Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP)

The purpose of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes and encourage ecological, economic, and social sustainability; leverage

CFLRP accelerates active management on high-priority landscapes to deliver multiple benefits to the American people - reduced wildfire risk, rural jobs, wood products, wildlife habitat, recreation, and clean water. With its support for locally driven action, the Program brings community members together to expand shared capacity to treat hundreds of thousands of acres every year. First authorized by Congress in 2009, CFLRP selects Landscapes through a competitive process based on locally developed proposals. Landscapes must be at least 50,000 acres and initial planning must be complete. The Secretary of Agriculture selects proposals for ten years with the possibility of a one-time extension. Program funding may cover up to 50% of the costs of implementation and monitoring.

The Forest Service has partnership authorities to enter into agreements and cooperative arrangements with willing members of the public, which include but are not limited to, for profit; non-profits; institutions of higher education; federal, state, local, and Native American tribe governments; foreign governments and organizations.

Assistance may be used to reimburse for salary, supply, equipment, and contracts expenses to carry out projects on National Forest Systems lands that will align with the purposes of CFLRP. This assistance listing is for use only on pre-selected CFLRP Landscape Areas.

Restrictions are based on the applicable authority utilized.

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. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Reimbursable or advance payments of actual costs

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.