Wildfire Grants Directory — 1285 programs · Sourced as of July 18, 2026
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Up to $10M (per implementation project · $250K planning) · Status: verify (Round 3 closed Mar 2025 — verify next NOFO)
Who: Communities · Local govts · Tribes · Nonprofits
Funds community wildfire protection plans and on-the-ground fuels-reduction and defensible-space projects for at-risk communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
FEMA — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · 75% cost-share (% of federal disaster aid for the event) · Status: rolling (Declaration-triggered — verify with State Hazard Mitigation Officer)
Who: States · Tribes · Local govts
Post-disaster funding for long-term mitigation — including fuels reduction and defensible space — available statewide after a presidential disaster declaration.
Apply / details · Official source
HMGP Post Fire
FEMA — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Capped per FMAG (75% federal cost-share) · Status: rolling (Keyed to FMAG fire declarations — verify)
Who: States · Tribes with a fire declaration
Gives states and Tribes with a federal fire declaration funding for defensible space and hazardous-fuels reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Grants
FEMA (AFG family) — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · ~$32M pool (FY2025 cycle) · Status: verify (FY25 window closed Jun 22, 2026 — next cycle TBD)
Who: Fire depts · Nonprofits
Funds community fire-prevention, risk-reduction education, and safety projects, including wildfire preparedness outreach.
Apply / details · Official source
Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)
FEMA — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · ~$292M pool (FY2025 cycle) · Status: verify (FY25 window closed Jun 22, 2026 — next cycle TBD)
Who: Fire depts · EMS · Training academies
Funds firefighting and EMS equipment, gear, vehicles, and training that build local wildfire response capacity.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Per-practice cost-share (advance payments for underserved producers) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with state ranking cutoffs — verify locally)
Who: Farmers · Private forest landowners · Tribes
Pays private forest and ag landowners to build fuel breaks and do thinning, brush management, and prescribed burning.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide (rural) · Up to 50% federal (competitive · 50% match required) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle — verify next NOFO)
Who: State agencies · Local govts · Tribes · Nonprofits
Funds collaborative, science-based forest restoration across landscapes to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Fuels Management & Community Fire Assistance
DOI Bureau of Land Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide (near BLM land) · $10K–$1M (no cost-share required) · Status: verify (Periodic openings — verify on Grants.gov)
Who: Govts · Tribes · Nonprofits · Universities
Funds hazardous-fuels reduction, community fire-adaptation planning, and prevention in and near BLM-managed lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Up to 75–90% (of construction costs + technical help) · Status: rolling (Activated by watershed emergency — verify with local NRCS)
Who: Public sponsors: cities, counties, districts, Tribes
Helps communities recover after fires with erosion control, revegetation of burned slopes, and debris removal.
Apply / details · Official source
SBA Disaster Loans (Physical Damage)
U.S. Small Business Administration — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Declared disaster areas · Up to $500K home (+ $100K property · up to $2M business) · Status: rolling (Opens per disaster declaration — verify deadline for your event)
Who: Homeowners · Renters · Businesses · Nonprofits
Low-interest loans to repair or replace wildfire-damaged homes and property, with up to 20% extra allowed for mitigation.
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Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Disaster counties · Up to 75% cost-share (for approved restoration practices) · Status: rolling (County sign-up after qualifying disasters — verify with FSA)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Pays private forest landowners to restore forestland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
State Fire Assistance / WUI Grants
USDA FS (via state foresters) — Federal · Defensible Space · US
Nationwide (state-run) · Varies by state (~50% match common) · Status: verify (Annual state cycles — verify with your state forestry agency)
Who: Communities · Fire districts · Nonprofits
Federal funds passed through state foresters for community preparedness and defensible-space work in the wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities (BRIC)
FEMA — Federal · Planning · US
Nationwide · Suspended (program terminated Apr 2025) · Status: closed (Terminated by FEMA Apr 2025 — in litigation, not accepting applications)
Who: States · Tribes · Territories
Formerly FEMA's flagship pre-disaster mitigation grant. Ended in 2025 and tied up in court — included for reference; not currently a funding source.
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Wildfire Prevention Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Community Preparedness · CA
California · Up to ~$950K (per project · ~$70M pool) · Status: verify (FY25–26 round closed Jul 8, 2026 — watch for next solicitation)
Who: Local govts · Fire safe councils · Tribes · Nonprofits
CAL FIRE's flagship grant for hazardous-fuel reduction, defensible space, and prevention education in fire-threatened communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Health Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · $750K–$7M (management projects) · Status: verify (Annual cycle — verify next round)
Who: Agencies · Tribes · Landowners · Nonprofits
Funds large-landscape forest restoration, fuels treatment, and reforestation to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
California Wildfire Mitigation Program
Cal OES & CAL FIRE (AB 38) — State · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (per-home assistance · pilot areas) · Status: verify (Pilot in selected areas — no statewide open enrollment; verify)
Who: Low/moderate-income homeowners in high-risk areas
State pilot providing home-hardening and defensible-space assistance to low- and moderate-income households in high-risk areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Fire Liability Claims Fund
CAL FIRE (SB 926) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · Up to $2M (coverage per project · $20M fund) · Status: rolling (Authority runs through Jan 1, 2028 — verify enrollment)
Who: Burn bosses · Cultural fire practitioners
State fund covering liability for burn bosses and cultural practitioners, removing a key barrier to prescribed and cultural burning.
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COSWAP Workforce Development Grant
Colorado DNR / CSFS — State · Community Preparedness · US
Colorado · Up to $200K (cash + conservation-corps crew time) · Status: verify (2025 round closed Nov 2025 — next usually opens early fall)
Who: Govts · Tribes · Utilities · Nonprofits
Builds wildfire-mitigation workforce capacity through conservation-corps crew time and cash grants.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Restoration & Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM)
Colorado State Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Colorado · ~$7.2M cycle (1:1 match (25% lower-resource)) · Status: open (2026–27 cycle opens Aug 3, 2026 · closes Oct 8, 2026)
Who: Community groups · Govts · Utilities · Nonprofits
Funds collaborative forest-restoration and hazardous-fuels-reduction projects that reduce community wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Resiliency Program (LRP)
Oregon Dept. of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Oregon · ~$2M–$5M (per project) · Status: verify (Active — 2026 dates not yet posted; verify with ODF)
Who: Cross-boundary partnerships / sponsors
Grants funding large cross-boundary collaborative projects that reduce wildfire risk across Oregon landscapes.
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Small Forestland Grant Program
Oregon Dept. of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Oregon · $10K–$300K (25% cost-share encouraged) · Status: verify (2025–27 window listed to Nov 2025 — confirm next round)
Who: Small forestland owners (≤160/640 ac) · Tribes
State grants helping small forestland owners reduce hazardous fuels on their properties.
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Wildfire Resilience & Forest Health Cost-Share
Washington DNR — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Washington · Per-property cost-share (self-performed work reimbursable) · Status: rolling (Apply anytime via regional forester — verify funding)
Who: Non-federal forestland owners (<5,000 ac)
Cost-share and technical help for small forestland owners doing forest-health treatments and wildfire mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Micro Grant
Washington DNR — State · Community Preparedness · US
Washington · Up to $4,000 (per community · reimbursement) · Status: verify (2026 rounds closed — verify 2027)
Who: Firewise USA sites · Fire districts · NGOs
Small reimbursement grants for Firewise communities running preparedness events and defensible-space work.
Apply / details · Official source
Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI) Grants
Arizona DFFM — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Arizona · $60K–$500K (per award) · Status: verify (Most recent cycle closed — confirm 2026 round)
Who: Fire depts · Govts · Nonprofits · Tribes · Landowners
State grants funding fire prevention, infrastructure protection, and watershed restoration via hazardous-fuels reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Grants
New Mexico EMNRD Forestry — State · Community Preparedness · US
New Mexico · Up to $300K (50% non-federal match) · Status: verify (Next round expected Summer 2026 — not yet posted)
Who: Govts · Tribes/pueblos in CWPP areas
State-administered grants for hazardous-fuels reduction and mitigation in New Mexico's WUI communities.
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Hazardous Fuels Reduction Grant
Montana DNRC Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Montana · Varies (contact program manager) · Status: rolling (Open/revolving proposals near National Forest treatment units)
Who: Nonprofits · Landowners · Govts · Districts
Rolling state grants for hazardous-fuels reduction on non-federal lands near National Forest treatment areas.
Apply / details · Official source
WUI Prevention, Preparedness & Mitigation Fund
Utah FFSL — State · Community Preparedness · US
Utah · Up to $1M (per application) · Status: closed (Deadline passed Dec 2024; awards temporarily suspended — verify reopening)
Who: Entities with cooperative agreements · Fire depts
State grants up to $1M for wildfire prevention, preparedness, and mitigation in Utah's WUI — currently suspended.
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State Fire Assistance (SFA) Grants
Nevada Division of Forestry — State · Community Preparedness · US
Nevada · Varies (verify with NDF) · Status: verify (Solicited annually — check NDF funding opportunities)
Who: Communities · Local govts · Districts
Annually solicited state grants for fuels reduction, prevention, restoration, and planning in Nevada's WUI.
Apply / details · Official source
Mechanical Fuel Reduction Grant
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Defensible Space · US
Texas (39 counties) · Up to $20,000 (per landowner · up to $2,000/ac reimbursed) · Status: verify (Window Jun 1–Jul 14, 2026 — confirm if still accepting)
Who: Private landowners in Central Texas
Reimbursement grant helping Central Texas landowners reduce wildfire risk via mechanical fuel reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Home Hardening & Defensible Space Grant
Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Marin County, CA · Up to $2,500 (per parcel · $15,000 lifetime cap) · Status: rolling (Rolling until funds depleted — verify current round)
Who: Homeowners (after free risk report)
Reimburses Marin residents up to $2,500 per parcel for home-hardening and defensible-space work after a free risk evaluation.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Partners General Rebate
Wildfire Partners / Boulder County — Local · Home Hardening · CO
Boulder County, CO · Up to $500 (per household · true rebate) · Status: open (2026 open — apply by Oct 8, 2026 (docs due Oct 29))
Who: Homeowners
Boulder County homeowners get up to $500 back for completing wildfire-mitigation work around the home.
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Defensible Space Cost Share
Napa Communities Firewise Foundation — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Napa County, CA · Up to $3,500 (100% if income-qualified · 50% others) · Status: rolling (Active 2026, first-come — verify remaining funds)
Who: Homeowners in high-hazard zones
Reimburses Napa residents in high-hazard zones up to $3,500 (up to 100% if income-qualified) for defensible-space work.
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Curbside Chipper Program
Permit Sonoma – Fire Prevention — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Unincorporated Sonoma County, CA · Free (curbside chipping (in-kind)) · Status: open (Accepting 2026 reservations — verify season end)
Who: Homeowners
Free curbside chipping of vegetation piles for unincorporated Sonoma County residents building defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
Defensible Space Assistance Program (DSAP)
SDG&E & Fire Safe Council of San Diego — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Southern San Diego County, CA · Free crew day (in-kind clearing (income-qualified)) · Status: rolling (Ongoing, funding-dependent, first-come — verify)
Who: Income-qualified · elderly · disabled homeowners
Free day of defensible-space clearing for income-qualified, elderly, or disabled homeowners in southern San Diego County.
Apply / details · Official source
Curbside Chipping Program
Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · US
Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV) · Free (curbside chipping (in-kind)) · Status: open (Open Jun 14 – Oct 31, 2026)
Who: Homeowners
Free curbside chipping for Lake Tahoe (NV) residents June–October 2026, usually within two weeks of request.
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Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Funding
NFPA (sponsored by State Farm) — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · $10,000 (per awarded org (18 in 2026)) · Status: verify (2026 closed (Feb) — next cycle opens ~fall; verify 2027)
Who: Nonprofits · Community groups · Tribes
NFPA and State Farm fund community groups to run hands-on wildfire risk-reduction projects on national Preparedness Day.
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AIM Grant (Action, Implementation & Mitigation)
Coalitions & Collaboratives (COCO) — Nonprofit · Planning · US
Nationwide · $10K–$75K (match required) · Status: verify (Fall 2025 cycle closed — Fall 2026 expected; verify)
Who: 501(c)(3)s or fiscally sponsored groups
Competitive nonprofit grants funding wildfire risk-reduction planning and mitigation on non-federal lands.
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Firewise USA Recognition Program
NFPA — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · No direct cash (free framework · unlocks other funding) · Status: rolling (Open / rolling enrollment + annual renewal)
Who: Neighborhoods · HOAs (8–2,500 homes)
National framework that helps neighborhoods organize risk reduction and earn status that unlocks grants and insurer discounts.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Restoration Collaborative
Arbor Day Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Varies (partnership-based) · Status: rolling (Ongoing interest form — no deadline)
Who: Govt · Nonprofit · Tribal · Forestry partners
Arbor Day Foundation initiative partnering with agencies and funders to replant forests devastated by wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
California Wildfires Recovery Fund
Center for Disaster Philanthropy — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
California · Varies ($1.56M granted Jan 2026) · Status: rolling (Active 2026 — inquiry-based, not an open public form)
Who: Nonprofits · Community groups (CA)
Philanthropic fund making grants to California nonprofits for equitable wildfire recovery and mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Prepared Home™ Designation
IBHS — Insurer · Home Hardening · US
14 states · $125 fee (designation · insurers may discount) · Status: open (Open / rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Science-based two-tier home-hardening certification that many insurers recognize for premium credits.
Apply / details · Official source
California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Mercury Insurance — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · 12.5%–50% (off the wildfire-peril premium) · Status: open (Open / rolling)
Who: Mercury policyholders
Tiered wildfire-peril discounts for mitigation, with the largest credits for IBHS-designated homes.
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Wildfire Defense Discount
CSAA Insurance Group (AAA) — Insurer · Home Hardening · US
CSAA footprint (~25 states) · Up to 12.5% + 5% (hardening + community Firewise) · Status: open (Open / rolling)
Who: AAA/CSAA policyholders
Itemized premium credits for hardening measures, including IBHS designations and community Firewise status.
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FAIR Plan Wildfire Hardening Discounts
California FAIR Plan — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (per measures completed) · Status: open (Open / rolling)
Who: FAIR Plan policyholders (via broker)
California's insurer of last resort offers premium discounts to policyholders who complete hardening and defensible-space measures.
