Forest Health Protection
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.680
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 2,750 $554,948,144 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Formula Grant
- Block Grant
- Treasury account
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- 12-1105-0-1-302
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service funds on-the-ground management and monitoring of invasive forest insects, diseases, and plants on non-Federal lands under CFDA 10.680, with the most recent grant award disbursed on August 26, 2026.
The program has remained consistently active, averaging 100 to 165 awards per year over the past five years. Recent grants issued in August 2026 support invasive weed management across Utah and Nevada, hemlock woolly adelgid and spongy moth suppression in Maryland and West Virginia, silvicultural treatments and invasive plant removal on Long Island, and biocontrol agent monitoring and distribution across the Northern Rockies. A $10 million award to an unspecified recipient in May 2026 funds spruce budworm early intervention and treatment monitoring, representing a notable outlier in the award distribution. A separate $6.945 million award supports the Slow the Spread Foundation's spongy moth trapping, survey, and aerial application programs across an 11-state transition zone from Southeast Virginia to northern Minnesota.
Assistance type mix is predominantly Project Grants at 83 percent of all awards, with 15 percent Cooperative Agreements and minor Formula and Block Grant activity. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service dominates funding, accounting for 1,518 awards and $290.5 million in federal obligated dollars. Regional breakdowns show the R9 Eastern Region (439 awards, $85.4 million), R8 Southern Region (253 awards, $88.7 million), and R5 Pacific Southwest Region (91 awards, $17.9 million) as the next-largest funders by count and obligation. Across 2,750 total awards spanning 2004 to the present, the program obligated $554.9 million in federal dollars with an additional $342.8 million in non-Federal matching or cost-share, totaling $897.7 million.
No grant opportunities were recently posted. The most recent solicitations in the portfolio date to September and October 2022 and include regional invasive species project competitions for non-Federal lands, state capacity-building programs, forest health monitoring evaluation, biological control technology development, and pesticide impact assessment studies.
Objective and description
- Objective
To assist State Foresters, State Agriculture or Plant Regulatory Officials, equivalent State officials, or other official representatives, subdivisions of states, agencies, institutions (public and private), organizations (profit or nonprofit), and i
- Description
Protect and manage non-Federal forest and tree resources from damaging forest insects, disease causing agents, and invasive plants; develop/improve forest health protection technologies; and monitor the health of our nation's forests.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
State Forestry, State Agriculture or equivalent State agencies, subdivisions of states, Alaska native corporations and tribal governments (for lands not held in trust), institutions (public and private), organizations (profit and non-profit), and municipalities are eligible. All States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the territories and possessions of the United States are eligible.
- Beneficiary eligibility
State Foresters, State Plant Regulatory Officials, equivalent State officials or other official representatives, tribes, subdivisions of states, agencies, institutions (public and private), organizations (profit or nonprofit), and individuals on non-Federal lands.
- Uses of assistance
Other Funding for the Cooperative Forest Health Protection program is provided to states to help support a base level of professional forest health expertise for non-federal forest managers. Grants for this program are allocated to states using a formula that is based on the number of acres of non-federal forest land within the states, other factors, and amount of funding available through annual appropriations.
- Use restrictions
Construction projects, Economic Development, and Small Business Ownership are prohibited under this program.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Grants are typically awarded for one or two years and may be extended on request and with the approval of the program manager.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
All grants and cooperative agreements are approved on the basis of negotiated targets, project objectives to be achieved, and relationship to national and regional forest health issues, priorities, and needs.
- Award procedure
Established by the Regional Office
- Time to approval or disapproval
Submission due dates are developed for each fiscal year. Contact the regional office. State single point of contact will have 30 days from notification of tentative allotments to comment.
- Renewals
Submit SF-424(A) with SF 424 application to amend the allotment amount or length of commitment; other requirements may be established by the regional office.
Grant opportunities
| Opportunity | Status | Posted | Applications due |
|---|---|---|---|
| R9 BIL High-Priority Regional Invasive Species Projects (Non-Federal Lands) | Closed | ||
| R9 BIL State Capacity Program for Invasive Species (Non-Federal Lands) | Closed | ||
| FY23 Evaluation Monitoring Program | Past | — | |
| Special Technology Development Program | Past | — | |
| Biological control of invasive forest pests program FY23 | Past | — | |
| FY23 Forest Service Pesticide Impact Assessment Program | Past | — |
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 2,750 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gypsy Moth Slow The Spread Foundation Inc. | $117,399,306 | 21% |
| 2 | Conservation & Forestry. Maine Department Of Agriculture | $22,642,551 | 4% |
| 3 | Department Of Conservation & Natural Resources Pennsylvania | $18,864,329 | 3% |
| 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $14,980,351 | 3% |
| 5 | Oregon Department Of Forestry | $14,586,561 | 3% |
| 6 | Texas A&M Forest Service | $13,877,058 | 3% |
| 7 | State Of Hawaii Department Of Land & Natural Resources | $13,211,734 | 2% |
| 8 | Department Of Forests Parks & Recreation Vermont | $11,411,314 | 2% |
| 9 | Michigan State University | $10,738,238 | 2% |
| 10 | Georgia Forestry Commission | $10,055,907 | 2% |
10 of 380 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $24,146,488 |
| FY2025 | $42,873,851 |
| FY2024 | $28,423,608 |
| FY2023 | $35,610,798 |
| FY2022 | $16,301,588 |
| FY2021 | $18,857,594 |
| FY2020 | $23,741,236 |
| FY2019 | $20,846,845 |
| FY2018 | $19,939,428 |
| FY2017 | $21,153,887 |
| FY2016 | $20,960,014 |
| FY2015 | $18,942,583 |
| FY2014 | $22,346,915 |
| FY2013 | $20,300,837 |
| FY2012 | $27,485,156 |
| FY2011 | $38,023,848 |
| FY2010 | $36,578,111 |
| FY2009 | $43,390,065 |
| FY2008 | $31,246,240 |
| FY2007 | $25,310,531 |
| FY2006 | $11,184,869 |
| FY2005 | $7,304,270 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.680?
Assistance Listing 10.680 is Forest Health Protection, a federal grant program run by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Forest Health Protection?
Its CFDA number is 10.680: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.680 awarded?
2,750 grant awards under 10.680 have obligated $554,948,144 in federal funds to 380 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.680?
The recipients obligated the most under Forest Health Protection are Gypsy Moth Slow The Spread Foundation Inc. ($117,399,306), Conservation & Forestry. Maine Department Of Agriculture ($22,642,551) and Department Of Conservation & Natural Resources Pennsylvania ($18,864,329).
How much did 10.680 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 10.680 obligated $42,873,851 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 10.680?
No opportunity listed under 10.680 is open now. The latest, R9 BIL High-Priority Regional Invasive Species Projects (Non-Federal Lands), was posted on October 24, 2022.
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