This award is to support land management activities on state and private lands to implement state forest action plan priorities per statute

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 2 awarded $712,106 to the State of Wyoming Office of State Lands on April 27, 2026, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to implement Wyoming's State Forest Action Plan priorities on state and private lands.

The award funds hazardous fuels reduction, development of multi-resource forest management plans, mitigation of invasive species and insect infestation and disease, and other active forest management activities on working forests across Wyoming's approximately 670,000 acres held by 4,900 private forest landowners. The period of performance runs through April 26, 2031, with all work performed in Wyoming.

The Cooperative Forestry Assistance program provides grants to state forestry agencies to advance forest resources management and conservation on non-federal forest and rural lands, supporting healthy forests and livable communities nationwide. Grants to state agencies are typically approved on the basis of negotiated targets or objectives and may be awarded for up to five years.

Funding is allocated to each state agency through a standard formula. These plans guide the work of forestry professionals and directly support the health, productivity, and resilience of americas forests and trees. The cooperative forestry assistance act requires each state forestry agency to develop a statewide assessment and strategy for forest resources, collectively referred to as state forest action plan, to be eligible to receive funds under the authorities of the act. Implementation of these state forest action plans which supports the 4,900 private forest landowners who own 670,000 acres in wyoming. This award will be used to treat acres for hazardous fuels reduction, develop multi-resource forest management plans, mitigate invasive species, insect infestation and disease, and other active forest management activities that support working forest, as determined by the priorities outlines in wyoming's state forest action plan.