Boulder County is seeking applications for the Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program (SFMG) to support large landscape and community-wide forest and grassland management projects that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, protect water supplies, and promote resilient ecosystems.
Donor Name: Boulder County
State: Colorado
County: Boulder County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 10/30/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Types of Grants
- Forest Fuels Mitigation Grant
- Grasslands Fuels Mitigation Grant.
Funding Information
- There is a $2 million budget for forest, grasslands, and planning projects.
- The Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program is a Matching Funds.
Uses of Funds
- Forest Fuels Mitigation Grants:
- Creation or maintenance of fuel breaks.
- Fuels reduction by various appropriate methods, including mechanical thinning, prescribed fire, and others, designed to protect water supplies and/or reduce potential fire intensity.
- Removal of saleable woody materials with specific utilization plans.
- The removal/disposal of slash and non-merchantable materials using methods such as chipping, mulching, grinding, pile burning, broadcast burning or mechanical removal.
- Cross-boundary projects that may include private, local government, and federal lands.
- Grassland Fuels Mitigation Grants:
- Fuels reduction by various appropriate methods including mowing, grazing, shrub/tree removal, chipping, or prescribed fire.
- Prescribed burning projects with the objectives of reducing wildfire risk.
- Local government open space management projects with the objectives of reducing wildfire risk.
- Ditch fuels reduction projects.
- Cross-boundary projects that may include private, local government, and federal lands.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local government entities in Boulder County.
- Private utilities, ditch companies, and water providers.
- State agencies that own or manage land in Boulder County.
- Homeowners Associations (HOA)
- Non-profit organizations:
- For Grasslands projects, only HOAs managing larger open space areas or buffers outside of their community boundary can apply.
For more information, visit Boulder County.