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Wildfire Safety & Preparedness Grants
PG&E & California Fire Foundation — Insurer · Community Preparedness · CA
Northern/Central California · ~$1M total (annual · fire depts & community orgs) · Status: verify (2026 cycle closed Jul 8 — verify next round)
Who: Fire departments · Community organizations
PG&E funds fire departments and community groups doing fuel reduction and preparedness in high-risk areas.
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MWPA Resident Grants (Home Hardening & Defensible Space)
Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Marin County, CA · Up to $2,500 (per parcel) · Status: verify (Until funds depleted)
Who: Homeowners with a completed Wildfire Risk Report
Reimbursement grants of up to 2,500 dollars per parcel (lifetime cap 15,000 dollars) for home-hardening items plus Zone 0-1 vegetation clearing.
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MWPA Defensible Space & Home Hardening Evaluation
Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Marin County, CA · Free (evaluation) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Marin County residents
Free property evaluations delivering a personalized Wildfire Risk Report with photos and recommended actions.
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Southern Marin Fire Chipper Program
Southern Marin Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Southern Marin, CA · Free (curbside chipping) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Residents of Sausalito, Mill Valley, Tiburon and nearby communities
Free year-round roadside chipping for residents in eight Southern Marin communities, requiring three participating homes per date.
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Novato Fire District Defensible Space & Home Hardening Grants
Novato Fire Protection District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Novato, CA · Up to $2,500 (reimbursement) · Status: closed (Jun 15 (annual))
Who: Novato residents after a free evaluation
Measure C reimbursement grants including up to 2,500 dollars for home hardening and up to 1,500 dollars for HOA common areas, capped at 15,000 dollars per parcel.
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Sonoma County Chipper Program
Permit Sonoma (County of Sonoma) — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Sonoma County, CA · Free (curbside chipping) · Status: open (2026 season open)
Who: Unincorporated Sonoma County residents
Free chipping of roadside woody debris for unincorporated Sonoma County residents creating defensible space, scheduled by zone.
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Sonoma Valley Fire District Chipper Program
Sonoma Valley Fire District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Sonoma Valley, CA · Free (curbside chipping) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Sonoma Valley Fire District residents
Free chipping of woody debris from defensible space and roadside clearing for Sonoma Valley Fire District residents.
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Fire Safe Sonoma No-Cost Defensible Space Program
Fire Safe Sonoma — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Sonoma County, CA · Free (0-30 ft treatment) · Status: closed (Ended Dec 2024)
Who: Income-qualified, senior, disabled or underrepresented residents
Free creation of 0-30 feet of defensible space for eligible low-income, senior, disabled or minority homeowners in high fire severity zones.
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Safer West County Defensible Space Grant Project
Gold Ridge RCD & Fire Safe Sonoma — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Sonoma County, CA · Free (defensible space work) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Residents of Camp Meeker, Forestville, Monte Rio, Occidental
Grant-funded assistance helping west Sonoma County residents maintain defensible space around their homes.
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North Bay Forest Improvement Program (NBFIP)
Sonoma Resource Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Sonoma County, CA · 60-80% cost-share (of treatment cost) · Status: rolling (Spring/Fall batches)
Who: Private non-industrial forestland owners
CAL FIRE-funded program covering roughly 60 to 80 percent of costs for forest health treatments on private non-industrial forestland.
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Defensible Space Cost-Share Program
Napa Communities Firewise Foundation — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Napa County, CA · Up to $3,500 (50% match; up to 100% income-qualified) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones
Reimburses Napa County homeowners for defensible space work, with up to 100 percent covered for income-qualified residents.
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Napa County Chipping Program
Napa County Fire / Napa Communities Firewise Foundation — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Napa County, CA · Free (Up to 3 hours per visit) · Status: open (Seasonal (approx Nov close))
Who: Residents of unincorporated Napa County in high fire hazard zones
Free curbside chipping of vegetation piles to help unincorporated Napa County residents create defensible space.
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Post-Fire Technical and Financial Assistance
Napa County Resource Conservation District — Local · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Napa County, CA · Free (Technical advising plus referrals) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners impacted by wildfire
Napa County RCD offers free on-site advice and connects wildfire-impacted landowners to financial assistance for recovery.
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Defensible Space Assistance Program
Lake County Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Lake County, CA · Free (Grant-funded; limited) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Lake County residents; priority disadvantaged and low-income
Uses grant funds to clear vegetation within 100 feet of homes for Lake County residents in need.
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Lake County Home Hardening Program
North Coast Opportunities (NCO) — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Lake County, CA · Up to $40,000 (Free for income-qualified) · Status: verify (Verify (phased rollout))
Who: Homeowners in the Kelseyville Riviera area
Provides up to 40,000 dollars in free home-hardening measures for income-qualified homeowners in the Kelseyville Riviera area.
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South Lake County Chipper Program
South Lake County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Lake County, CA · Low-cost ($30/yr; first 30 min free) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Members within the South Lake County Fire Protection District
Offers up to four hours of low-cost chipping annually to members within the district.
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CLERC Chipping Program
Clear Lake Environmental Research Center — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Lake County, CA · Free (CWDG funded) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Lake County residents in areas without a chipper program
Provides free professional chipping for Lake County residents in areas lacking other chipper services.
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Defensible Space Assistance for Income-Eligible (DSAFIE)
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Mendocino County, CA · Free (PG&E settlement funded) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Low-income seniors and persons with physical limitations
Provides free defensible space clearing for low-income seniors and physically limited homeowners in Mendocino County.
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Community Chipper Program
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Mendocino County, CA · Free (Up to 5 piles; year-round) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Mendocino County residents and neighborhood groups
Runs year-round chipper days for Mendocino County neighborhoods to clear fire fuels around homes and access routes.
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Micro-Grant Program
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Mendocino County, CA · Up to $12,500 (Annual competitive) · Status: closed (Closed (opens early spring))
Who: Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, Firewise Communities, fire agencies
Awards annual micro-grants to neighborhood councils, Firewise communities, and fire agencies for local wildfire-safety projects.
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Del Norte Free Curbside Chipping Program
Del Norte Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Del Norte County, CA · Free (No cost) · Status: rolling (Rolling (seasonal))
Who: Del Norte County residents
Free curbside chipping of hazardous vegetation on a rotating community schedule for Del Norte residents.
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Del Norte Wildfire Resilience Program
Del Norte Fire Safe Council (USFS CWDG) — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Del Norte County, CA · Free (Grant-funded) · Status: open (Verify (grant period active))
Who: Del Norte homeowners, 372+ homes targeted
A federally funded program establishing defensible space around a minimum of 372 homes plus shaded fuel breaks across Del Norte County.
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Trinity Fuel Reduction and Defensible Space Assistance
Trinity County Fire Safe Council / RCD — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Trinity County, CA · Free (Qualified low-income residents) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Senior, disabled, or low-income residents in Burnt Ranch, Hawkins Bar, Salyer
Free tree limbing, brush removal, and chipping for qualifying senior, disabled, or low-income residents in three Trinity communities.
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Trinity Wildland Fire Assessment Program (WFAP)
Trinity County Fire Safe Council / RCD — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Trinity County, CA · Free (Free home assessment) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Trinity County WUI homeowners
Free home assessments evaluating defensible space, Firewise landscaping, and home hardening for Trinity County residents.
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Humboldt Forest Improvement Program (HFIP)
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Humboldt County, CA · Varies (Cost-share, limited) · Status: verify (Verify (limited funding))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Provides forest landowners technical assistance and cost-share for planning, reforestation, and management.
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Greater Willow Creek Wildfire Resilience Project
Humboldt County RCD (USFS CWDG) — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Humboldt County, CA · Free (Grant-funded fuels work) · Status: open (Verify (grant period active))
Who: Residents of Willow Creek, Salyer, and Hawkins
Federally funded outreach and nine priority fuels reduction projects to build wildfire resilience in three Humboldt communities.
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Diablo FSC Defensible Space Cost-Share Program
Diablo Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, CA · Up to $5,000 (Cost-share per applicant) · Status: verify (Verify (may be paused))
Who: Property owners in priority wildfire hazard zones
Cost-share funding helps Alameda and Contra Costa property owners pay for professional tree thinning and vegetation clearing.
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San Mateo RCD Neighborhood Chipper Program
San Mateo Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Mateo County, CA · Free (You cut, we chip) · Status: open (Seasonal (May-July))
Who: Homeowners in wildfire-risk unincorporated neighborhoods
No-cost curbside chipping for homeowners in wildfire-vulnerable unincorporated San Mateo County neighborhoods.
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Woodside Fire Protection District Chipper Program
Woodside Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Mateo County, CA · Free (Curbside, two per year) · Status: rolling (Rolling (reserve online))
Who: Residents of the seven district communities
Free curbside chipping for residents of Woodside, Portola Valley, Emerald Hills, Ladera, Los Trancos, Skyline and Vista Verde.
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Moraga-Orinda Fire District Chipper Program
Moraga-Orinda Fire District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Moraga, Orinda & Canyon, CA · Free (Min three homes per neighborhood) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Residents within the fire district
Free curbside chipping for Moraga, Orinda and Canyon residents, with priority for Firewise-certified neighborhoods.
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Fire Safe Moraga-Orinda Defensible Space Grant
Fire Safe Moraga-Orinda — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Moraga & Orinda, CA · Up to $10,000 (Matching; 100% for vulnerable) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Groups of 5+ residents; low-means residents
Matching grants up to 10,000 dollars for group vegetation-removal, with a Vulnerable Resident program covering 100 percent for those unable to do the work.
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Moraga-Orinda Fire District Home Hardening Grant
Moraga-Orinda Fire District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Moraga, Orinda & Canyon, CA · Up to $1,000 (Ember-resistant vents; free mesh) · Status: open (June 30, 2027)
Who: Residents retrofitting existing homes
Reimburses up to 1,000 dollars for ember-resistant vents and provides free vent mesh and gutter guards to harden existing homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Alameda County Fire Department Chipper Program
Alameda County Fire Department / CAL FIRE — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Alameda County, CA · Free (Curbside at events) · Status: verify (Verify (annual spring))
Who: Residents in very high fire hazard severity zones
Free curbside vegetation chipping for residents in high fire hazard areas of Alameda County.
Apply / details · Official source
City of Berkeley Fire Fuel Chipper Program
City of Berkeley (Measure FF) — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Berkeley, CA · Free (Funded by Measure FF) · Status: open (Mid-March to mid-December)
Who: Any Berkeley resident
Any Berkeley resident can reserve free chipping of fire-fuel vegetation, with debris bins also available to hills neighborhoods.
Apply / details · Official source
City of Berkeley Home Hardening Tax Rebate
City of Berkeley — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Berkeley, CA · Tax rebate (Up to 1/3 of the 1.5% transfer tax) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Owners in fire hazard zones selling below $3M
A transfer-tax rebate for permanent fire-hardening upgrades such as Class A roofs, ember-resistant vents and non-combustible siding.
Apply / details · Official source
Contra Costa Fire Wildfire Mitigation Program
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Measure X) — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Contra Costa County, CA · Varies (Measure X funded) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Firewise communities and neighborhoods with 10+ homes
Measure X funding supports chipping days, evacuation-route cleanups, dead-tree removal and fuel breaks for Firewise communities.
Apply / details · Official source
No-Cost At-Home Chipping Program
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Cruz County, CA · Free (Free to WUI residents) · Status: verify (Sign-ups April 1-30)
Who: Santa Cruz County WUI homeowners
RCD crews chip brush cleared within 100 feet of homes or private roads at no cost to eligible WUI residents.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Chipping Program
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Clara County, CA · Free (Free to WUI residents) · Status: verify (Verify (seasonal))
Who: Santa Clara County WUI residents
Free at-home and drive-up brush chipping for Santa Clara County WUI residents during scheduled seasonal events.
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Neighbor-to-Neighbor Cost Share Program
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Saratoga, CA · Up to $2,500 (50% match, Saratoga only) · Status: open (April-Sept or until funds run out)
Who: City of Saratoga residents
Provides Saratoga residents up to 50 percent cost-share reimbursement not exceeding 2,500 dollars for fire prevention projects.
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HIZ Assessment and Rebate Program
Los Altos Hills County Fire District & SCC FireSafe — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Los Altos Hills, CA · Up to $3,000 (50% matching annually) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Los Altos Hills County Fire District residents
Reimburses residents 50 percent of defensible space costs up to 3,000 dollars annually after a free home ignition zone assessment.
Apply / details · Official source
Defensible Space Grant Program
Monterey Firefighters Community Foundation — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Monterey County, CA · Free (Income-qualified) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Seniors, veterans, disabled, and low-income households
Funds defensible space improvements for vulnerable residents who cannot afford to correct violations in the Monterey Fire area.
Apply / details · Official source
Free Chipping Program
Fire Safe Council for Monterey County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Monterey County, CA · Free (Free to residents) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Monterey County residents
Provides free roadside brush chipping once enough neighboring properties sign up and funding is available.
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San Benito Wildfire Resilience Program
San Benito Resource Conservation District — Local · Planning · CA
San Benito County, CA · Free (Grant funded planning) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: San Benito landowners and community members
Partner-led effort producing the county Community Wildfire Protection Plan to guide fuels reduction and fire prevention.
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El Dorado County FSC Curbside Chipping Program
El Dorado County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
El Dorado County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal)
Who: Homeowners on the Western Slope
Free curbside chipping up to two visits and six hours per address each year for Western Slope El Dorado County residents.
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El Dorado FSC Defensible Space Assistance Program
El Dorado County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
El Dorado County, CA · Free (Free assistance) · Status: open (Reopens July 1 2026)
Who: Income-qualified, senior, disabled, and veteran homeowners
Free defensible space clearing in the first 100 feet for Western Slope seniors, veterans, low-income, or disabled residents.
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Placer County Chipper Program
Placer Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Placer County, CA · $80/hr, waived for very-low income (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners in the Placer RCD service area
Crews chip piled vegetation for defensible space at 80 dollars per hour with fees waived for very-low income landowners.
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Fire Safe Council of Nevada County Chipping Program
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Nevada County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: closed (Temporarily unfunded)
Who: Homeowners
Free drive-by chipping of brush cleared from defensible space in Nevada County, currently paused because it is temporarily unfunded.
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Nevada County FSC Defensible Space Advisory Visit
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Nevada County, CA · Free (Free advisory visit) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Free one-on-one home consultation giving residents advice on reducing the risk of losing their home to wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Butte County FSC Chipper Program
Butte County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Butte County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners countywide
Free county-wide chipping of limb and brush piles for Butte County landowners creating defensible space.
