Boulder County Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program – Colorado - fundsforNGOs

The Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program is designed to support large landscape and community-wide forest and grassland management projects to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, protect water supplies, and promote resilient ecosystems.

Donor Name: Boulder County

State: Colorado

County: Boulder County (CO)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/06/2025

Size of the Grant: More than $1 million

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

The Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program provides cost-share funding through competitive grants to leverage other federal, state, and local funding sources.

Funding Information

There is a $2 million annual budget for forest, grasslands, and planning projects, distributed over two grant cycles (Spring and Fall).

Uses of Funds

Forest Fuels Mitigation Grants:
- Creation or maintenance of fuel breaks.
- Fuels reduction by various appropriate methods, including mechanical thinning, prescribed fire, and others, designed to protect water supplies and/or reduce potential fire intensity.
- Removal of saleable woody materials with specific utilization plans.
- The removal/disposal of slash and non-merchantable materials using methods such as chipping, mulching, grinding, pile burning, broadcast burning or mechanical removal.
- Cross-boundary projects that may include private, local government, and federal lands.
Grassland Fuels Mitigation Grants:
- Fuels reduction by various appropriate methods including mowing, grazing, shrub/tree removal, chipping, or prescribed fire.
- Prescribed burning projects with the objectives of reducing wildfire risk.
- Local government open space management projects with the objectives of reducing wildfire risk.
- Ditch fuels reduction projects.
- Cross-boundary projects that may include private, local government, and federal lands.