The CAL FIRE’s Wildfire Resilience Program awards funding to build local capacity while providing financial and technical forestry assistance to nonindustrial forest landowners.
Donor Name: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/07/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The power of this program comes from the regional partner’s ability to set parameters for assistance that directly meet the unique needs of the landowners in their local region. Block grants are intended to deliver a large bulk amount of funding to a partner organization who then establishes a program of offering funding assistance to individual nonindustrial forest landowners. The individual project areas do not need to be identified yet in this application. Applicants are expected to designate a general area where projects may occur and to describe the types of activities that may occur.
Funding Information
- Minimum Amount: $500,000.00
- Maximum Amount: $4,000,000.00
Eligible Projects
Projects under this grant should seek to:
- Make funding available through agreements with private nonindustrial forest landowners to pay for specific, non-commercial ecological forest improvement and wildfire resilience practices to the extent they support reforestation and longevity of existing regeneration.
- Provide technical assistance to promote information sharing and education on the full range of effective reforestation practices and opportunities as well as forest management education and management planning.
- Promote long-term storage of carbon in forest trees and soils through reforestation and reduction of forest overcrowding and pests.
- Further the goals of the California Forest Carbon Plan, California’s Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy, California’s Wildfire & Forest Resilience Action Plan, California’s Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire, and AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan.
Eligibility Criteria
- CAL FIRE will enter into grant agreements with local and state agencies, special districts, and 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
- All applicants must demonstrate they have the capacity to deliver a forestry-based technical and financial assistance program to non-industrial forest landowners and must demonstrate they are either capable of acting as a lead agency for CEQA or have an agreement with an organization who can serve as a lead agency for CEQA on their behalf.
For more information, visit CAL FIRE.
