NOFO: Forest Service Eastern Region Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (US)

Goals

• The WRR grant supports the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy:
  • Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire related disturbances, in accordance with management objectives:
    • Expand the use of prescribed fire as an integral tool to meet management objectives in the Northeast.
    • Maintain and increase, where possible, the extent of fire-dependent ecosystems and expand the use of fire as a disturbance process.
    • Focus on mitigating “event” fuels to reduce potential fire hazard.
  • Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property:
    • Focus on promoting and supporting local adaptation activities to be taken by communities.
    • Focus on directing hazardous fuel treatments to the wildland urban interface.
    • Focus on promoting and supporting prevention programs and activities.

Considerations

• On-the-ground activities must be on non-Federal lands and/or Tribal trust lands.
• Use of the Northeast-Midwest Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (NMWRAP) is recommended to identify and document projects that are focusing on reducing wildfire risk and protecting values at risk. In addition to the NMWRAP, it’s acceptable to use other comparable wildfire risk assessment tools.
• The grant applications will be evaluated by application review teams of U.S. Forest Service and State Forestry agency staff.
• All applications will undergo a preliminary eligibility review prior to ranking. All applicants will be notified of the final selection or non-selection of their applications.

Funding Information

• Each application can range from $25,000 to $300,000 in Federal funds.
• The grant term is 5 years.

Eligibility Criteria

• State forestry agencies
• Forest fire compacts
• Groups of States
• Nonprofit organizations
• Academic institutions
• Tribes
• Fire science exchanges

Ineligibility Criteria

• “For Profit” organizations are not eligible for this funding opportunity.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.