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Plumas County FSC Chipping Program
Plumas County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Plumas County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal)
Who: Plumas County residents
Free CAL FIRE-funded chipping for Plumas County residents across four zones during spring and fall rounds.
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Truckee Fire Home Hardening Rebate
Truckee Fire Protection District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Truckee-Tahoe area, CA · Up to $2,000 (Rebate) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Owners of existing permitted homes
Reimburses up to 50 percent of home hardening costs to a maximum of 2,000 dollars for non-combustible materials and Zone Zero hardscaping.
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Truckee Fire Dead Tree Fund
Truckee Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Truckee-Tahoe area, CA · Up to $2,000 (Rebate) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Owner-occupied primary residences
Reimburses 50 percent of dead tree removal up to 2,000 dollars for homes that completed a defensible space inspection within the past year.
Apply / details · Official source
North Tahoe Fire Free Defensible Space Inspections
North Tahoe Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
North Lake Tahoe, CA · Free (Free inspection) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Free grant-funded defensible space evaluations with a written report to help North Lake Tahoe homeowners meet clearance requirements.
Apply / details · Official source
Shasta County FSC Defensible Space Chipping Program
Shasta County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Shasta County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal)
Who: Homeowners
Free curbside chipping of brush and branches piled by residents to create defensible space, funded through California Climate Investments.
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TinderSmart Tehama Defensible Space Assistance Program
Resource Conservation District of Tehama County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Tehama County, CA · Free (Free defensible space work) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners in SRA, LRA and WUI zones
CAL FIRE-funded program sends free crews to thin brush and remove small trees to establish 100 feet of defensible space.
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Amador RCD Defensible Space Assistance Program
Amador Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Amador County, CA · Free (Free defensible space and tree work) · Status: closed (2026 window closed June 12)
Who: Income-qualified, senior, disabled and veteran residents
CAL FIRE-funded free defensible space clearing, chipping and hazard tree removal for qualifying low-income, senior, disabled and veteran residents.
Apply / details · Official source
Mariposa County FSC Home Hardening Program
Mariposa County Fire Safe Council — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Mariposa County, CA · Free (Free assessment and upgrades) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Free home hardening assessments plus practical upgrade assistance such as vent screen upgrades to withstand embers.
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Mariposa County FSC Brushing Program
Mariposa County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Mariposa County, CA · Free (Free brushing) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Disadvantaged residents per PG&E CARE guidelines
Free clearing of hazardous fuels and brush around homes for disadvantaged residents unable to maintain defensible space.
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Eastern Madera County FSC Homeowner Assistance Program
Eastern Madera County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Madera County, CA · Free (Free chipping and defensible space) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Vulnerable homeowners in Eastern Madera County
Free defensible space assistance, brush chipping and hazard tree removal for vulnerable homeowners in Eastern Madera County.
Apply / details · Official source
Eastern Fresno County Firesafe and Fuels Reduction Program
Sierra Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Fresno County, CA · Free (Free property assessment) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners in the WUI
Free property assessment reports covering dead tree removal, defensible space and home hardening for private landowners near the Sierra and Sequoia National Forests.
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Tuolumne FSC Defensible Space Project
Tuolumne Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Tuolumne County, CA · Free (Free defensible space work) · Status: closed (Closed, applications exceed funds)
Who: Low-income seniors 65+ and disabled residents
CAL FIRE-funded free defensible space work for low-income senior and disabled residents, currently closed as applications exceed funds.
Apply / details · Official source
Kern Fire Safe Council Free Home Assessment
Kern Fire Safe Council — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Kern County, CA · Free (Free home assessment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Free voluntary home assessment reviewing vegetation, building materials, vents and defensible space with risk-reduction recommendations.
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SB County Community Chipping Program
Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Barbara County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal)
Who: Homeowners in high-risk zones
Free curbside chipping of cut brush for residents in designated high fire-risk neighborhoods of south coast Santa Barbara County.
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SB County Defensible Space Assistance Program
Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Barbara County, CA · Free (Free assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Income-qualified residents
Free defensible space clearance help for low-income residents near fire hazard severity zones who cannot afford a contractor.
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SB County Home Hardening Rebate Program
Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Santa Barbara County, CA · Up to $5,000 (Rebate) · Status: open (August 31 2026)
Who: Homeowners in Firewise communities
Reimburses homeowners in eligible Firewise communities up to 5,000 dollars for qualifying home-hardening retrofits.
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Ventura County Chipper Program
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Ventura County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: open (Seasonal)
Who: Homeowners and neighborhoods
Free curbside and drop-off chipping of vegetation for residents in participating Ventura County WUI communities.
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Ventura County Home Wildfire Assessments
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Ventura County, CA · Free (Free assessment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
No-cost professional home assessments giving Ventura County residents prioritized recommendations to make their property more fire-resistant.
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Ventura County Resident Grant Program
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Ventura County, CA · Free (Free assistance) · Status: verify (Reopens periodically)
Who: At-risk residents, veterans
No-cost defensible space clearance and home retrofits to qualifying residents prioritized by risk, financial barriers and veteran status.
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SLO County Chipping Program
Fire Safe Council of San Luis Obispo County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Luis Obispo County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: open (Seasonal)
Who: Residents in fire hazard zones
Free curbside chipping for SLO County residents within CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
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OCFA Home Wildfire Assessment (Ready Set Go)
Orange County Fire Authority — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Orange County, CA · Free (Free assessment) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Free online and in-person home wildfire assessments giving Orange County homeowners tailored home-hardening and defensible space recommendations.
Apply / details · Official source
Home Ignition Zone Evaluation Program
RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains — Local · Community Preparedness · CA
Los Angeles County, CA · Free (Free evaluation) · Status: open (While grant funds last)
Who: Homeowners
Free 45 to 60 minute home ignition zone evaluations for LA County homeowners with written defensible space and home-hardening recommendations.
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Community Chipping and Mulch Program
RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Monica Mountains, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: verify (Seasonal)
Who: Homeowners
Chipping and mulch service for residents in the Santa Monica Mountains to remove and recycle brush cleared for defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
San Diego County Home Assessment Program
Fire Safe Council of San Diego County — Local · Home Hardening · CA
San Diego County, CA · Free (Free assessment) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners in select service areas
Free on-site home assessments giving customized home hardening, defensible space and fire-wise landscaping recommendations in 2026 service areas.
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San Diego County DSAP
Fire Safe Council of San Diego County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Diego County, CA · Free (Free defensible space work) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Low-income, senior, and disabled homeowners
Provides a no-cost day of defensible space work for income-qualified homeowners, prioritizing elderly and disabled residents.
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San Diego County Curbside Chipping Program
Fire Safe Council of San Diego County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Diego County, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: closed (Reopens with new funding)
Who: Homeowners who cleared defensible space
Free curbside chipping of cleared vegetation, currently paused because 2026 grant funding has been spent out.
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San Diego County Compliance Assistance Program
Fire Safe Council of San Diego County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Diego County, CA · Free (Free assistance) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Cited homeowners facing barriers
Helps homeowners in high fire hazard zones meet defensible space citations when they face financial or physical barriers.
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Mountain Rim Free Curbside Chipping Program
Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Bernardino Mountains, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: open (Seasonal)
Who: Mountain community property owners
Free curbside and community chipping of green waste for San Bernardino mountain communities including Big Bear, Rim, Yucaipa and Oak Glen.
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Mountain Rim Hazardous Dead Trees Program
Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
San Bernardino Mountains, CA · Varies (Hazard tree removal) · Status: verify (None listed)
Who: Mountain community property owners
Assists mountain-community property owners with removal of hazardous dead trees, funded through CAL FIRE grants.
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Palomar Mountain On-Site Community Chipping
Palomar Mountain Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Palomar Mountain, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Palomar Mountain homeowners
Free on-site chipping of cleared vegetation at Palomar Mountain properties by appointment, subject to grant funding.
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Palomar Mountain Monthly Dumpster Program
Palomar Mountain Fire Safe Council — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Palomar Mountain, CA · Free (Free debris disposal) · Status: rolling (Seasonal May to Oct)
Who: Palomar Mountain residents
Free monthly roll-off dumpster from May through October so Palomar Mountain residents can dispose of defensible space debris.
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Big Bear Curbside Chipping Program
Big Bear Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Big Bear Lake, CA · Free (Free chipping) · Status: open (Seasonal)
Who: Big Bear property owners
Free chipper-day green-waste disposal for Big Bear property owners, delivered through the Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council with CAL FIRE funding.
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Regional Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · Prop 4 Climate Bond (Landscape-scale awards) · Status: verify (FY25-26 concepts closed Jun 30, 2026)
Who: Regional partnerships and collaboratives
Supports collaborative, landscape-scale projects that reduce wildfire risk and build regional forest and fire resilience capacity.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Health Research Program
CAL FIRE — State · Planning · CA
California · $4M ($400K-$900K) · Status: open (Concept proposals due Jul 18, 2026)
Who: Universities, nonprofits, agencies, tribes
Funds applied research advancing knowledge on forest health and wildland fire to support California forest and wildfire resilience goals.
Apply / details · Official source
Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · $10M (Varies) · Status: verify (2026 solicitation forecast early Jul 2026)
Who: California Native American tribes and tribally-led nonprofits
Supports tribal-led wildfire resilience, cultural burning, and forest restoration projects across California.
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Business and Workforce Development Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · ~$10-14M/round (Varies) · Status: verify (Confirm current window)
Who: Forest-sector businesses, workforce programs, nonprofits
Strengthens California forest-sector businesses, wood products infrastructure, and workforce to support healthy, resilient forests.
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Urban and Community Forestry Grants
CAL FIRE — State · Community Preparedness · CA
California · $30.8M (IRA) (Varies) · Status: closed (Recent rounds closed)
Who: Cities, agencies, nonprofits, disadvantaged communities
Funds tree planting and urban forest management, prioritizing disadvantaged and low-income California communities.
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California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP)
CAL FIRE — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · Up to $2M/round (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: rolling (Deadlines Jan 2, Apr 1, Oct 1)
Who: Private and public forest landowners, 20-5,000 acres
Provides cost-share funding for forest management plans, reforestation, and stand improvement on small-to-mid-size forest holdings.
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Regional Forest and Fire Capacity (RFFC) Program
CA Dept of Conservation — State · Planning · CA
California · $100M+ total (Regional block grants) · Status: verify (Ongoing via block grantees)
Who: Regional block grantees, RCDs, collaboratives
Funds regional entities to build capacity, develop projects, and implement strategies that reduce wildfire risk across landscapes.
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Sierra Nevada Conservancy Wildfire and Forest Resilience Grants
Sierra Nevada Conservancy — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · ~$15M (Prop 4) (Varies) · Status: open (Concept proposals due Jul 27, 2026)
Who: Public agencies, nonprofits, tribes in Sierra-Cascade
Funds high-impact forest health planning and implementation projects reducing wildfire risk across the Sierra-Cascade region.
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State Coastal Conservancy Wildfire Resilience Program
CA State Coastal Conservancy — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · $30.9M (Prop 4) (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling pre-application)
Who: Local partners, agencies, nonprofits, tribes
Funds vegetation and forest management that reduces wildfire risk in coastal California from Marin to Ventura.
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California Tahoe Conservancy Grants
California Tahoe Conservancy — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California · Varies ($50K-$5M) · Status: verify (Periodic rounds)
Who: Local/state/federal agencies, tribes, nonprofits
Funds forest health, wildfire risk reduction, and climate resilience projects on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
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Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Prop 4 Wildfire Grants
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy — State · Community Preparedness · CA
California · $20.5M (Varies) · Status: open (Funds encumbered by Jun 30, 2028)
Who: Public agencies, nonprofits, tribes in the SMMC zone
Funds local fire prevention capacity, forest health, and projects reducing wildfire spread into populated areas of the conservancy zone.
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Wildlife Conservation Board Forest Conservation Program
CA Wildlife Conservation Board — State · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
California · Prop 68/84 (Varies) · Status: verify (Board-cycle proposals)
Who: Public agencies, nonprofits, tribes
Funds forest thinning, meadow restoration, and post-fire restoration that reduce wildfire danger and protect water and wildlife.
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Safer from Wildfires Insurance Discounts
CA Dept of Insurance — State · Home Hardening · CA
California · Premium discount (Varies by insurer) · Status: open (Ongoing (in regulation))
Who: Homeowners and policyholders statewide
State framework requiring insurers to offer premium discounts to homeowners who complete listed home hardening and defensible space actions.
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Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership
USDA Forest Service & NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Multi-year project) · Status: verify (Local ranking periods)
Who: Landowners, states, Tribes, land managers
Combines Forest Service and NRCS resources to fund cross-boundary forest restoration and hazardous fuels reduction.
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Up to 50% (Cost-share, 10-yr) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: National forests with community collaboratives
Funds collaboratively planned, landscape-scale restoration including thinning, prescribed fire, and watershed work.
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Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · US
Nationwide · Up to 50% (Matching grant) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: Local govts, Tribes, nonprofits
Provides matching grants to acquire and permanently conserve at-risk forestland as community forests with public access.
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Wood Innovations Grant Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · $25K-$1M (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: Businesses, nonprofits, Tribes, govts, schools
Funds projects that expand wood products and wood energy markets to use hazardous fuels material and improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wood Grant Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · $200K-$1.2M (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: Govts, Tribes, nonprofits, businesses, schools
Funds shovel-ready projects to install community wood energy systems or build innovative wood product facilities.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · US
Nationwide · Varies (Tech assistance) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: Private forest landowners
Provides technical assistance and Forest Stewardship Plans to help private landowners manage forests and reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Tribal Forest Protection Act (638 Authority)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Coop agreement) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: Federally recognized Tribes
Authorizes Tribes to propose and carry out forest, watershed, and fuels-reduction projects on adjacent National Forest System lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · Varies (50% cost-share) · Status: rolling (Contact State Forester)
Who: Rural fire departments, communities under 10,000
Cost-share grants through State Foresters to rural and volunteer fire departments for wildland firefighting equipment, training, and gear.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Legacy Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · US
Nationwide · Varies (Up to 75% match) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: States and partners, private forest owners
Funds conservation easements and land purchases that protect environmentally important private forests threatened by conversion.
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Regional Conservation Partnership Program
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Cost-share) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: Partner organizations, producers, forest landowners
Partner-driven program that co-funds conservation solutions, including fuels and forest health work, on private forest land.
