Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.725
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 115 $81,795,926 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- Assistance to Byproducts Purchasers and Processors
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Treasury accounts
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- 12-1105-0-1-302
- 12-1106-0-1-302
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 is funding retrofits, expansions, and establishment of wood-processing and biomass-energy facilities that purchase restoration byproducts from federal and Tribal lands, with the most recent award on April 27, 2026, under Assistance Listing 10.725. The program has distributed $81.8 million in federal dollars across 115 awards since June 2023, though award velocity has declined sharply—from 44 awards in 2023 to only 3 through April 2026. Funding supports sawmill equipment upgrades, new drying kilns, chipping systems, pellet manufacturing capacity, firewood processing lines, and biomass-to-energy modernization aimed at reducing restoration project costs by creating sustainable markets for wood byproducts in high-fire-risk and insect-disease areas.
Awards are predominantly Project Grants (99 percent), with the five regional Forest Service offices—Pacific Southwest (31 awards, $19.4 million), Pacific Northwest (16 awards, $13.7 million), Southwestern (14 awards, $10.5 million), Rocky Mountain Research Station (16 awards, $10.3 million), and Northern (14 awards, $8.9 million)—accounting for 79 percent of award count and 77 percent of federal dollars. Individual awards cluster in the $900 thousand to $1.25 million range, though outliers such as a $3.5 million planer upgrade and a $2.3 million Alaska wood-energy program stretch beyond typical magnitude. Recipients have included tribal enterprises, community nonprofits, and for-profit sawmills and biomass operators; recent examples include Iron Triangle's $1.4 million retrofit of the former Malheur Lumber facility in Oregon (April 2026), a $1 million hardwood kiln installation on the Allegheny National Forest (January 2026), and a $1 million stationary chipping facility to support wildfire prevention (September 2025). Grant activities must complete within five years of award; non-federal cost-share totaled $11.8 million across the portfolio, indicating modest recipient matching.
The 2026 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program (USDA-FS-WPIA-2026) closed on April 22, 2026, with award ceiling raised to $2 million and a pre-application webinar held by February 20. The 2025 round (posted October 2024, due December 2024) offered $20 million with approximately 50 percent raw-material procurement from federal or Tribal lands required for eligibility. No opportunity is currently open for application.
Objective and description
- Objective
Provide financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects for wood products infrastructure.
- Description
The program goal is to provide financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects with the goal to substantially decrease the cost of conducting ecological restoration projects involving vegetation removal on Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland. Financial assistance can be provided to a facility seeking to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility near unit of Federal land that has been identified as high or very high priority for ecological restoration.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
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 of projects on federal land, Indian land and rangeland, that have been identified as high or very high priority for ecological restoration. For-profit entities, state, local governments; Indian Tribes, school districts, community, not-for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, and ports).
- Uses of assistance
Assistance can be used to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility that will utilize the byproducts of projects on federal land, or support other programs to increase the use of byproducts from restoration. Additional information provided in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Grant activities must be complete within 5 years of award.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Financial grants are approved on the basis of nationwide review and are based on the technical and financial merits of the project as evaluated by a panel of Federal experts or their designees.
- Award procedure
Grants, if appropriated funds are provided, will generally be nationally competitive and merit-based.
Grant opportunities
| Opportunity | Status | Posted | Applications due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program | Closed | ||
| 2025 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program | Closed | ||
| 2024 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program | Closed | ||
| 2022 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program | Closed |
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 115 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Endowment For Forestry And Communities, Inc. | $3,300,000 | 4% |
| 2 | Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc. | $2,974,916 | 4% |
| 3 | Novo Biopower, LLC | $2,752,000 | 3% |
| 4 | Lignum Support LLC | $2,000,000 | 2% |
| 5 | Forest Products Distributors, Inc. | $2,000,000 | 2% |
| 6 | Collins Pine Company | $1,857,136 | 2% |
| 7 | Tahoe Forest Products LLC | $1,832,020 | 2% |
| 8 | Menominee Tribal Enterprises A Tribal Enterprise Of The Menominee Indian Tribe Of Wisconsin | $1,818,062 | 2% |
| 9 | Iron Triangle LLC | $1,731,651 | 2% |
| 10 | Arizona Log & Timberworks, L.L.C. | $1,602,730 | 2% |
10 of 94 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $2,749,899 |
| FY2025 | $25,422,256 |
| FY2024 | $22,013,587 |
| FY2023 | $31,610,184 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.725?
Assistance Listing 10.725 is Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration, a federal grant program run by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration?
Its CFDA number is 10.725: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.725 awarded?
115 grant awards under 10.725 have obligated $81,795,926 in federal funds to 94 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.725?
The recipients obligated the most under Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration are United States Endowment For Forestry And Communities, Inc. ($3,300,000), Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc. ($2,974,916) and Novo Biopower, LLC ($2,752,000).
How much did 10.725 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 10.725 obligated $25,422,256 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 10.725?
No opportunity listed under 10.725 is open now. The latest, 2026 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program, was posted on February 18, 2026.
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