Project Grant NR243A750004G016

This $153,786 Project Grant award to Michigan State University (MSU) from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Renewable Resources Extension Act (CFDA 10.515) program supports the development of tools and educational resources to help forest landowners understand and access forest carbon markets. The key products and services to be delivered include: A web-based tool to conduct cost-benefit analyses for landowners on delaying timber...

This $6,250,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), aims to "EXPAND MARKETS TO GROW RESILIENT FAMILY FORESTS." The primary grantee, the American Forest Foundation, will use the funding to provide technical assistance, financial incentives, and strategic partnership facilitation to promote climate-smart forestry practices, environmental stewardship, and...

This $2,212,500 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) will fund the Piedmont Forest Landowner Assistance Program delivered by Pheasants Forever, Inc. This 5-year grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, will support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Minnesota. Key activities will include providing...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $124,481 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program project grant to Working Trees, Inc., a for-profit climate-tech startup. The grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, with a completion date of March 14, 2024, aims to commercialize Working Trees' existing prototypes for a mobile app that uses a smartphone's camera and LiDAR to measure carbon sequestration in silvopasture systems. Silvopasture, the...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $5,574,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant, with a performance period from December 23, 2024 to November 30, 2029, will support the Minnesota Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience Cost Share Program. The program aims to provide cost-sharing for climate mitigation and forest resilience practices, as...

This $649,806 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop methods for enhancing the success of tree seedling transplantation in reforestation projects in the Midwest United States. The University will establish a network of public tree nurseries to study the relative impacts of nursery...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $5,250,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Minnesota DNR) on August 23, 2023 through the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant funding will support the Expanding Access to Future Forests Through Outreach and Education project over a 5-year period, concluding on August 18, 2028. The Minnesota DNR, a U.S. state government entity, will use...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a $3,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 10.731 - Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration) to support a landowner payment program in Minnesota. The grant aims to increase climate change adaptation, support forest health, and facilitate access to private environmental markets for underserved private forest landowners through cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education....

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $810,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program. The grant will support landscape scale restoration efforts to expand woodland stewardship and provide technical assistance connecting landowners to modern natural resource information from June 2023 through May 2028. Key services to be delivered include expanding outreach programs to landowners...

This $1.5 million Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture project grant, awarded under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310), will fund the development and delivery of climate-smart forestry extension education programs in the Southern United States from April 2023 through March 2027. Led by Clemson University, the project team will establish effective engagement with forest landowners and managers to...