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Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Annual payment) · Status: rolling (State ranking periods)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, forest landowners
Pays producers under five-year contracts to maintain and expand conservation, including forestry and prescribed fire enhancements.
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BIA Wildland Fire Management
DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Varies (Program funds) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: Federally recognized Tribes and Indian trust landowners
Delivers fire suppression, prevention, prescribed fire, and restoration across Indian Country while supporting tribal self-governance.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Fuels Management Program
DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Program funds) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: Tribes with trust lands and treaty-rights partners
Reduces wildfire risk on tribal lands through prescribed fire and mechanical treatments blending traditional knowledge with science.
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DOI Office of Wildland Fire Fuels Management
DOI Office of Wildland Fire — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Program funds) · Status: verify (See page)
Who: Interior bureaus, WUI communities, Tribes, landowners
Uses prescribed fire, thinning, and vegetation management to restore ecosystems and reduce wildfire risk across Interior lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAG)
FEMA — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · 75% share (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Request while fire burning)
Who: States, Tribes, territories with an approved declaration
Provides a 75 percent federal cost share for eligible firefighting costs on wildfires that threaten to become major disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund
FEMA — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Varies (Low-interest loan) · Status: verify (Periodic NOFO)
Who: States and Tribes lending to local governments
Capitalizes state and tribal revolving funds that lend to local governments for hazard mitigation including wildfire risk reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program
USDA Rural Development — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · Varies (Loan + grant) · Status: rolling (Year-round)
Who: Public bodies, nonprofits, Tribes in rural areas under 20,000
Provides loans and grants for essential rural community facilities including fire departments, fire stations, and fire trucks.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery
HUD — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Varies (Per-disaster) · Status: verify (Per-disaster)
Who: States, local govts, Tribes in declared disaster areas
Grants flexible long-term recovery funds to rebuild housing, infrastructure, and economies after declared disasters including wildfires.
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Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant
EPA — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · $350K-$2.5M (Per award) · Status: closed (Closed Apr 15, 2026)
Who: States, Tribes, schools, education agencies, nonprofits
Funds smoke-readiness planning, air monitoring, and HVAC upgrades so community buildings can serve as cleaner-air spaces.
Apply / details · Official source
Good Neighbor Authority
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Agreement) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: State forestry agencies, Tribes, and counties
A fundable agreement mechanism for states, Tribes, and counties to carry out fuels reduction and restoration on National Forest System lands.
Apply / details · Official source
BLM Rural Fire Readiness Program
DOI Bureau of Land Management — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · No cost (Excess equipment) · Status: rolling (Contact local BLM district)
Who: Rural fire departments and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations
Provides excess BLM wildland fire engines, tenders, radios, and gear at no cost to eligible rural and rangeland fire departments.
Apply / details · Official source
Matching Awards Program (MAP)
National Forest Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · $10K-$100K (1:1 matching grant) · Status: closed (2026 rounds closed; biannual)
Who: Nonprofits, tribes, universities
NFF flagship matching grant funds community-led restoration and stewardship projects benefiting National Forests and Grasslands.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities
National Forest Foundation — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · $20K-$50K (Competitive grant, 20% match) · Status: closed (2026 cycle closed; annual)
Who: Nonprofits, tribes, local govts, universities
Annual NFF grant funding community and Tribal-led capacity building for wildfire resilience and stewardship of national forest lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Healthy American Forests Initiative
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · $250K-$2M (Competitive grant) · Status: closed (2026 RFP closed; annual)
Who: Nonprofits, govts, tribes, universities
NFWF and US Forest Service program funding vegetation management and watershed restoration to reduce wildfire risk on national forests.
Apply / details · Official source
Rise Up Community Impact Grants
After the Fire USA — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
North Bay counties, California · Varies (Community impact grant) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Orgs serving fire-affected communities
After the Fire USA grants program funding North Bay organizations that support wildfire survivors.
Apply / details · Official source
FAC Net Opportunity Fund
Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Up to $3K (Micro-grant) · Status: verify (Periodic)
Who: FAC Net affiliate member organizations
Awards micro-grants up to 3,000 dollars to affiliate members for local wildfire resilience projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Statewide Wildfire Safety and Preparedness Grant
California Fire Foundation — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · CA
California · Up to $25K (Preparedness grant) · Status: closed (Closed July 8, 2026)
Who: Fire departments, nonprofits, tribes
Funds vegetation mitigation, community education, and firefighting equipment across California.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Disaster Relief and Recovery Grant
California Fire Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
LA and Ventura Counties, California · $25K-$100K (Recovery grant) · Status: open (Rolling, reviewed quarterly)
Who: Fire departments, tribes, nonprofits
Supports long-term recovery, first responder support, equipment, and vegetation mitigation in LA and Ventura wildfire areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Recovery Fund
California Community Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Los Angeles County, California · Varies (Recovery grant) · Status: rolling (Inquiry-based)
Who: LA County nonprofits serving fire survivors
Grants to Los Angeles County nonprofits addressing housing, mental health, and services after the January 2025 wildfires.
Apply / details · Official source
Sonoma County Resilience Fund
Community Foundation Sonoma County — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Sonoma County, California · Varies (Invitation grant) · Status: rolling (By invitation)
Who: 501c3 nonprofits
Funds vulnerable-population preparedness, housing, and recovery through invitation-based grants to Sonoma County nonprofits.
Apply / details · Official source
Camp Fire Fund (Butte Strong Fund)
North Valley Community Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Butte County, California · Varies (Recovery grant) · Status: closed (Successor cycle reopens Nov 2026)
Who: Nonprofits in the Camp Fire footprint
Has distributed over 67 million dollars in Camp Fire relief grants to nonprofits, with a new annual cycle opening each November.
Apply / details · Official source
Eaton Fire Relief and Recovery Grants
Pasadena Community Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, California · Varies (Recovery grant) · Status: closed (Program closed)
Who: Local 501c3 nonprofits
Supports nonprofits delivering emergency supplies, housing recovery, and mental healthcare after the January 2025 Eaton Fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Maui Strong Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · HI
Maui, Hawaii · Varies (Recovery grant) · Status: rolling (Rolling weekly review)
Who: Maui nonprofits and fiscally sponsored groups
Makes rolling grants to nonprofits and fiscally sponsored groups working on Maui wildfire recovery.
Apply / details · Official source
California Wildfire and Disaster Relief Fund
Latino Community Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
California · Varies (Grassroots grant) · Status: rolling (Mostly invitation-based)
Who: Latino-led and BIPOC-serving nonprofits
Grants to Latino-led and BIPOC-serving community organizations responding to California wildfires.
Apply / details · Official source
Boulder County Wildfire Fund
Community Foundation Boulder County — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CO
Boulder County, Colorado · Avg $23.5K/household (Household rebuild grant) · Status: closed (Rebuild grants closed June 2025)
Who: Marshall Fire households
Distributed over 43 million dollars directly to Marshall Fire households, with the rebuild grant program now closed.
Apply / details · Official source
NoCo Disaster Recovery Fund
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CO
Northern Colorado · Varies (Recovery grant) · Status: open (Standing fund)
Who: Households and nonprofit/faith-based orgs
A permanent fund supporting disaster-impacted households and nonprofit organizations doing relief and ecosystem recovery.
Apply / details · Official source
NorCal Disaster Relief Fund
United Way of Northern California — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Northern California · $100-$500+/household (Phased grants) · Status: verify (Activated per disaster)
Who: Households and community nonprofits
Runs response, relief, and recovery phases funding both community nonprofits and direct household gift cards or housing grants.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Response Fund
United Way of Greater Los Angeles — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Los Angeles County, California · Varies (Phased grant) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Nonprofits and community groups
Distributes grants in phases to nonprofits serving workers and homeless populations impacted by the LA wildfires.
Apply / details · Official source
MDS Wildfire Rebuild
Mennonite Disaster Service — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Free rebuild (Volunteer rebuild) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Individual homeowners
Sends volunteer crews to rebuild homes at no labor cost for wildfire survivors, including ongoing rebuilds in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Apply / details · Official source
US Disaster Relief Wildfire Response
Samaritan's Purse — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Free (Volunteer debris removal) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Individual homeowners
Deploys volunteer teams to clear debris, tarp structures, and rebuild homes for wildfire survivors at no cost.
Apply / details · Official source
Rotary Disaster Response Grants
The Rotary Foundation — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Set by district (District project grant) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Rotary clubs and districts
Rotary districts affected by disasters can apply for grants to fund club-run wildfire relief projects.
Apply / details · Official source
SBP Disaster Assistance Program
SBP — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Free (FEMA appeal help) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Individual homeowners
Free program helping wildfire survivors draft FEMA appeals and documentation, often significantly increasing awards.
Apply / details · Official source
ReBUILD LA
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Los Angeles County, California · 0% deferred gap loan (Rebuild financing) · Status: open (Verify)
Who: Low-to-moderate income homeowners
Offers 0 percent deferred gap loans plus volunteer-assisted construction to help wildfire survivors close the insurance-to-rebuild gap.
Apply / details · Official source
Catholic Charities USA Disaster Relief
Catholic Charities USA — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Free (Direct aid & case management) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Individual households
Channels emergency funding through local agencies to give wildfire survivors shelter, meals, and long-term rebuilding case management.
Apply / details · Official source
State Farm California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
State Farm — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: California homeowners reducing wildfire risk
State Farm gives California policyholders premium discounts for property-level and community-level wildfire mitigation actions.
Apply / details · Official source
Farmers FORTIFIED Home and Roofing Discount
Farmers Insurance — Insurer · Home Hardening · US
Nationwide · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners with fire-resistant roofing or IBHS FORTIFIED certification
Farmers may offer premium discounts to homeowners who install certain roofing or complete IBHS FORTIFIED Home certification.
Apply / details · Official source
Allstate California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Allstate — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Allstate California homeowners completing mitigation
Allstate files a California completion discount for homeowners who finish Safer from Wildfires mitigation actions.
Apply / details · Official source
Travelers California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Travelers — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Travelers California homeowners completing mitigation
Travelers files California wildfire mitigation and IBHS certification premium discounts, separate from its Wildfire Defense field services.
Apply / details · Official source
Liberty Mutual California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Liberty Mutual — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Liberty Mutual California homeowners with hardened homes
Liberty Mutual files IBHS-certification wildfire mitigation discounts for California homeowners under Safer from Wildfires.
Apply / details · Official source
Nationwide California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Nationwide — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Nationwide California homeowners with hardened homes
Nationwide files IBHS-certification wildfire mitigation discounts for California homeowners under Safer from Wildfires.
Apply / details · Official source
USAA Firewise and Wildfire Mitigation Discount
USAA — Insurer · Community Preparedness · US
California and western states · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: USAA members in recognized Firewise USA communities
USAA offers members a premium discount for living in a recognized Firewise USA community and files California mitigation discounts.
Apply / details · Official source
Auto Club of Southern California Wildfire Discount
Auto Club of Southern California — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Auto Club of SoCal homeowners completing mitigation
Auto Club of Southern California offers a tiered Safer from Wildfires discount that grows as policyholders complete more mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
Wawanesa California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Wawanesa Insurance — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Wawanesa California homeowners reducing wildfire risk
Wawanesa applies California homeowners premium discounts when policyholders or their community reduce wildfire damage risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Horace Mann California Wildfire Mitigation Discount
Horace Mann — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Horace Mann California homeowners taking mitigation steps
Horace Mann provides California-mandated discounts for home hardening, defensible space, and Firewise designation.
Apply / details · Official source
California Safer from Wildfires Discount Framework
California Dept of Insurance — Insurer · Home Hardening · CA
California · Varies (Premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: California homeowners completing mitigation actions
California regulation requires admitted home insurers to give premium discounts for a defined set of wildfire mitigation actions.
Apply / details · Official source
PGE Foundation Climate Resilient Communities Fund
Portland General Electric — Utility · Community Preparedness · OR
Oregon · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Nonprofits in wildfire-prone Oregon communities
The PGE Foundation funds community-driven strategies to reduce wildfire hazards and build preparedness in fire-prone Oregon communities.
Apply / details · Official source
SDG&E Generator Grant Program
San Diego Gas and Electric — Utility · Home Hardening · CA
San Diego region · Varies (Backup power) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Medically vulnerable customers in high fire-threat areas
SDG&E provides backup power and a resiliency assessment to medically vulnerable customers in high fire-threat areas affected by shutoffs.
Apply / details · Official source
SDG&E Emergency Preparedness and Safety Grants
San Diego Gas and Electric — Utility · Community Preparedness · CA
San Diego region · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Nonprofits supporting disaster preparedness
SDG&E awards safety grants to nonprofits that build wildfire and disaster preparedness for under-resourced San Diego communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Edison International Safety and Resilience Grants
Edison International — Utility · Community Preparedness · CA
Southern California · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Nonprofits advancing wildfire mitigation and preparedness
Edison International funds nonprofits advancing wildfire mitigation and emergency preparedness across Southern California.
Apply / details · Official source
Xcel Energy Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Partnership
Xcel Energy — Utility · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: verify (None listed)
Who: Colorado communities and watersheds
Xcel Energy partners with the National Forest Foundation to fund fuels-reduction projects protecting Colorado communities and watersheds.
Apply / details · Official source
NV Energy Foundation Wildfire Preparedness Grants
NV Energy Foundation — Utility · Community Preparedness · NV
Nevada · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: verify (None listed)
Who: Nonprofits and research institutions
The NV Energy Foundation funds Nevada wildfire and smoke preparedness work, including advanced fire forecasting tools.
Apply / details · Official source
State Farm Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Awards
State Farm — Utility · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Up to $500 (Cash award) · Status: verify (Annual (about February))
Who: Community groups, fire agencies, nonprofits
State Farm funds roughly 150 nationwide awards of 500 dollars each for hands-on community wildfire risk-reduction projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Wells Fargo Foundation Resilient Communities Program
Wells Fargo Foundation — Utility · Planning · US
Nationwide · Varies (Cash grant) · Status: verify (RFP-based)
Who: Nonprofits building resilience to natural disasters
Wells Fargo Foundation and NFWF fund community resilience projects that help communities prepare for natural disasters including wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Partners West Boulder County Home Assessment and Certification
Wildfire Partners (Boulder County) — Local · Home Hardening · CO
Boulder County, CO · Free (assessment + certification) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners in unincorporated west Boulder County
Free on-site wildfire mitigation assessment leading to a Wildfire Partners certificate recognized by many home insurers.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Partners Community Chipping Program
Wildfire Partners (Boulder County) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Boulder County, CO · Free (no cost to residents) · Status: open (Seasonal Apr-Nov)
Who: Groups of five or more Boulder County homeowners
Free neighborhood slash-pile chipping for groups of five or more Boulder County homeowners during the spring to fall season.
