The Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance (WPIA) program provides financial assistance to eligible entities to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility that will utilize byproducts from forest ecosystem restoration projects on federal or Tribal lands.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 04/22/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Byproducts may include trees, logs, and woody biomass harvested through timber sales, thinning, hazardous fuels reduction treatments, or other management activities occurring in areas of high or very high need of ecosystem restoration at risk of unnaturally severe wildfire or insect/disease infestation and invest in surrounding communities.
Goals and Objectives
- Support active forest management, improved forest health, and reduced wildfire risk on federal and Tribal lands
- Substantially decrease the cost of ecosystem restoration projects on federal and Tribal lands
- Strengthen forest products manufacturing and wood bioenergy production facilities
Funding Priorities
- The facility procures a substantial quantity (approximately 50%) of raw materials from Federal or Tribal lands.
- Federal or Tribal land sources of feedstock have been identified as at risk for fire, insect, or disease and a high priority for ecological restoration.
- The project facility must be in close proximity to the Federal or Tribal lands from which byproducts are procured.
- The project demonstrates how facility investment outcomes will reduce the cost (increase revenue) of ecological restoration/land management projects on Federal or Tribal lands through market opportunities for restoration byproducts (timber and biomass).
Funding Information
The minimum financial assistance request is $50,000. Maximum financial assistance request is $2,000,000. The Agency reserves the right to award an applicant less than the funding requested. Funding is provided as a cost reimbursement.
Eligibility Criteria
- For-profit entities
- State and local governments
- Indian tribes
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Higher education institutions
- Special purpose districts (e.g. public utilities districts, fire districts, school districts, conservation districts and ports)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
