This grant focuses on addressing critical preparedness needs and supporting hazard mitigation and community wildfire preparedness across 20 northeastern and midwestern states

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9–Eastern Region awarded $150,000 to the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc. on July 21, 2026, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698).

The award funds development and operation of the Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal, which makes data from the Northeast and Midwest Regional Wildfire Risk Assessment accessible to wildfire managers, forest managers, community leaders, nongovernmental organizations, and members of the public through map viewers, data access, and reports. The portal addresses critical preparedness needs and supports hazard mitigation and community wildfire preparedness across 20 Northeastern and Midwestern states.

Performance runs through April 30, 2031, with work conducted across the United States. The Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., serves as a collaborative platform for 20 state forestry agencies and implements forest health, conservation, and wildfire risk reduction initiatives on behalf of the Forest Service.

The wildfire risk assessment portal makes the information and data in the recent northeast and midwest regional wildfire risk assessment accessible and usable to wildfire managers, forest managers, community leaders, nongovernmental organizations, and members of the public through map viewers, data access, and reports.