Apply / details · Official source
Larimer County Wildfire Partner Home Ignition Zone Assessments
Larimer County Sheriff Emergency Services — Local · Home Hardening · CO
Larimer County, CO · Free (Bronze/Silver/Gold assessments) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Larimer County property owners and businesses
Voluntary no-cost Home Ignition Zone assessments by trained ambassadors, with a Gold level geared to homeowners facing insurance challenges.
Apply / details · Official source
Larimer County Community Mitigation Grant Program
Larimer County Office of Emergency Management — Local · Community Preparedness · CO
Larimer County, CO · Up to $10,000 (per project) · Status: closed (Annual Jan-Mar; 2026 closed)
Who: Community groups and local nonprofits
Annual grants funding community-led fuel reduction, slash-pile chipping, outreach, and evacuation-route projects across Larimer County.
Apply / details · Official source
CPRW Defensible Space and HIZ Program
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Larimer County, CO · Free (assessments and treatments) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Residents in Red Feather Lakes and Poudre watershed
Free Home Ignition Zone assessments and defensible space treatments in the Poudre watershed, supported by Larimer County.
Apply / details · Official source
Jefferson County SLASH Collection Program
Jefferson County / Jefferson Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Jefferson County, CO · ~$24/load (up to 6 cubic yards) · Status: open (Seasonal mid-May to Oct)
Who: Residents dropping off limbs and prunings
County slash drop-off sites recycle woody debris to reduce wildfire fuels around foothills homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Evergreen Fire Rescue Chipping Program
Evergreen Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Evergreen, Jefferson County, CO · $125 / 5 piles (five 5x5x5 ft piles) · Status: open (Seasonal by zone)
Who: Residents within the Evergreen Fire district
District crews chip resident slash piles weekly by zone to help create defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
Evergreen Fire Rescue Defensible Space Site Visits
Evergreen Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Evergreen, Jefferson County, CO · Free (inspection (WPH assessment $100)) · Status: rolling (By appointment)
Who: Residents in approved neighborhoods
Free on-site defensible space inspections help homeowners identify wildfire risks around their property.
Apply / details · Official source
Elk Creek Fire Chipping Program
Elk Creek Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Conifer, Jefferson County, CO · Free (lottery, ~100 homes/yr) · Status: closed (2026 sign-ups closed)
Who: Service-area residents with a Wildfire Prepared assessment
District chips resident slash piles for selected homes to reduce wildfire fuels near structures.
Apply / details · Official source
West Metro Fire Home Wildfire Risk Assessments
West Metro Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Jefferson County, CO · Free (assessments with CSFS foresters) · Status: rolling (By request)
Who: Residents in West Metro planning zones
District offers Firewise support and home wildfire risk assessments to help residents reduce ignition risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Douglas County Slash-Mulch Program
Douglas County — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Douglas County, CO · Free (drop-off + free mulch) · Status: open (Seasonal Saturdays)
Who: Douglas County residents
Residents drop off slash and pick up free mulch, reducing wildfire fuels around homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Douglas County Wildfire Mitigation Cost-Share Program
Douglas County — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Douglas County, CO · 50% up to $25,000 (communities up to $50K; chipping $7.5K) · Status: verify (Second 2026 window expected)
Who: Homeowners, HOAs, and communities in the WUI
County reimburses half the cost of defensible-space and fuels-reduction work on private property.
Apply / details · Official source
CSFD Wildfire Mitigation Free Property Assessments
Colorado Springs Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CO
El Paso County, CO · Free (no cost) · Status: rolling (By appointment)
Who: Colorado Springs homeowners in the WUI
CSFD offers free onsite wildfire mitigation consultations that evaluate vegetation and give defensible-space recommendations.
Apply / details · Official source
CSFD Neighborhood Chipping Program
Colorado Springs Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO · Free (no cost) · Status: verify (Seasonal windows)
Who: Colorado Springs neighborhoods that register
CSFD provides free curbside slash chipping to registered neighborhoods to dispose of debris from defensible-space work.
Apply / details · Official source
El Paso County Community Chipper Events
El Paso County Sheriff Wildland Fire Crew — Local · Community Preparedness · CO
El Paso County, CO · Free (no cost) · Status: verify (Event based)
Who: Residents of participating unincorporated communities
The Sheriff Wildland Fire Crew partners with local fire departments to run community chipper events that reduce wildfire fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
CUSP Neighborhood Mobile Chipper Program
Coalition for the Upper South Platte — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Upper South Platte region, CO · Cost-share (nominal fee + resident labor) · Status: rolling (Sign-up required)
Who: Property owners in the Upper South Platte watershed
CUSP runs a cost-share mobile chipper and slash drop-off program turning woody debris into mulch to reduce wildfire fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
CSFS Woodland Park Wildfire Mitigation Assistance
Colorado State Forest Service — State · Defensible Space · CO
Teller County, CO · Fee (service fee for visit) · Status: rolling (By appointment)
Who: Teller-area landowners and Firewise communities
The CSFS Woodland Park Field Office provides on-site forester consultations and defensible-space guidance to Teller County landowners.
Apply / details · Official source
Teller County Free Chipping Program
Teller County — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Teller County, CO · Free (no cost) · Status: verify (Seasonal)
Who: Teller County residents
Teller County offers periodic free slash chipping to help residents dispose of woody debris and create defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
Fremont County Wildfire Mitigation and FireWise
Fremont County / Fremont Conservation District — Local · Community Preparedness · CO
Fremont County, CO · Free (education + planning) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: Fremont County landowners and communities
Fremont County supports wildfire mitigation through Community Wildfire Protection Plans and FireWise education promoting survivable space.
Apply / details · Official source
Free Summit County Chipping Program
Summit Fire & EMS / Summit County — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Summit County, CO · Free (curbside chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal)
Who: Summit County residents and property owners
Free curbside chipping and disposal of branches, logs and small trees to help residents build defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
Summit Fire Free Defensible-Space Consultations
Summit Fire & EMS District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Summit County, CO · Free (on-site assessment) · Status: rolling (By request)
Who: Homeowners in the district service area
Free on-site home consultations that assess wildfire risk and recommend defensible-space and home-hardening steps.
Apply / details · Official source
Summit County Hazardous Fuels and CWPP Grants
Summit County Government — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Summit County, CO · Cost-share (matching grants) · Status: verify (Contact county)
Who: Homeowner groups and communities
Matching grants for multi-property defensible space and community wildfire protection projects across Summit County.
Apply / details · Official source
Eagle Valley Wildland Free Home Assessment
Eagle River Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Eagle County, CO · Free (home assessment) · Status: rolling (By request)
Who: Eagle County residents
Free on-site wildland home assessments with defensible-space and home-hardening recommendations for Eagle County residents.
Apply / details · Official source
Eagle Valley Wildland Community Slash and Chipping
Eagle River Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Eagle County, CO · Free (curbside slash pickup) · Status: verify (Seasonal spring)
Who: Eagle County residents
Free curbside slash pickup and chipping to support defensible-space work around Eagle County homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Basalt Chipping Program
Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Eagle County, CO · Free (curbside chipping) · Status: open (Aug 30-Sept 20, 2026)
Who: Basalt-area residents in listed neighborhoods
Free curbside chipping for Basalt-area neighborhoods, funded through Eagle County lodging tax with the RFV Wildfire Collaborative.
Apply / details · Official source
Aspen Fire Chipper Day Program
Aspen Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Pitkin County, CO · Free (chipping by zone) · Status: closed (Zone dates May-June)
Who: Homeowners in Aspen Fire district zones
Free zone-based curbside chipping of branches and small trees, with sign-up and pile registration via the district portal.
Apply / details · Official source
Aspen Fire Free Wildfire Mitigation Assessments
Aspen Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Pitkin County, CO · Free (assessment) · Status: rolling (By request)
Who: Homeowners in the Aspen Fire district
Free wildfire mitigation assessments plus a vegetation-management contractor list for homeowners reducing risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Grand County Community Chipping Days
Grand County Wildfire Council — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Grand County, CO · Free (drop-off chipping) · Status: verify (Summer Saturdays)
Who: Grand County residents
Free community chipping days at rotating town locations to help Grand County residents dispose of slash and reduce fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue Wildfire Mitigation
Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Routt County, CO · Free (assessments and chipping) · Status: verify (Seasonal)
Who: Steamboat Springs residents
Seasonal wildland crews conduct free home assessments and grant-funded chipping and fuels-reduction work across city neighborhoods.
Apply / details · Official source
Chaffee Chips Wildfire Mitigation
Envision Chaffee County / Chaffee County FPD — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Chaffee County, CO · Free (chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal events)
Who: Landowners in participating neighborhoods
Free neighborhood slash pickup and chipping coordinated with the fire district and CSFS, plus free home assessments.
Apply / details · Official source
Gunnison Wildfire Mitigation Program
Gunnison County wildfire mitigation partnership — Local · Community Preparedness · CO
Gunnison County, CO · Varies (free resources) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Gunnison County property owners and communities
Local partnership providing wildfire mitigation education, defensible space guidance, and slash and chipping resources for Gunnison County.
Apply / details · Official source
West Region Wildfire Council Defensible Space Program
West Region Wildfire Council — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Ouray County, CO · Cost-share (free assessment + cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: WUI property owners in west-region counties
Regional nonprofit offering free home wildfire risk site visits and a vegetation-management cost-share on private property.
Apply / details · Official source
Mountain Village Wildfire Mitigation and Defensible Space
Town of Mountain Village — Local · Defensible Space · CO
San Miguel County, CO · Free (site visit) · Status: open (Apr 1-Oct 31)
Who: Mountain Village property owners
The town forester provides free defensible space site visits and a scope-of-work report to help property owners reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Telluride Fire Protection District Wildfire Mitigation
Telluride Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
San Miguel County, CO · Varies (free resources) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Property owners in the Telluride fire district
The fire district provides wildfire mitigation resources, defensible space guidance, and community risk-reduction information for the Telluride area.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Adapted Partnership Home Assessment and Cost-Share
Wildfire Adapted Partnership (FireWise of SW Colorado) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
La Plata County, CO · Free (assessment; cost-share available) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Residents in five SW Colorado counties
Free 60 to 90 minute home wildfire risk assessments plus geography-based defensible space cost-share for southwest Colorado residents.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Adapted Partnership Chipper Rebate
Wildfire Adapted Partnership — Local · Defensible Space · CO
La Plata County, CO · 50% rebate (up to $250 individuals, $1,500 HOAs) · Status: open (Ongoing)
Who: Private owners and HOAs in five SW Colorado counties
Reimburses half of slash chipping costs up to 250 dollars for individuals and 1,500 dollars for HOAs after a free home risk assessment.
Apply / details · Official source
Garfield County Wildfire Mitigation and CWPP
Garfield County Emergency Management — Local · Planning · CO
Garfield County, CO · Free (resources) · Status: verify (Contact fire districts)
Who: Garfield County residents and communities
County emergency management maintains the CWPP and directs residents to fire districts and CSFS for chipping and defensible space help.
Apply / details · Official source
Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition
Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition — Local · Community Preparedness · CO
Mesa County, CO · Varies (cost-share or free events) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Mesa County and Grand Junction residents
Local coalition coordinating wildfire mitigation, education, chipping and defensible space efforts across Mesa County and Grand Junction.
Apply / details · Official source
Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Measures Income Tax Credit
Colorado Department of Revenue — State · Defensible Space · CO
Colorado · 100% up to $1,000/yr (through tax year 2027) · Status: open (File with tax return)
Who: WUI landowners under an income cap
State income tax credit reimbursing all qualifying out-of-pocket wildfire mitigation costs up to 1,000 dollars per year through 2027.
Apply / details · Official source
COSWAP Landscape Resilience Investment
Colorado DNR / State Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · ~$500K-1.1M (invitation-based) · Status: verify (By invitation)
Who: Govts, districts, tribes, utilities, nonprofits
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program funds cross-boundary fuels reduction and prescribed fire in strategic high-risk focus areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Colorado Watershed Restoration Grants (Post-Fire)
Colorado Water Conservation Board — State · Post-Fire Recovery · CO
Colorado · Varies (by project) · Status: rolling (Rolling from Feb 2026)
Who: Govts, tribes, districts, nonprofits, ditch companies
CWCB grants for planning, engineering, and post-wildfire emergency work to protect stream channels and communities from debris flows and flooding.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Ready Watersheds Grant Program
Colorado Water Conservation Board — State · Planning · CO
Colorado · Varies (by project) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Watershed groups, local govts, districts, nonprofits
State program helping watersheds plan and prepare for post-wildfire flood and sediment hazards before fires occur.
Apply / details · Official source
DFPC Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control — State · Home Hardening · CO
Colorado · Varies (verify amounts) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Homeowners retrofitting structures
DFPC grant helping homeowners retrofit and upgrade structures with hardening strategies to make homes more resilient to wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
CSFS Landowner Forest Stewardship and Assistance
Colorado State Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · Varies (via district foresters) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private forest landowners statewide
CSFS offers landowners forest stewardship planning, homesite wildfire assessments, and seedling assistance through local district foresters.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Recognition (Florida)
Florida Forest Service — State · Community Preparedness · FL
Florida · Free (recognition + technical help) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: communities, HOAs, neighborhoods
Florida Forest Service helps neighborhoods earn national Firewise USA recognition through community risk assessments, action plans, and ongoing mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
WUI Hazardous Fuels Mitigation
Florida Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Florida · Varies (per project) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: communities, local governments, WUI landowners
Florida Forest Service mitigation reduces hazardous fuel loads in the wildland-urban interface, having treated tens of thousands of acres statewide.
Apply / details · Official source
Florida Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Program
Florida Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Florida · Course fee (40-hour course) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: landowners, land managers, burners
Florida Forest Service certifies prescribed burn managers, providing burn authorizations and liability protections that expand safe prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Create Defensible Space Around Homes
Florida Forest Service — State · Defensible Space · FL
Florida · Free (technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: homeowners, landowners
Florida Forest Service provides homeowners with defensible space guidance and home ignition zone evaluations to reduce wildfire risk to structures.
