The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is seeking responsible applicants to provide services for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service competitive grants: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Grant for Forest Action Plan (FAP) Implementation.
Donor Name: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
State: Hawaii
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Grant for Forest Action Plan (FAP) Implementation is funded by the USDA Forest Service to advance Urban and Community Forestry Priorities in State Forest Action Plans. Funds are made available and awarded through a competitive process with emphasis on Urban and Community Forestry Priorities of: Climate Change Mitigation, Education & Outreach, Emergency Management, Human Health & Wellbeing, Invasive Species and Urban Forest Resilience, Ordinances & Legislation, Urban Tree Care, Water Quality & Green Infrastructure, and Wild land Urban Interface. Priority will be given to proposals that address equity and environmental justice with regard to urban and community forestry impacts.
Approved projects must include goals that relate to environmental justice and equity concerns. Environmental justice refers to ways in which lack of equity has affected access to natural resources and ecosystems services they provide, such as clean air, outdoor recreation spaces, or mitigation of environmental hazards. Equity refers to societal disparities in factors such as living conditions, health outcomes, and political power, particularly as those disparities have historically affected people of color, Indigenous people, low-income communities, people with disabilities, and other disadvantaged groups and individuals. The focus of the grant program on equity and environmental justice thus includes a commitment to promoting equitable outcomes for project investments in relation to urban and community forest planning and management.
Program Goals:
Overall, program goals should focus on program delivery and assistance to identified areas and issues in the Forest Action Plans and that lead to the establishment of self-sustaining local Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) programs that improve the condition and extent of trees and forests in cities, suburbs and communities. The USDA Forest Service encourages States to
focus federal UCF program assistance and outreach efforts on helping foster resilient, adaptive ecosystems to mitigate climate change and deliver benefits to the public. Additionally, program goals should also focus on assistance and outreach benefits towards disadvantaged communities and consider environmental justice, equity, climate change mitigation and adaption, and workforce training in their program delivery. Environmental justice refers to ways in which lack of equity has affected access to natural resources and ecosystems services they provide, such as clean air, outdoor recreation spaces, or mitigation of
environmental hazards. Equity refers to societal disparities in factors such as living conditions, health outcomes, and political power, particularly as those disparities have historically affected people of color, Indigenous people, low-income communities, people with disabilities, and other disadvantaged groups and individuals.
Objectives
- Program assistance and outreach benefits towards disadvantaged communities and consider environmental justice, equity, climate change mitigation and adaption, and workforce training in their program delivery.
- Advance inventory, monitoring, and assessment information across all lands.
- Build urban forest resilience and mitigate the impacts of invasive pests and catastrophic events.
- Work across jurisdictional boundaries, including State, local government, and private land owners, to leverage ideas and additional resources to benefit the larger landscape.
- Collaborate with planning professionals and regional planning organizations to provide data, tools, and other assistance to help communities plan development to make the most of their urban and rural forest resources for the long term.
- Facilitate watershed-based partnerships that foster conservation and community-based stewardship.
- Support the creation and maintenance of jobs and economic opportunities for local communities to sustainably maintain trees and produce and use forest products.
- Expand opportunities for underserved and at-risk youth to have meaningful outdoor experiences that lead to stewardship attitudes and behaviors, foster educational enrichment, and provide career development opportunities in natural resources.
Funding Information
- Requests are limited to a minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $50,000.
Eligible Activities
- Improve Education and Outreach on Urban and Community forestry
- Planning (e.g., green infrastructure in urban and community spaces)
- Climate Change Mitigation (e.g., heat island / ambient temperature reduction)
- Advance Emergency Management Planning
- Promote Human Health & Well-being
- Enhance Invasive Species Management and Urban Forest Resilience
- Advance Ordinances & Legislation to Maintain / Enhance / Support Urban Trees
- Promote Urban Tree Care
- Enhance Water Quality & Green Infrastructure
For more information, visit Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
