The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is seeking applications for the Wildfire Resilience Block Grants to provide a program of financial and technical forestry assistance to nonindustrial forest landowners, where the grantee serves as the supervising entity, receives the grant from CAL FIRE and then provides outreach and/or technical/financial assistance to landowners so they can conduct forest restoration or management activities on their property.
Donor Name: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/01/2022
Grant Size: $4 million
Details:
Projects should prioritize funding forest improvement practices including but not limited to tree and brush thinning, tree release, pruning, site preparation and tree planting, follow up work to support tree growth, and/or slash disposal. This grant opportunity will not fund prescribed fire but will fund burning of piles for slash disposal.
Projects should seek to:
- Make funding available through agreements with landowners to pay for specific, non-commercial ecological forest improvement and wildfire resilience practices.
- Provide technical assistance to promote information sharing and education on the full range of effective forest management practices and opportunities as well as forest management education and management planning.
Funding Information
Up to $10 million may be awarded through this grant solicitation. The minimum grant request should be no less than $1 million. The maximum allowable is $4 million.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants are limited to counties, resource conservation districts, special districts, and 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have the capacity to deliver a forestry based technical and financial assistance program to non-industrial forest landowners.
For more information, visit California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).
