The Colorado State Forest Service is now accepting applications for the new Wildfire Mitigation Outreach grant program.
Donor Name: Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS)
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This competitive grant program provides state funding assistance to support wildfire mitigation outreach efforts directed at landowners located in high wildfire hazard areas within Colorado.
Funding Information
The Colorado State Forest Service has $300,000 available for grant awards through this program.
Grant Period
March 29, 2024 to March 29, 2027.
Qualifying Projects
- Qualifying projects will consist of outreach efforts targeted primarily at residents located in high wildfire hazard areas, as defined by the Colorado Forest Atlas. Projects may include efforts related to the development and implementation of outreach and/or educational programs, events, materials or other relevant activities, with a primary goal of educating residents located in high wildfire hazard areas on wildfire mitigation.
- Applicants are encouraged to use the State’s Live Wildfire Ready (LWR) campaign resources that are targeted to help Colorado residents, especially those who live in the wildland-urban interface, understand their wildfire risk and what they can do to mitigate that risk to their life, home and property. As part of the qualifying project and upon request, CSFS staff may be available to customize specific items (e.g., banners, handouts, social media graphics) in the Live Wildfire Ready Partner Toolkit to reflect local needs. If awardees create their own materials, they are encouraged to acknowledge the State of Colorado’s support and promote the LWR campaign through the funded project(s). Examples of this include placing the LWR logo at the end of a video, or on printed or digital materials like flyers and social media graphics; verbally acknowledging the support of the State and the LWR campaign at events; etc.).
- Examples of allowable project components include outreach and engagement events; printed or digital materials such as flyers, guides and social media graphics; educational videos and apps, etc.
- To determine a project area’s wildfire hazard risk, the applicant should consult the Wildfire Risk Reduction Planner web mapping application within the Colorado Forest Atlas. To access this application, an account must be requested for the Colorado Forest Atlas. This account is free of charge and is usually approved within 24 hours of receiving the request. The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Risk layer will need to be enabled to identify high wildfire hazard areas in Colorado.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit organizations and local government entities including, but not limited to, municipalities, counties, cities, special districts, or Tribal agencies or programs are eligible to apply for grant funding. In addition, all applicants must be able to function as the fiscal agent or have a designated fiscal agent, and nonprofits must be registered and in good standing with the Secretary of State’s Office.
For more information, visit CSFS.
