2024 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FS-WPIA-2024
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $50,000 to $1,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Forest Service is offering $23.3 million in financial assistance grants through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program 10.725. The funding seeks to substantially decrease the cost of ecosystem restoration projects involving vegetation removal on federal and Tribal lands by supporting facilities that purchase and process byproducts. To qualify, applicants must establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or wood-processing facility located in close proximity to federal or Tribal lands that have been identified as high priority for restoration due to fire, insect, or disease risk. Successful proposals will demonstrate the ability to utilize over 50% of raw materials from these lands and reduce restoration costs. Applications are due December 1, 2023.
Individual awards are not specified but will fund the establishment, reopening, retrofitting, expansion, or improvement of eligible wood-processing facilities. Performance will occur at the facility site and associated federal and Tribal lands identified in the proposal as high priorities for ecological restoration located in close proximity.
Synopsis
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The USDA Forest Service is announcing the availability of $23.3 million to provide financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects in areas at risk of unnaturally severe wildfire or insect or disease infestation through funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The intent is to substantially decrease the cost of conducting restoration projects involving vegetation removal on federal and Tribal lands and invest in surrounding communities. These ecosystem restoration byproducts could include trees and woody biomass harvested through timber sales, thinning, hazardous fuels reduction treatments, or other restoration management activities.
Funding priority will be to provide financial assistance to an entity seeking to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility that will utilize the byproducts from projects on federal land, Tribal forestland, and Tribal rangeland that have been identified as at risk for fire, insect, or disease and a high priority for ecological restoration. To be eligible for funding, the project facility must be in close proximity to federal or Tribal lands and procure high percentages (approximately 50% or greater) of raw materials from federal or Tribal lands. Successful applicants will address how financial support will enable increased utilization of byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects on federal or Tribal lands that are in close proximity to a wood products processing facility and how this assistance will help reduce restoration costs.
The grants and agreements awarded under this announcement will support the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Pub. L. 117-58 (11/15/2021), Sec. 40804(b)3.
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