Apply / details · Official source
Northwest Florida Prescribed Burn Association
Northwest Florida PBA (Tall Timbers) — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Northwest Florida · $100 + $200/burn (member cost-share) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: private landowners
A landowner cooperative that pools equipment, training, and labor to help Panhandle private landowners safely conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Program (Georgia)
Georgia Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · GA
Georgia · Free (per community) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: communities, neighborhoods, HOAs
GFC administers the NFPA Firewise USA program, helping Georgia wildland-urban interface communities organize and reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Burn Assistance
Georgia Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Georgia · Fee-based (assistance + equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: landowners
GFC foresters help landowners with burn plans, firebreak plowing, equipment loans, and on-site assistance for prescribed burning for a fee.
Apply / details · Official source
Hurricane Helene Fuel Mitigation Grant
Georgia Forestry Commission — State · Post-Fire Recovery · GA
Georgia (Helene counties) · Up to $1K/acre (80% cost-share) · Status: closed (Closed Jan 9, 2026)
Who: private forest landowners in FEMA Helene zone
GFC cost-share reimbursing 80 percent up to 1000 dollars per acre for mechanical fuel reduction, firebreaks, and burning of storm-damaged fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Burning Cost Share Program
North Carolina Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
North Carolina · $35-$50/acre (requires non-State match) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: private landowners
State cost-share reimbursing landowners for silvicultural, hazard-reduction, and wildlife-habitat prescribed burns at set per-acre rates.
Apply / details · Official source
Fuels Removal Program
North Carolina Forest Service — State · Defensible Space · NC
North Carolina · Free (no-cost service) · Status: verify (Annual mid-January)
Who: communities and homeowners
No-cost roadside vegetative debris pickup funded by the NC Community Firewise Mitigation Grant to reduce hazardous fuels around homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Disaster Mitigation Program
North Carolina Forest Service — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NC
Western NC (39 Helene counties) · Free (no-cost service) · Status: open (Verify)
Who: landowners in 39 Helene-declared counties
No-cost hazard-reduction burning, home ignition zone treatments, and fuel breaks for western NC landowners hit by Hurricane Helene.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Recognition (South Carolina)
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · SC
South Carolina · Free (in-kind assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: neighborhoods and communities
SCFC helps South Carolina neighborhoods earn Firewise USA recognition with wildfire risk assessments and community action-plan support.
Apply / details · Official source
Community WUI Fuels Mitigation Grants
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Defensible Space · SC
South Carolina · Varies (reimbursement grant) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: WUI communities
SCFC offers reimbursement grants to WUI communities for hazardous fuels mitigation projects that reduce wildfire risk near homes.
Apply / details · Official source
Certified Prescribed Fire Manager Program (SC)
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
South Carolina · $75 (course registration) · Status: closed (Reopens Aug 2026)
Who: individuals conducting prescribed burns
A one-day SCFC training that certifies prescribed fire managers under state smoke management guidelines and can reduce liability.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Protection Plan Assistance (SC)
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Planning · SC
South Carolina · Free (technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: communities, counties, local governments
SCFC helps communities develop Community Wildfire Protection Plans through risk assessments and action-planning support for the WUI.
Apply / details · Official source
Tennessee Firewise USA
Tennessee Division of Forestry — State · Community Preparedness · TN
Tennessee · $1,000 startup (startup + grant eligibility) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: wildfire-prone communities
Tennessee Firewise USA offers communities free Division of Forestry technical support plus grant eligibility to reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazard Mitigation and Community Education Grant
Tennessee Division of Forestry — State · Defensible Space · TN
Tennessee · Up to $20K (tiered annual caps) · Status: verify (Annual fall window)
Who: communities/orgs with a CWPP
State grant funding hazard fuel mitigation, community education, and emergency planning for Tennessee communities with a CWPP.
Apply / details · Official source
TN Certified Burn Manager Program
Tennessee Division of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Tennessee · Varies (training + certification) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: landowners and practitioners
A state course that trains and certifies prescribed burn managers with a three-year credential through classroom and field instruction.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Virginia Community Hazard Mitigation Grant
Virginia Department of Forestry — State · Community Preparedness · VA
Virginia · Up to $9,999 (80/20 match) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: at-risk communities pursuing Firewise
Provides 80-20 matching grants to at-risk communities for fuel removal, defensible space, and community wildfire assessments.
Apply / details · Official source
Certified Prescribed Burn Managers Program (VA)
Virginia Department of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Virginia · Varies (3-day training) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: landowners, managers, contractors
A voluntary three-day training on fire behavior, environmental effects, and smoke management that certifies managers to conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Community Grant
Minnesota DNR — State · Community Preparedness · MN
Minnesota · Varies (50% match) · Status: verify (Jun 30 (annual))
Who: Fire districts, cities, counties, HOAs, nonprofits
Cost-share grants help WUI communities become Firewise USA sites through assessment, planning, defensible-space mitigation and education.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Homeowner Resources
Minnesota DNR — State · Defensible Space · MN
Minnesota · Free (no cost) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
Minnesota DNR provides free Firewise guidance and a handbook to help WUI homeowners create defensible space and survive wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Communities Recognition (Alaska)
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection — Local · Community Preparedness · AK
Alaska · Recognition + cost-share (project-based) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: at-risk WUI communities
Alaska helps WUI communities earn Firewise USA recognition through a CWPP, a Firewise board, and annual mitigation projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Western WUI Grant
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AK
Alaska · Cost-share (project-based) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: WUI communities and landowners
Western WUI funds hazardous-fuels reduction and shaded fuel breaks in and around at-risk Alaska communities via landowner cost-share.
Apply / details · Official source
Hawaii Wildfire Community Risk Reduction Grant
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · HI
Hawaii · Up to $300K (25% match) · Status: verify (Apr 20 (annual))
Who: Nonprofits, community associations, government
HWMO grants fund hazardous-fuels reduction, defensible space, fuel breaks, and wildfire prevention planning across Hawaiian communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Site Program (Hawaii)
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization — Local · Community Preparedness · HI
Hawaii · Free (free assessments) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Neighborhoods of 8 to 2,500 dwellings
HWMO offers free hazard assessments, action-plan support, and county specialist guidance to help Hawaii communities earn Firewise USA status.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Community Mitigation Cost-Share (Hawaii)
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization — Local · Defensible Space · HI
Hawaii · Cost-share (project-based) · Status: verify (Jan 15 (Intent))
Who: Recognized or in-process Firewise communities
Cost-share funding for vegetation management, defensible space, home hardening, and preparedness projects for Hawaii Firewise communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Fuels Management Cost-Share
Nebraska Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Nebraska · Up to 75% (cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Forest landowners in CWPP areas
Nebraska pays up to 75 percent for landowner fuels-treatment work like ladder-fuel removal, thinning, chipping, and prescribed burning.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal & Firewise
Kansas Forest Service — State · Home Hardening · KS
Kansas · Free (online tool) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners and property owners
Kansas offers a wildfire risk portal and Firewise resources guiding homeowners to reduce risk and harden homes around their property.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Program (North Dakota)
North Dakota Forest Service — Local · Defensible Space · ND
North Dakota · Free (no cost) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners and communities
NDFS provides Firewise USA resources helping homeowners and communities cut wildfire risk by creating defensible space.
Apply / details · Official source
North Florida Prescribed Burn Association
North Florida Prescribed Burn Association (501c3), seeded by FWC Landowner Assistance — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
North Florida (multi-county), FL · $100 / 3 yrs (Membership fee) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners in North Florida
Landowner cooperative offering peer burn crews, shared equipment, and support toward Certified Prescribed Burn Manager status in North Florida.
Apply / details · Official source
Southwest Georgia Prescribed Burn Association
Tall Timbers Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Southwest Georgia, GA · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners in SW Georgia service area
Tall Timbers-affiliated group providing education and cooperative prescribed fire for landowners across southwest Georgia.
Apply / details · Official source
Savannah River Prescribed Burn Association
Savannah River Prescribed Burn Association — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
17 counties incl Chatham and Bulloch, GA · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners in the Savannah River region
Regional association promoting safe use of prescribed fire across the Savannah River watershed counties of east Georgia.
Apply / details · Official source
Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association
Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association (501c3) — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
22-county central Alabama · $100 / 3 yrs (Membership dues) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Central Alabama landowners; no cert required
Nonprofit pooling volunteer crews and burn trailers so even small-acreage Alabama landowners can safely conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Arkansas Prescribed Fire Association
Arkansas Prescribed Fire Association (501c3) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide hub for local AR PBAs · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners via affiliated local PBAs
Statewide nonprofit supporting a network of local prescribed burn associations that help Arkansas landowners burn for habitat and fuel reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Piedmont Prescribed Burn Association
Piedmont PBA with Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
13 Piedmont counties incl Iredell and Rowan, NC · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners, farmers, community members
Association coordinating burn planning, firebreak help, equipment, and trained crews for landowners across the North Carolina Piedmont.
Apply / details · Official source
Down East Prescribed Burn Association
Down East Prescribed Burn Association — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Pitt, Beaufort, Craven, Carteret counties, NC · Free to join (NC Certified Burner course $25) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Eastern NC landowners and fire practitioners
Eastern North Carolina association offering on-site burn planning help and a path to becoming an NC Certified Burner.
Apply / details · Official source
Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association
Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
NC Sandhills: Moore, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland counties · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners restoring longleaf in the NC Sandhills
Neighbor-helping-neighbor burn association providing peer crews and know-how to restore longleaf and manage fire on private Sandhills land.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association
Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, NC · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private forest landowners and professionals
Mountain-region association providing prescribed fire education and landowner support across the Southern Blue Ridge.
Apply / details · Official source
Southwest Louisiana Prescribed Burn Association
Southwest Louisiana PBA (Louisiana Forestry Association partners) — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
West central Louisiana · Varies (Dues not published) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners in west central Louisiana
Landowner burn cooperative helping west central Louisiana members share resources to conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
West Central Georgia Prescribed Fire Cooperative
Georgia Forestry Commission with NFWF and partners — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
12 west-central GA fall-line counties incl Muscogee and Talbot · $10-25/acre, $4,500 cap (Per-acre reimbursement) · Status: open (Cost-share window ~Jan-Mar)
Who: Private landowners (free association membership)
Regional cooperative reimbursing landowners for prescribed burns and renting stocked burn trailers across a dozen west-central Georgia counties.
Apply / details · Official source
FARMS Program
Southwest Florida Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
Southwest Florida WMD region, FL · Up to 75% (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Agricultural growers implementing approved BMPs
Agricultural cost-share reimbursement program funding conservation and land-management best practices on farmland across the Southwest Florida district.
Apply / details · Official source
Districtwide Agricultural Cost-Share Program
St. Johns River Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
St. Johns River WMD region, FL · Up to 75%, $250k/yr cap (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Farmers, growers, and ranchers in the district
Program reimbursing growers for land and water projects that conserve water and reduce runoff on agricultural property.
Apply / details · Official source
Jackson Blue and Chipola Springs Ag Cost-Share
Northwest Florida Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
Jackson and Calhoun counties, FL · Up to 75%, $100k max (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Producers enrolled in FDACS BMPs in springs area
Program funding irrigation, nutrient, cover-crop, and livestock land-management practices for farms in the Jackson Blue and Chipola springs areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Agricultural Cost-Share Program
Suwannee River Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
Suwannee River WMD region (15 counties), FL · Varies (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Farmers and ag operations in the district
Program helping farmers implement irrigation efficiency, water conservation, and land-management projects on agricultural land.
Apply / details · Official source
Dispersed Water Management Program
South Florida Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
South Florida WMD region, FL · Varies (Cost-share or easement) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Public, private, and tribal landowners and ranchers
Program paying landowners and ranchers to retain stormwater on their land for flood control and environmental benefit.
Apply / details · Official source
Cooperative Funding Initiative
Southwest Florida Water Management District — State · Planning · FL
Southwest Florida WMD region, FL · Up to 50% match (Cost-share with match) · Status: open (Oct 3 (FY2027))
Who: Local governments and private entities
Initiative sharing up to half the cost of local water-resource, conservation, and land-management projects across the Southwest Florida district.
Apply / details · Official source
ARCD FireWise Community Mitigation Program
Appalachian RC&D Council with TN Division of Forestry — Local · Community Preparedness · TN
Northeast TN (multi-county), TN · Up to $20,000 (Per community, 100% reimbursement) · Status: verify (Verify (historically August))
Who: Firewise communities with a CWPP
Appalachian RC&D helps northeast Tennessee Firewise communities fund brush clearing, chippers, fuel breaks, and access improvements through reimbursement grants.
Apply / details · Official source
Jekyll Island Firewise and Wildfire Mitigation Program
Jekyll Island Authority — Local · Community Preparedness · GA
Jekyll Island, GA · Varies (Risk assessments; no homeowner cash) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Jekyll Island leaseholders and residents
A Firewise USA community since 2009, the authority provides property risk assessments plus prescribed fire and fuel reduction across the island.
Apply / details · Official source
Carolina Land and Lakes Wildfire Resilience Program
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D via USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant — Local · Planning · NC
Western NC (multi-county) and tribal lands, NC · Varies (Grant-funded, free to communities) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: WNC communities, counties, tribes, HOAs
RC&D council developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans and delivering Firewise education to western North Carolina communities using a federal defense grant.
Apply / details · Official source
Chestatee-Chattahoochee Georgia Firewise Program
Chestatee-Chattahoochee RC&D — Local · Community Preparedness · GA
North Georgia (multi-county), GA · Varies (Education and coordination) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: North Georgia neighborhoods and communities
North Georgia RC&D council helping neighborhoods organize as Firewise USA sites and reduce wildfire risk through assessments and field days.
Apply / details · Official source
Sarasota County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Sarasota County (USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Local · Planning · FL
Sarasota County, FL · $250,000 (CWDG award to county) · Status: closed (Closed (awarded))
Who: County-wide, benefits WUI residents
Sarasota County received a Community Wildfire Defense Grant to develop a countywide protection plan guiding local WUI risk reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
City of Jacksonville Community Wildfire Protection Plan
City of Jacksonville (USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Local · Planning · FL
Jacksonville, FL · $250,000 (CWDG award to city) · Status: closed (Closed (awarded))
Who: City-wide, benefits WUI residents
The City of Jacksonville received a Community Wildfire Defense Grant to develop a citywide wildfire protection plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Camden County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Camden County Board of Commissioners (USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Local · Planning · GA
Camden County, GA · $210,000 (CWDG award to county) · Status: closed (Closed (awarded))
Who: County-wide, benefits WUI residents
Camden County received a Community Wildfire Defense Grant to build a comprehensive protection plan for its wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Southeast (9-state longleaf range) · $250k-$2M (Grant award range) · Status: verify (Annual (full proposals ~late Jan))
Who: Nonprofits, governments, universities
Competitive grants that restore longleaf pine habitat and expand prescribed burning across the historical longleaf range in the Southeast.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Assistance Program
The Longleaf Alliance — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Southeast (multi-state longleaf range) · Varies (Technical help and cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
The Longleaf Alliance connects landowners to technical help and cost-share for prescribed fire, thinning, and longleaf restoration.
