Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.741) to treat approximately 100 acres of non-federal lands within the wildland urban interface and reduce hazardous fuels along a critical evacuation route for the community of Ouray, Colorado. The award funds congressionally designated wildfire risk reduction work performed in Colorado. The period of performance runs through April 29, 2031. West Region Wildfire Council, a non-profit organization focused on wildfire preparedness and mitigation in western Colorado, will lead the fuels treatment activities. The organization's prior federal grants have supported wildfire risk assessments, defensible space creation, community fuelbreak establishment, forest treatment for ecological resiliency, and public education. Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado State University have served as key partners in West Region Wildfire Council's past mitigation work.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 7/23/26 |