Project Grant 26DG11052021201
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Friends of Hawaii's Urban Forest (doing business as Smart Trees Pacific) received a $220,118 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on September 9, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The award supports urban and community forestry initiatives across the Mariana Islands, specifically on Saipan, Rota, and Tinian. Funded activities include seed collection...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Friends of Hawaii's Urban Forest (doing business as Smart Trees Pacific) received a $330,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 – Pacific Southwest Region, under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675). The award, issued on August 25, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027, funds educational outreach and technical services focused on urban forestry best practices in Hawaii. The grant deliverables...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) awarded a $9,000,000 Project Grant to Friends Of Hawaii's Urban Forest, doing business as Smart Trees Pacific, to enhance urban forests, build workforce capacity, and implement forest stewardship plans in Hawaii, Guam, and the Mariana Islands over a 5-year period from May 2024 to February 2029. The funded activities will focus on developing a qualified...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources received a $586,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675), awarded August 25, 2025, with completion targeted for September 1, 2026. This award supports cooperative forest management initiatives across Hawaii's state, private, and municipal forest lands to benefit both federal and non-federal forest health. Direct assistance is provided to...
- This $5,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) will support a comprehensive urban forestry initiative led by the non-profit organization Grow Good Hawaii. The grant, awarded on April 3, 2024, will fund activities to plan for, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in and around Hawaii's urban communities. The program aims to...
- This $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), will fund a project by the Friends of AMY B H Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in Hawaii's only federally designated community forest. The project aims to provide ecosystem services, social benefits,...
- This $1,500,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) will fund comprehensive urban forestry initiatives in Puerto Rico. The award will support the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), doing business as Hilo, in planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources across the Commonwealth. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources received a $396,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service under the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675), awarded on September 22, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2029. The award funds three full-time positions—a Program Coordinator, Partnership Coordinator, and Program Assistant—to lead ongoing implementation and monitoring of urban reforestation projects established...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region), awarded $200,000 to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on August 14, 2025. This Project Grant, scheduled for completion by June 30, 2030, will provide technical and financial assistance to non-industrial private forest landowners across all major Hawaiian islands interested in forest...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Pohnpei State Government under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. The project funds a comprehensive community awareness and capacity-building initiative focused on forestry resource management in Pohnpei communities. Primary deliverables include educational outreach and awareness-raising...
The USDA Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675) awarded $330,000 to Friends Of Hawaii's Urban Forest (doing business as Smart Trees Pacific) on June 15, 2026, for urban forestry and environmental stewardship activities in Guam and the Northern Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands through December 31, 2027. The project deliverables include tree planting in public parks and green spaces, arboriculture safety training on equipment such as chainsaws, and maintenance of green spaces through tree pruning along roadsides, within parks, schools, and drainage areas including ponding basins and swales. This award supports the program's broader mission of expanding urban forest canopy, improving environmental quality, and building workforce capacity in arboriculture within Pacific Island communities. The non-profit awardee specializes in urban forestry and environmental sustainability initiatives across the Pacific region and has demonstrated experience securing significant federal funding for forestry workforce development and ecosystem services projects serving disadvantaged communities.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $330.0k | 6/15/26 |