Apply / details · Official source
Georgia Sentinel Landscape Prescribed Fire Program
USDA NRCS and DoD via The Longleaf Alliance — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Coastal and west-central Georgia (50-plus counties) · Varies (Per-acre cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify (annual sign-up))
Who: Private landowners in the Sentinel Landscape
Landscape-partnership cost-share funding prescribed burns, firebreaks, and burn plans near military installations and gopher tortoise habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
America's Longleaf Local Implementation Teams
America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative — State · Planning · GA
Southeast (18 teams across nine states) · Varies (Coordination and referral) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners and partner organizations
Regional partnership whose Local Implementation Teams coordinate prescribed fire and steer landowners to cost-share and technical assistance.
Apply / details · Official source
Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Program
Alabama Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide, AL · Varies (Certification course) · Status: verify (Revised course opening 2026)
Who: Landowners and managers who conduct burns
State certification course training landowners and managers to plan and safely conduct prescribed burns for fuels and forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
AFC Prescribed Burning Landowner Services
Alabama Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide, AL · $25-35/acre, $1,500 min (Service fee per acre) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Alabama forest landowners
AFC crews provide fee-based site-preparation and understory prescribed burns to reduce hazardous fuels on private forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Burning Short Course
Mississippi Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Statewide, MS · $275 (Training fee) · Status: verify (Verify course dates)
Who: Anyone seeking MS Certified Burn Manager status
One- or three-day course preparing participants to write burn plans and become certified prescribed burn managers in Mississippi.
Apply / details · Official source
SFA Hazardous Fuels Mitigation Grant
Mississippi Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · MS
Statewide, MS · Varies (Fuels mitigation assistance) · Status: verify (Rolling, verify with area forester)
Who: WUI private landowners on qualifying property
State-administered grant reducing hazardous fuels in the wildland-urban interface with Firewise and Fire Adapted Community components.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Communities Program
Mississippi Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · MS
Statewide, MS · Varies (Education and coordination) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners and communities in the WUI
MFC-coordinated Firewise program helping communities assess wildfire risk and reduce fuels through free workshops and field days.
Apply / details · Official source
Fire on the Forty
Mississippi Dept of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Selected priority counties, MS · Up to 75% (Cost-share reimbursement) · Status: closed (2026 cycle ran May-Jun; reopens each spring)
Who: Private landowners in selected counties, ranked competitively
State cost-share reimbursing private Mississippi landowners for much of the cost of prescribed burns that benefit wildlife habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
Louisiana Certified Prescribed Burner Program
Louisiana Dept of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Statewide, LA · Varies (Certification program) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Foresters, land managers, and landowners
State program certifying prescribed burners who complete training and follow smoke management guidelines for forestry and wildlife burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Arkansas Qualified Prescribed Burner Program
Arkansas Dept of Agriculture, Forestry Division — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide, AR · Varies (Certification program) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Individuals who conduct prescribed burns
State certification for individuals to conduct prescribed burns, requiring training, an exam, and periodic refreshers.
Apply / details · Official source
Arkansas Firewise USA Program
Arkansas Dept of Agriculture, Forestry Division — State · Community Preparedness · AR
Statewide, AR · $3,500 yr1, $1,000 renewal (Mitigation grant) · Status: rolling (Rolling; renewals due Oct 1)
Who: Fire departments and WUI communities
Firewise USA program providing grants to fire departments for wildfire mitigation equipment and community risk reduction in the WUI.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grants
Florida Forest Service / FDACS (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Fire Department Grants · FL
Rural communities (population 10,000 or less) · Cost-share (50/50) (Matching grant) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
Federally funded 50/50 matching grants to rural and volunteer fire departments for training, protective gear and wildland firefighting equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) & Firefighter Property (FFP) Program
Florida Forest Service / FDACS (USDA Forest Service / DoD surplus) — State · Fire Department Grants · FL
Statewide · Free / loaned (Loaned equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
Federal excess and DoD surplus property such as trucks and equipment loaned or transferred to rural fire departments for wildland firefighting.
Apply / details · Official source
Florida Urban and Community Forestry Grants
Florida Forest Service / FDACS (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Community Preparedness · FL
Statewide · Cost-share (50/50 match) (Matching grant) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, tribal governments, schools
Matching grants to expand and manage community tree canopy, including reforestation, invasive control and urban forest management planning.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Assistance and Prevention Program
Florida Forest Service / FDACS (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Northern Florida counties within the SPB range · Cost-share (Cost-share per acre + thinning incentive) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Cost-share for prescribed burning, mechanical underbrush treatment and longleaf/slash pine planting, plus incentives to thin overstocked stands and reduce beetle risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Florida's Future Forests Program (FFFP)
Florida Forest Service / FDACS — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Cost-share (Cost-share per acre) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Non-industrial private landowners, local governments, nonprofits
Cost-share for tree establishment on 10-250 acres: site preparation including prescribed burning, planting, and longleaf/slash/loblolly/sand pine seedlings.
Apply / details · Official source
Enhancing Gulf Waters (RESTORE) Landowner Incentive Program
Florida Forest Service / FDACS (RESTORE Act funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Priority Gulf watersheds (northwest/panhandle Florida) · Cost-share (Cost-share per acre) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Non-industrial private landowners, local governments, nonprofits
Cost-share for reforestation, prescribed burning, first thinning and mechanical/chemical underbrush treatment on 10-250 acres in priority Gulf watersheds.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Florida (Forestry & Fuels Practices)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Cost-share (up to ~75-90%) (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; fiscal-year ranking cutoffs vary (verify))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for Florida forest landowners to install forest-health practices including Forest Stand Improvement (666), Brush Management (314) and Tree/Shrub Establishment (612).
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Florida
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Annual payments (min $4,000/yr) (Annual payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking dates (verify))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS program paying Florida agricultural and forest landowners to maintain and enhance conservation and habitat activities on working lands, minimum $4,000/year.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program - Florida
USDA Forest Service (State, Private & Tribal Forestry) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide (competitive; recent FL longleaf & Apalachicola-region awards) · Varies (recent FL awards $77K-$600K) (Per project) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: State forestry agency, tribes, nonprofits, universities, partnerships
Competitive federal grants for landscape forest restoration and health in Florida, e.g. increasing longleaf pine resilience and Apalachicola-region collaborative restoration.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program
USDA Forest Service (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) — Federal · Community Preparedness · FL
Statewide (at-risk communities eligible; FL awardees include Jacksonville & Sarasota Co.) · Up to $250K (plans); up to $10M (projects) (Per project) · Status: verify (Periodic competitive rounds (verify))
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state/local governments
Federal grants helping at-risk communities, including in Florida, develop wildfire protection plans and carry out hazardous-fuel reduction and mitigation projects.
Apply / details · Official source
USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program - Florida
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial & free technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Year-round (agreements typically finalized in summer))
Who: Private landowners, tribes, non-federal partners
USFWS provides voluntary financial and free technical assistance to Florida private landowners for habitat restoration, including longleaf pine and prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Working Lands for Wildlife - Northern Bobwhite (Pine Savanna), Florida
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Cost-share (EQIP financial + technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Year-round with periodic ranking cutoffs (verify))
Who: Private agricultural producers and landowners
NRCS delivers EQIP cost-share to Florida landowners restoring pine savanna habitat for bobwhite, using prescribed fire and pine management.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative - Florida
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
North Florida / longleaf range · Cost-share (EQIP financial + technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking periods (verify))
Who: Private agricultural producers and landowners
NRCS technical and financial assistance to Florida landowners to establish and manage longleaf pine, including prescribed burning and stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Florida Forest Stewardship Program
Florida Forest Service & UF/IFAS (with FWC, NRCS) — State · Planning · FL
Statewide · Free (Free management plan; cost-share gateway) · Status: rolling (Ongoing enrollment)
Who: Private forest landowners owning 10+ acres (smaller parcels may combine)
Free multi-agency 10-year management plan for private forest landowners, including prescribed fire, and a gateway to state and federal cost-share programs.
Apply / details · Official source
FWC Landowner Assistance Program (LAP)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide · Free (Free technical assistance & conservation plans) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Private landowners (farmers, ranchers, foresters); no acreage minimum
FWC private-lands biologists give free habitat management guidance and conservation plans, including prescribed burning, and connect landowners to implementation funding.
Apply / details · Official source
Tall Timbers Private Lands Cost-Share (RCPP - Big Bend/Red Hills)
Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy (with USDA-NRCS) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
North Florida / Big Bend & Red Hills (Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla & adjacent counties) · Cost-share (60-75% of practice cost) (Cost-share) · Status: verify (Enrollment periods vary (verify))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners and agricultural producers
Tall Timbers' NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program pays 60-75% of costs for prescribed fire, longleaf planting and forest stand improvement on private North Florida lands.
Apply / details · Official source
The Longleaf Alliance - Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Landowner Assistance
The Longleaf Alliance (via NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Florida Panhandle (Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership area) · Cost-share (Cost-share) · Status: verify (Rolling; contact GCPEP (verify))
Who: Private landowners restoring longleaf pine habitat
Provides Florida Panhandle private landowners assistance for longleaf restoration, prescribed burning and invasive control across the Gulf Coastal Plain partnership area.
Apply / details · Official source
The Longleaf Alliance Longleaf Planting Fund
The Longleaf Alliance (with partners) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Historic longleaf range (includes Florida) · Cost-share (Seedling funds) · Status: verify (Annual, Mar 1-Jun 1 (verify next cycle))
Who: Private landowners restoring longleaf pine
Provides longleaf pine seedling funding to private landowners to establish new longleaf stands; applications accepted March 1 through June 1 annually.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Statewide Florida (part of VA-to-TX longleaf range) · Varies (grants) (Per project) · Status: verify (Annual RFP (verify next cycle))
Who: Nonprofits, agencies, universities, Tribes delivering longleaf restoration
NFWF public-private grant fund supporting longleaf pine restoration and prescribed fire across the Southeast, including Florida, via project grants to organizations.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Landowners Association Longleaf Pine Cost-Share Program
Forest Landowners Association (NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Historic longleaf range (includes Florida) · $15-$50/acre ($50/ac planting; $15/ac managing existing stands) · Status: verify (Annual, ~May 15 (verify next cycle))
Who: Private landowners in the historic longleaf range
Cost-share for private landowners: $50/acre to plant longleaf and $15/acre to manage existing stands through prescribed fire, thinning and invasive control.
Apply / details · Official source
Quail Forever / Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Biologist - Florida
Quail Forever / Pheasants Forever (with USDA NRCS) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Florida (Quincy USDA Service Center area) · Free (Free technical assistance / cost-share access) · Status: rolling (Ongoing / rolling)
Who: Private landowners
Florida-based Farm Bill biologist offers free on-site help to private landowners planning habitat and prescribed fire and accessing NRCS bobwhite pine-savanna cost-share.
Apply / details · Official source
Seminole Tribe of Florida Prescribed Fire / Hazardous Fuels Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Seminole Tribe lands (Big Cypress & Brighton Reservations) · Free (BIA-funded) (Federally funded) · Status: rolling (Ongoing program)
Who: Seminole Tribe of Florida / tribal lands
BIA-funded hazardous fuels program supporting the Seminole Tribe's prescribed burning of thousands of acres yearly on Big Cypress and Brighton reservations.
Apply / details · Official source
Small Forestland Grant Program
Oregon Department of Forestry (SB 762 / state funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide; priority high-risk watersheds · $10,001–$300,000 (Per project) · Status: verify (Annual (verify); 2025 cycle closed Nov 24, 2025)
Who: Small forestland owners (up to 160 ac west / 640 ac east of Cascade crest); individuals, groups, tribes
Competitive grants for small forestland owners to reduce hazardous fuels; at least 75% of project costs must fund on-the-ground fuel-reduction treatments.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Resiliency Program (SB 762)
Oregon Department of Forestry (SB 762, 2021 state funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide; cross-boundary strategic landscapes, public and private forest/rangeland · $2M–$5M (Per project) · Status: verify (Between biennial cycles; verify current RFP)
Who: Collaborative multi-stakeholder partnerships
Funds landscape-scale wildfire risk reduction; at least 70% of funds go to on-ground treatment such as prescribed fire, thinning and mastication.
Apply / details · Official source
Western Bark Beetle Mitigation Cost-Share
Oregon Department of Forestry (USFS Pacific NW Region funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide (non-federal / private forestland) · Up to 100% of project costs (Full cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling; projects complete within 2 years)
Who: Owners of non-federal forestland (may include tribal fee lands)
Funds prevention and mitigation of bark beetle outbreaks: non-commercial thinning, removing stressed trees, slash management and climate-adapted replanting.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program Cost-Share
Oregon Department of Forestry (USFS Forest Stewardship funds) — State · Planning · OR
Statewide · Up to 75% (Cost-share %) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners with 10+ acres of rural forestland
Reimburses up to 75% of the cost to develop a multi-resource Forest Stewardship or Tree Farm plan addressing forest health and wildfire resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Forest Restoration (FFR) Program
Oregon Department of Forestry (grants via OWEB) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide; federal forestlands across Oregon's 11 national forests · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Local forest collaboratives working on USFS/BLM lands; technical-assistance partners
Grants and technical assistance to forest collaboratives to accelerate restoration and wildfire-risk reduction on federal forestlands in Oregon.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program
Oregon Department of Forestry (HB 4016, 2024) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
ODF-protected lands, statewide · Free (Liability claims coverage) · Status: rolling (Rolling enrollment)
Who: Landowners/practitioners conducting enrolled prescribed or cultural burns on ODF-protected land
State-backed claims fund covering certain losses from escaped enrolled prescribed and cultural burns, reducing liability barriers to burning.
