Forest Service is seeking applications for its 2023 Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program-West to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority rural forest landscapes.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
This program supports high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in a State Forest Action Plan or equivalent science-based restoration strategy.
This funding opportunity is for projects with on-the-ground outcomes across western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Territory of American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Territory of Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Priority Projects
- Priority will be given to project proposals that include any of the following bulleted prioritization factors. Please see the scoring rubric at the end of this document to see the specific sections in which one or more of these priority factors should be detailed to receive priority points.
- Promote cross-boundary collaboration:
- By their proximity to other land ownerships; or
- By their inclusion of a combination of land ownerships, including tribal, State and local government, and private lands (such as, but not limited to, multiple private landowners; private and state landowners; state and federal landowners; state and local government; or state and Tribal landowners).
- Coordinate with or are in proximity to other complementary landscape-scale projects on National Forest System lands or lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or a state that are carried out:
- Under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (16 U.S.C. 7303).
- In landscape areas designated for insect and disease treatments under section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591a).
- Under the Good Neighbor Authority (16 U.S.C. 2113a).
- Under the stewardship end result contracting and agreement authority (16 U.S.C. 6591c).
- Coordinate with or are in proximity to other complementary landscape-scale projects on State land.
- Coordinate with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs and appropriate state-level programs.
- Leverage funding from multiple entities.
- In accordance with Executive Order 13985 “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for
- Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”, projects must include a description of the benefiting community or recipient and how the project benefits or engages underserved communities or people.
- Promote cross-boundary collaboration:
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $300,000
- Award Floor: $25,000
- Project Duration: 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
