The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Urban & Community Forestry Grant Program encourages projects that plant trees and increase the benefits of tree canopy, create and support long-term and sustained urban and community forestry programs, and promote the care of trees in disadvantaged communities throughout Nevada.
Donor Name: Nevada Division of Forestry
State: Nevada
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This program is funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and is intended to support new initiatives, programs, projects, staff positions or activities not currently being funded through other sources.
The objectives of the 10-year National Urban and Community Forestry Action Plan are to:
- Integrate Urban and Community Forestry into all scales of planning
- Promote the role of Urban and Community Forestry in human health and wellness
- Cultivate diversity, equity and leadership within the Urban Forestry community
- Strengthen Urban and Community Forest health and biodiversity for long-term resilience
- Improve Urban and Community Forest management, maintenance, and stewardship
- Diversify, leverage, and increase funding for Urban and Community Forestry
- Increase public awareness and environmental education to promote stewardship
- Prioritize projects focusing work on extreme heat mitigation, urban wood utilization urban food forests and workforce development
Grant Opportunities
- Program Development and Tree Canopy Management
- Purpose: To support projects that may take longer than one year to implement, or that require greater funding due to their complexity.
- Planting and Education Grants
- Purpose: To support single site or focused projects, OR provide direct purchase support to initiatives by organizations and groups that lack the resources, staff and/or infrastructure to process subgrants.
Priority Projects
Projects that meet any of the following criteria will receive priority:
- Municipalities applying that maintain currency on their Tree City USA qualifications
- Projects which move communities from “developing” to “managing” their community forests by meeting USFS standards.
- Tree Ordinance
- Professional Forestry/Arboriculture Staff
- Tree Advisory or Advocacy Groups
- Tree Management Plan based on inventory data
- Projects that are tied to water conservation, extreme heat mitigation, or reduction in energy use.
Funding Information
IRA qualified projects will be eligible for funding up to $350,000 per year for up to three years based on need and completed milestones.
- Program Development and Tree Canopy Management
- Funding Request Range: $20,000 – $350,000
- Project Time Frame:Up to 3 years
- Planting and Education Grants
- Funding Request Range:$1,000 – 10,000
- Project Time Frame: Up to 1 year
Eligible Lands
Eligible applicants may apply for funding for a project to be conducted on non-Federal lands, including but not limited to those owned by state and/or local governments, Homeowner Associations, private landowners, and tribal governments.
Funds may support (allowable costs; max per unit cost $5,000 for any supplies):
- Supplies (trees, non-hard-line irrigation, soil amendments and mulch necessary for tree success)
- Poly tubing is acceptable
- Above-ground drip irrigation, slow-release watering supplies (like watering bags), rainwater collection supplies, or watering buggies
- Staff compensation
- Travel for staff to implement project work (maximum reimbursement for lodging and per-diem rates as GSA rates)
- Planning needs
- Consulting contractors for plan/design development
- Materials for plant material development (nursery tree grow outs)
- Development and adoption of a written community tree management plans, community readiness plans, or tree ordinance development
- Tools and PPE necessary for successful project execution
Eligibility Criteria
IRA funds are available exclusively for programs or projects serving disadvantaged communities, which are defined as those that meet at least one of the following criteria:
- All projects or programs must occur in or benefit disadvantaged communities within geographies identified in the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), which is a searchable, geospatial mapping tool designed to identify census tracts that are overburdened by climate change, pollution or other environmental or socioeconomic factors.
- Programs must be working in or with students from a Title 1 school.
For more information, visit Nevada Division of Forestry.
