Forest Service is seeking applications for the Eastern Region Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Grant Program.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The U.S. Forest Service supports moving toward shared stewardship across Landscapes as part of a conceptual framework for making strategic investments across landscapes to co-manage wildfire risk and achieve positive outcomes at the most appropriate scale. Within this framework, Eastern Region Cohesive Fire Strategy Competitive Request for Applications is designed to support and carry out the first two goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (NCS) across the Midwestern and Northeastern States as well as meet the intent of the current year budget direction. These first two national goals are:
- Goal 1: Restore & Maintain Landscapes
- Regional Option 1A: Expand the use of prescribed fire as an integral tool to meet management objectives in the Northeast.
- Regional Option 1B: Maintain and increase, where possible, the extent of fire-dependent ecosystems and expand the use of fire as a disturbance process.
- Regional Option 1C: Focus on mitigating “event” fuels to reduce potential fire hazard.
- Goal 2: Fire Adapted Communities
- Regional Option 2A: Focus on promoting and supporting local adaptation activities to be taken by communities.
- Regional Option 2B: Focus on directing hazardous fuel treatments to the wildland urban interface.
- Regional Option 2C: Focus on promoting and supporting prevention programs and activities.
Funding Information
- Each application can range from $25,000 to $300,000 in Federal funds.
- The grant term is 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
