The California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) provides eligible landowners with technical and financial assistance for planning, reforestation and resource management investments that improve the quality and value of forestland.
Donor Name: CAL FIRE
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) is to encourage private and public investments in forestlands and resources within the state to ensure adequate future high quality timber supplies, related employment and other economic benefits, and to protect, maintain, and enhance the forest resource for the benefit of present and future generations.
The program scope includes the improvement of all forest resources including fish and wildlife habitat, and soil and water quality. Cost-share assistance is provided to private and public ownerships containing 20 to 5,000 acres of forest land. Cost-shared activities include:
- Preparation of a Forest Management Plan by a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)
- RPF Supervision of the following:
- Reforestation
- Site Preparation
- Trees and Planting
- Tree Shelters
- Stand Improvement
- Pre-commercial Thinning or Release
- Pruning
- Follow-up (includes mechanical, herbicide and/or slash disposal follow-up)
- Forestland conservation practices / fish and wildlife habitat improvement.
- Reforestation
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for CFIP, landowners must own at least 20 acres of forestland but not more than 5,000 acres of forestland in California.
- Eligible landowners include private owners, government agencies, businesses, corporations, and non-federally owned Native American lands.
For more information, visit CAL FIRE.
