Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.694
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 48 $75,857,376 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- SWERI
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Treasury accounts
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- 12-1105-0-1-302
- 12-1115-0-1-302
- 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 forest restoration research, treatment implementation, and monitoring to reduce severe wildfire risk and improve dry forest and woodland ecosystem health under CFDA 10.694, Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention, with the most recent grant awards made on August 25, 2026.
The program maintains steady activity with 48 grants awarded since 2010 and three awards made in 2026 alone, continuing an annual cadence of roughly three grants per year over the past five years. Combined federal dollars obligated total $75.9 million, with recipients also contributing $2.2 million in non-federal cost-share. Awarded grants typically span three to five years and fund university-based ecological restoration institutes in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado established under the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act (Public Law 108-317).
The program funds restoration-based hazardous fuel reduction treatments on a landscape scale using adaptive ecosystem management frameworks. Recent awards support research development and knowledge transfer on fuel reduction methods, synthesis and adaptation of scientific findings to reduce wildfire risk in vulnerable Interior West communities, landscape-scale implementation of treatments, assistance designing adaptive management approaches and monitoring protocols, and production of peer-reviewed annual reports. The portfolio is predominantly Project Grants (98 percent, 47 awards) with one Cooperative Agreement (2 percent, 1 award).
Funding concentrates heavily within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service's R3-Southwestern Region, which issued 28 awards totaling $43 million federal dollars obligated. The Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions issued 2 mega-awards totaling $18 million, while the broader Forest Service issued an additional 18 awards for $14.9 million. Representative recent awards include a $2.2 million Project Grant (26DG11030000014) for restoration-based fuel reduction treatment research and monitoring in the Interior West with ultimate completion September 30, 2028; a $16.47 million Project Grant (22DG11132543086) for infrastructure wildfire treatment effectiveness mapping and assessment extending through March 31, 2028; and a $1.4 million Project Grant (26DG11030000016) for landscape-scale restoration treatment implementation and knowledge transfer with completion June 30, 2028.
No current grant opportunities are listed in the source. Proposals are accepted after appropriations are made and annual work plans are approved by the Forest Service in consultation with the Department of Interior. Facility construction is not an allowable cost.
Objective and description
- Objective
(1) To enhance the capacity to develop, transfer, apply, monitor, and regularly update practical science-based forest restoration treatments that will reduce the risk of severe wildfires, and improve the health of dry forest and woodland ecosystems i
- Description
Program for assessing, planning, and monitoring fuel treatment interactions with wildfires across boundaries.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Specific states as identified in the funding.
- Uses of assistance
Proceeds are for ecological restoration treatments to reverse declining forest health and reduce the risk of severe wildfires across the forest landscape; to design, implement, monitor, and regularly revise representative wildfire treatments based on the use of adaptive ecosystem management.
- Use restrictions
No funds made available under this Act shall be used to pay the costs of constructing any facilities.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Proposals may be submitted by the eligible applicants once appropriations are made. Grants are generally for 3 -5 years.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
Annual work plans must be approved by the Forest Service in consultation with the Department of Interior. This authority provides for non-competitive awards to the institutes.
- Award procedure
Awards will be made once funding and approved proposals are in place.
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 48 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Arizona University | $43,693,827 | 58% |
| 2 | Colorado State University | $17,271,789 | 23% |
| 3 | New Mexico Highlands University | $13,491,760 | 18% |
| 4 | Board Of Regents Of Nevada System Of Higher Education | $1,400,000 | 2% |
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $5,790,925 |
| FY2025 | $2,998,735 |
| FY2024 | $6,311,889 |
| FY2023 | $7,799,998 |
| FY2022 | $22,770,000 |
| FY2021 | $5,971,756 |
| FY2020 | $4,159,079 |
| FY2019 | $3,065,722 |
| FY2018 | $2,226,275 |
| FY2017 | $1,454,871 |
| FY2016 | $1,495,870 |
| FY2015 | $1,500,000 |
| FY2014 | $1,725,000 |
| FY2013 | $1,500,000 |
| FY2012 | $1,865,450 |
| FY2011 | $3,221,805 |
| FY2010 | $2,000,000 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.694?
Assistance Listing 10.694 is Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention, a federal grant program run by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention?
Its CFDA number is 10.694: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.694 awarded?
48 grant awards under 10.694 have obligated $75,857,376 in federal funds to 4 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.694?
The recipients obligated the most under Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention are Northern Arizona University ($43,693,827), Colorado State University ($17,271,789) and New Mexico Highlands University ($13,491,760).
How much did 10.694 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 10.694 obligated $2,998,735 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
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