This federal Project Grant award of $246,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the County of Baker, located in Oregon, in updating their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) over a 5-year period from September 2023 to September 2028. The key products and services to be delivered include conducting a wildfire risk assessment, reducing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $579,672 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to Wallowa Resources, a non-profit organization and community development corporation in Oregon. The grant supports the development and implementation of the Baker Firewise Community Resiliency Project, which aims to help at-risk communities mitigate wildfire risks through comprehensive planning, risk...
This $466,500 Project Grant award was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant recipient is the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), a state government agency responsible for managing and protecting Oregon's forest resources. The funding will support ODF's comprehensive forest management and wildfire mitigation efforts, including hazardous fuels reduction,...
This federal Project Grant award of $141,765.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The award was made on September 18, 2024 and has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2029. The grant will support the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), a state government agency, in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, control, and management services across...
This $237,157.61 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228) supports a project to create and expand a sustainable safety zone to reduce the risk of wildfire spread in Oregon. The funding will be used to improve and restore access to critical routes for power distribution, communications infrastructure, wildfire surveillance, and emergency fire response. Key activities include...
The Oregon Department of Forestry received a $875,780 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the department's delivery of wildland fire prevention, control, and prescribed burn services on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Oregon through January 2026. As the designated state agency, the Oregon...
The County Of Wasco in Oregon was awarded a $5,945,661 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant, under the CFDA program 10.720, will fund the development and implementation of community wildfire protection plans for high-risk communities in the county from September 2024 through September 2029. Key activities include comprehensive wildfire risk assessments, hazardous fuel reduction, and landscape...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded a $681,041 Project Grant to the Oregon Department of Forestry under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant supports the development of a community wildfire protection plan and the implementation of a defensible space project in Grant County, Oregon. The project aims to reduce the risk of wildfire damage and loss of life for communities at...
This $290,170 Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Oregon Department of Forestry in delivering a range of wildfire prevention, mitigation, and response services on non-federal forest and rural lands across Oregon. Key activities include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, prescribed fire management, and public education and outreach. The Oregon...
This $992,815 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 19, 2023 by the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The funding will support a 4.5-year project by the County of Wheeler, Oregon to perform vegetation clearing along roadway shoulders. This work will improve defensible spaces and evacuation routes to make the local community more resilient against wildfires. As a sub-recipient of federal funds,...