Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.724
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 44 $109,577,640 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- National Priority Large Landscapes
- Assistance type
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Treasury accounts
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- 12-1115-0-1-302
- 12-1106-0-1-302
- 12-1103-0-1-302
- 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 awards cooperative agreements under the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes program (CFDA 10.724) to fund on-the-ground forest restoration, hazardous fuels reduction, and forest health monitoring on National Forest System lands and partner lands within designated Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape Areas across the Western United States, with the most recent award issued on September 27, 2024.
The program funds concrete restoration and fuels-reduction activities including prescribed fire implementation and support, vegetation treatment and mastication, hazardous fuels reduction in the wildland-urban interface, timber sale preparation, cultural resource identification supporting fuels work, wildlife surveys, watershed protection, and tribal-led restoration projects. All funding flows through cooperative agreements exclusively; the program operates across six Forest Service regions, with awards spanning multiple fiscal years (typically 4-year funds with no-year availability) and performance periods extending up to a decade.
Award activity is robust and accelerating. Forty-four cooperative agreements totaling $109.6 million in federal dollars obligated have been disbursed since July 2022, with 24 awards in 2023 and 15 in 2024 against 5 in 2022. Recipients contributed an additional $23.9 million in non-federal cost-share, bringing combined total obligation to $133.5 million. Recent awards range from $30 thousand (tribal support for hazardous fuels projects) to $17.5 million (forest restoration and fuels reduction in the Lower Salmon landscape in Idaho). The Northern Region (R1) leads by federal dollars obligated at $33.9 million across seven awards, followed closely by the Intermountain Region (R4) at $31.6 million across 12 awards; the Southwestern (R3), Pacific Northwest (R6), and Rocky Mountain (R2) regions collectively account for the remainder.
Representative recent awards include $5.2 million for central Washington landscape restoration and fire resiliency projects, $16.1 million for Four Forest Restoration Initiative work in Arizona, and $5.6 million for forest restoration in Idaho County's Lower Salmon landscape. Projects explicitly support community risk reduction, water source protection, and forest health on ceded tribal lands and private lands within designated landscapes.
No recent grant opportunities are posted. Projects require location within one of the agency's pre-identified Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape Areas, and applicants must coordinate with the Forest Service program manager and local grants management specialist to negotiate the proper agreement instrument prior to award.
Objective and description
- Objective
In 2022, the Forest Service launched the Wildfire Crisis Strategy to addresses wildfire risks to critical infrastructure, to protect communities, and to make forests more resilient. The implementation of the strategy and treatment of selected landsca
- Description
The Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes (ALN 10.724) is a federal initiative aimed at addressing wildfire risks to critical infrastructure, protecting communities, and making forests more resilient. The strategy includes the implementation of treatments on selected landscapes across the Western United States, covering over 45 million acres. This initiative is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, which have committed significant federal appropriations for wildfire risk reduction. The strategy focuses on areas that are at higher risk of catastrophic wildland fires and require large-scale project work to reduce this high-risk potential. The Forest Service has identified multiple areas across all regions that are at risk and are in need of large-scale project work to reduce this high-risk potential.
Eligibility
- Uses of assistance
Assistance may be used to reimburse for salary, supply, equipment, and contracts expenses to carry out projects on National Forest Systems lands that will reduce catastrophic wildland fire risk to better protect communities, infrastructure, and water sources, on the ground forest restoration work and forest health monitoring and evaluation.
- Use restrictions
Projects must be within landscapes specifically identified by the agency.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Funds are a combination of multi-year (4 year) and no year funds. Obligated 4-year funds will be available in an active agreement until date of cancellation, no year funds are available in an active agreement until expended. Funding levels will be determined and appropriated each fiscal year for selected large-scale landscape projects. Most agreements have a maximum period of performance of 5 years. Under certain circumstances, extensions may be granted.
How to apply
- Award procedure
The federal program manager and cooperator will cooperatively plan out details for a specific project and then coordinate with the local grants management specialist to negotiate the proper agreement instrument to carry out the project activities.
- Time to approval or disapproval
Project must be located within one of the identified Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape Areas.
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 44 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEZ Perce Tribe | $23,237,631 | 21% |
| 2 | Arizona Department Of Forestry And Fire Management | $18,737,540 | 17% |
| 3 | State Of Utah, Division Of Wildlife Resources | $17,214,432 | 16% |
| 4 | Washington State Department Of Natural Resources | $10,380,000 | 9% |
| 5 | County Of Idaho | $5,500,000 | 5% |
| 6 | Idaho Department Of Lands | $4,337,296 | 4% |
| 7 | Colorado Department Of Public Safety | $3,808,231 | 3% |
| 8 | Montana Dept Of Natural Resources & Conservation | $3,300,000 | 3% |
| 9 | County Of Trinity | $2,915,927 | 3% |
| 10 | Oregon Department Of Forestry | $2,768,349 | 3% |
10 of 28 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $5,310,197 |
| FY2025 | $183,592 |
| FY2024 | $51,891,336 |
| FY2023 | $47,961,866 |
| FY2022 | $3,930,649 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.724?
Assistance Listing 10.724 is Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes, a federal grant program run by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes?
Its CFDA number is 10.724: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.724 awarded?
44 grant awards under 10.724 have obligated $109,577,640 in federal funds to 28 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.724?
The recipients obligated the most under Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes are NEZ Perce Tribe ($23,237,631), Arizona Department Of Forestry And Fire Management ($18,737,540) and State Of Utah, Division Of Wildlife Resources ($17,214,432).
How much did 10.724 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 10.724 obligated $183,592 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
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