The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased to announce the California Forests and Watersheds – Wildfires Restoration Grant Program for the recovery of Angeles National Forest (ANF) lands and watersheds degraded from the influences of past wildfire events.
Donor Name: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
General Programmatic Strategies
- Watershed Restoration and Management
- Improve hydrologic connectivity and aquatic organism passage.
- Remove aquatic invasive species threatening aquatic habitat or sensitive species.
- Reduce pollutant loading and restore and/or enhance water quality and instream flow.
- Create, maintain, or improve in-stream, riparian, or wetland habitat.
- Forest and Upland Restoration and Management
- Evaluate forest ecosystems, such as oak woodlands, native grasslands, upland conifer, and chaparral and coastal sage scrub and develop effective treatment/restoration actions.
- Harvest native seed and/or propagate native plants, and maintain, improve, or restore native ecosystems communities and resilient landscapes.
- Manage and improve ecological resilience to future fire through invasive vegetation treatment, fuel break maintenance, vegetation community age-class structure restoration, and strategic fuels reduction.
- Species Management
- Evaluate and/or restore or improve conditions relative to a specific species, ecological community, or habitat type. Species of interest include but are not limited to bigcone Douglas-fir, steelhead, unarmored threespine stickleback, California red-legged frog, arroyo toad, southwestern willow flycatcher, and California condor.
- Inform decisions and actions related to management and recovery of species/natural communities within fire affected watersheds.
- Public Use Engagement and Management
- Evaluate conditions and provide management recommendations for trails, roads, campsites, fuel breaks, and other areas affected by fire or fire suppression activity.
- Maintain, improve, and restore trails, roads, campsites, and other areas affected by fire or fire suppression activity.
- Restore areas impacted by non-USFS system/user-created trails, roads, or campsites.
- Develop educational and engagement opportunities to interpret the natural and cultural history on USFS land; integrate the role, impact, and history of fire in these Forest landscapes.
Funding Information
Proposals requesting funds in excess of $350,000 may be considered, however your proposal should include clear justification.
Grant Period
24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state, local, and municipal government agencies, Indian tribes, educational institutions, and eligible federal agencies (research-based: USGS or USFS Research Station).
- Ineligible applicants include businesses, unincorporated individuals, and international organizations.
For more information, visit NFWF.