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OSFM Defensible Space Incentive Program
Oregon State Fire Marshal — State · Defensible Space · OR
~50 select high wildfire-risk communities (e.g., Warm Springs, La Pine, Talent, Grants Pass, La Grande) · $250 (Reimbursement/gift card per property) · Status: verify (While supplies last (seasonal rounds))
Who: Homeowners and renters in eligible communities who complete a free assessment and required work
Pays residents in high-risk Oregon communities a $250 incentive plus a free defensible space assessment after completing qualifying wildfire-mitigation work.
Apply / details · Official source
OSFM Free Defensible Space Assessment
Oregon State Fire Marshal — State · Defensible Space · OR
Statewide (participating fire agencies) · Free (Free service) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Home and property owners
OSFM and partner fire agencies provide free defensible space assessments and technical assistance to help owners reduce home-ignition risk.
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OSFM Wildfire Season Staffing Grant
Oregon State Fire Marshal — State · Community Preparedness · OR
Statewide Oregon local fire agencies · Up to $35,000 (Per agency (annual)) · Status: verify (Annual; 2026 round closed April 12, 2026)
Who: Local fire agencies/districts with FDID or tribal ID
Annual grant funding seasonal firefighter staffing to keep wildfires small; priority to agencies with under $2M property-tax income.
Apply / details · Official source
OSFM Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant (Built Environment)
Oregon State Fire Marshal — State · Defensible Space · OR
Statewide Oregon · $50,000–$75,000 (Per award ($3M total pool)) · Status: verify (Prior round awarded Nov 2024; verify future rounds)
Who: Structural fire protection agencies, counties, cities
Competitive grants funding defensible space and community protection projects, with 70% of work within 100 ft of structures; 40 communities funded in first round.
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — Oregon
USDA Forest Service (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) — Federal · Community Preparedness · OR
At-risk Oregon communities; priority high-hazard, low-income, disaster-impacted · Varies ($250k planning / up to $10M implementation) · Status: verify (Between rounds; Round 3 closed Feb 2025)
Who: Communities, local governments, Tribes, HOAs, nonprofits (ODF assists OR applicants)
Federal competitive grants to create Community Wildfire Protection Plans and implement hazardous fuels mitigation projects in at-risk Oregon communities.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award — La Pine Wildfire Mitigation Project
USDA Forest Service (CWDG) — Federal · Community Preparedness · OR
Deschutes County (La Pine Rural Fire District) · $3,439,362 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: County government
CWDG award to reduce fuels, improve evacuation routes and boost wildfire preparedness in the La Pine Rural Fire District.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award — Douglas County Hazardous Fuels Reduction
USDA Forest Service (CWDG) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Douglas County · $6,124,970 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: County public works
CWDG award for roadside vegetation reduction across 117.5 miles, hazard-tree removal, and equipment to sustain fuels management in Douglas County.
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CWDG Award — Cave Junction / Illinois Valley Mira Fuels Project
USDA Forest Service (CWDG); Oregon Dept. of Forestry — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Josephine County (Cave Junction, Takilma, Illinois Valley) · $2,359,909 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: Oregon Department of Forestry (lead)
ODF-led CWDG award for ladder-fuel thinning, prescribed burns, landowner training and defensible space on 800+ acres in the Illinois Valley.
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CWDG Award — South Lane Wildfire Risk Reduction
USDA Forest Service (CWDG); Oregon Dept. of Forestry — Federal · Defensible Space · OR
Lane County (South Lane communities) · $2,624,890 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: Oregon Department of Forestry (lead)
ODF-led CWDG award funding private-land fuel reduction plus public education on defensible space in disadvantaged South Lane County communities.
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CWDG Award — Wildfire Ready Linn County
USDA Forest Service (CWDG) — Federal · Defensible Space · OR
Linn County (Sweet Home area) · $8,711,040 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District
Sweet Home Fire District CWDG award for strategic fuels management and expanded defensible space work for at-risk Linn County communities.
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CWDG Award — Wallowa Valley Resiliency Project
USDA Forest Service (CWDG) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Wallowa County · $5,252,344 (Grant award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded (Round 3, 2025))
Who: Wallowa County Soil and Water Conservation District
Wallowa County SWCD CWDG award for fuels treatments and defensible space on 2,800 acres, 350 acres of prescribed fire, and dry-hydrant installs.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — Oregon
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide (private ag and forest land) · Cost-share (Financial assistance after practice implementation) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; state ranking cutoffs)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for Oregon forest landowners implementing fuels and forest-health practices like prescribed burning, brush management and firebreaks.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) — Oregon
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide (incl. non-industrial private forestland) · Varies (Annual and maintenance payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranking periods)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS annual payments helping Oregon forest landowners maintain and enhance conservation, including forest-health and fuels-reduction practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership — Oregon
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Oregon (North Wasco All-Lands/Mt. Hood NF; Southern Blues/Malheur NF) · Varies (Project-level (e.g., $3.1M North Wasco, $2.0M Southern Blues)) · Status: rolling (Apply anytime; ranked at cutoff dates)
Who: Private forest owners & agricultural producers via NRCS programs
NRCS/USFS partnership funds thinning, prescribed burning and fuel treatments on private and national forest lands in targeted Oregon project areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program
USDA Forest Service, State, Private & Tribal Forestry — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Oregon (nonindustrial private & state forest land) · Up to 50% cost-share (Requires 1:1 non-federal match) · Status: verify (Annual cycle via state forestry agency)
Who: State/Tribal forestry agencies, local governments, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grants covering up to 50% of cross-boundary projects that cut wildfire risk and restore forest health on private and state lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) — Oregon
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Oregon (Deschutes, Lakeview Stewardship, Northern Blues, Rogue Basin, Southern Blues) · Up to 50% of implementation/monitoring costs (10 years of funding on National Forest System lands) · Status: verify (Periodic competitive selection)
Who: National forests with local collaborative partners
Congressionally funded program backing five Oregon collaboratives to restore fire-adapted forests through thinning, prescribed fire and monitoring.
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OWEB Restoration Grants
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Statewide Oregon · Varies (25% match required) · Status: open (2026-08-03)
Who: Tribes, watershed councils, SWCDs, nonprofits, schools, universities, local governments
State grants funding upland restoration including juniper removal, oak/forest health, invasive control and prescribed or cultural burns; open twice yearly.
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Cascadia Recovery Effort — Post-Fire Assistance (RCPP)
Sustainable Northwest (NRCS RCPP) — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · OR
Western Oregon (2020 Labor Day fire footprints) · Free (100% cost reimbursement up to NRCS rates, no landowner match) · Status: open (Rolling until 2027 or until funds committed)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners, tribes, HOAs, nonprofits
Fully reimburses non-industrial forest landowners for post-wildfire recovery within 2020 Labor Day burn footprints; no match, no minimum acreage.
Apply / details · Official source
UDRC Defensible Space Reimbursement Program
Upper Deschutes River Communities — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · OR
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, Deschutes County · Up to $500 (Reimbursement per household) · Status: verify (Seasonal rounds; Fall 2026 round opens Aug 1)
Who: Homeowners
Reimburses La Pine-area homeowners up to $500 for defensible-space work, rental equipment and home-hardening materials via seasonal application rounds.
Apply / details · Official source
UDRC Low-Income Senior & Disabled Defensible Space Program
Upper Deschutes River Communities — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · OR
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, Deschutes County · Free (Free assessment and fuels-reduction work) · Status: open (Rolling / ongoing)
Who: Low-income senior and disabled homeowners
Free wildfire fuels-reduction work and property assessments for low-income senior and disabled homeowners unable to hire contractors.
Apply / details · Official source
West Bear All-Lands Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Restoration Project — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Jackson County (Ashland–Medford–Jacksonville foothills) · Free (Grant-funded fuels-reduction work on private property) · Status: rolling (Ongoing landowner enrollment)
Who: Private landowners in project area
Nonprofit-led, grant-funded ecological fuels reduction on private land across the Ashland–Medford–Jacksonville landscape; landowners enrolled via outreach.
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Fall Fuel Reduction Grant Program
Deschutes County Forester — Local · Community Preparedness · OR
Deschutes County · Varies (~$70,000 pool per cycle) · Status: verify (Annual fall cycle (typically due September))
Who: Community/neighborhood groups (Firewise USA preferred)
County grants fund community-scale fuel reduction—roadside chipping, defensible space, equipment rental, debris disposal; Firewise communities prioritized.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Fuel Assistance
Glide Rural Fire Protection District / Glide Revitalization (OSFM grant) — Local · Defensible Space · OR
Glide / North Umpqua area, Douglas County · Free (Free assessments, contractor fuel reduction, chipping days) · Status: verify (Rolling while grant funds last)
Who: Homeowners in the district
OSFM-grant-funded free wildfire risk assessments, contractor-led limbing/brush/chipping and community chipping days for North Umpqua-area homeowners.
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Central Oregon Prescribed Burn Co-Op
Central Oregon Prescribed Burn Co-Op — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Deschutes County and neighboring Central Oregon · Free (Cooperative burn labor and shared equipment for members) · Status: verify (Ongoing membership enrollment)
Who: Member landowners
Prescribed-burn-association co-op providing member landowners cooperative burn support, shared knowledge and pooled equipment for responsible prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
EWEB Backup Power Program
Eugene Water & Electric Board — Utility · Community Preparedness · OR
EWEB electric service territory (Eugene area) · Up to $5,000 (Zero-interest loan) · Status: open (Rolling / ongoing)
Who: EWEB residential electric customers who own their property
Up to a $5,000 zero-interest loan for backup generators or battery storage; Holiday Farm Fire-affected customers get case-by-case flexibility.
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BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program — Oregon
Bureau of Indian Affairs — Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Tribal/reservation lands in Oregon (e.g., Warm Springs, CTUIR, Grand Ronde), WUI priority · Varies (Annual federal allocations (incl. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)) · Status: rolling (Rolling / annual allocations)
Who: Federally recognized tribes and BIA agency fuels programs
BIA funds hazardous fuels reduction on Oregon tribal lands via prescribed fire, thinning and mastication, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface.
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ReOregon Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program (HARP)
Oregon Housing and Community Services (HUD CDBG-DR) — State · Post-Fire Recovery · OR
8 counties: Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion · Varies (Repair/rebuild/replace grant) · Status: closed (Closed to new applications)
Who: Homeowners whose homes were damaged/destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day fires
CDBG-DR-funded program helping 2020 Labor Day fire survivors repair, rebuild or replace homes; now closed to new applications.
Apply / details · Official source
ReOregon Down Payment Assistance Program
Oregon Housing and Community Services (HUD CDBG-DR) — State · Post-Fire Recovery · OR
8 affected counties (Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion) · Varies (Down payment and closing-cost assistance) · Status: open (Rolling / accepting applications)
Who: 2020 Labor Day wildfire/wind-event survivors buying in the 8 counties
Helps 2020 wildfire survivors with down payment and closing costs to buy a home in the eight fire-affected counties; still accepting applications.
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Wildfire Ready Neighbors
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Defensible Space · WA
Statewide Washington · Free (Free service) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Washington residents / property owners
Free personalized Wildfire Ready Plan connecting residents with local wildfire experts to prioritize defensible-space and home-prep actions on their property.
Apply / details · Official source
Financial Assistance for Wildfire Resilience and Forest Health (Cost-Share)
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide Washington · Cost-share (Reimbursed to set cap) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Non-federal forestland owners with fewer than 5,000 forested acres
DNR shares the cost of thinning, pruning ladder fuels, prescribed burning, and stewardship planning to reduce wildfire risk on small private forestlands.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (WA DNR-administered)
USDA Forest Service (administered by WA DNR) — Federal · Community Preparedness · WA
WA communities in high/very-high wildfire hazard areas · Up to $250K plan / $10M project (Federal grant (max)) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Local governments, Tribes, nonprofits/HOAs, state forestry agencies
Federally funded, DNR-administered grants help at-risk WA communities and Tribes develop Community Wildfire Protection Plans and implement risk-reduction projects.
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Firewise USA Micro Grant
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Community Preparedness · WA
Statewide Washington · Up to $4,000 (Per community) · Status: verify (Annual rounds (verify next cycle))
Who: Active/prospective Firewise USA sites, local fire districts, and NGOs
Reimbursement micro-grants supporting Firewise USA sites with fuel reduction, chipping, community preparedness events, and mitigation-plan actions.
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Post-Fire Recovery Program
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Post-Fire Recovery · WA
WA watersheds/communities affected by recent wildfires · Varies (Reforestation grants) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Tribes, nonprofits, private landowners, local governments, state agencies
DNR program funds post-fire reforestation, seed collection, site prep, and watershed recovery on burned lands; awarded about $890,000 to five recipients in 2024.
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Prescribed Fire Program
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Central and eastern Washington dry forests · Varies (Per grant / free assistance) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Municipal & tribal governments, nonprofits, schools, special districts
Prescribed burn implementation, a Certified Burner Program, and a competitive grant supporting prescribed fire training, implementation, and burn associations.
Apply / details · Official source
20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan (Central & Eastern WA)
WA Department of Natural Resources — State · Planning · WA
Central and eastern Washington (45 priority planning areas) · Varies (Program funding) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: All lands/all hands: federal, tribal, state, and private landowners
Statewide strategy to restore 1.25M acres via thinning and prescribed fire, driving DNR cost-share, competitive collaborative grants, and federal partnerships.
Apply / details · Official source
Good Neighbor Authority / Federal Lands Program
WA Department of Natural Resources (with USFS/BLM) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
National forest & BLM lands across Washington · Varies (Program funding) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: DNR and local contractors performing restoration on federal lands
Agreements letting DNR hire local firms for watershed and forest restoration on USFS/BLM lands, reducing wildfire risk and building forest resilience.
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Wildfire Response, Forest Restoration & Community Resilience Account (HB 1168)
WA Department of Natural Resources / WA Legislature — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide Washington · Up to $125M/biennium authorized (Account/biennium) · Status: rolling (Rolling (biennial appropriation))
Who: Funds DNR wildfire, forest health, and community resilience programs
The 2021 HB 1168 account funding wildfire preparedness/response, forest restoration, and community resilience work, tracked publicly via the 1168 dashboard.
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Firewise USA Program (Chelan County)
Cascadia Conservation District — Local · Community Preparedness · WA
Chelan County · Varies (Grant support) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners and communities in Chelan County
District and DNR help Chelan County neighbors organize under Firewise USA, get guidance, and pursue grant funding for community wildfire mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
Fuel Break & Forest Resilience Partnership (RCPP)
Cascadia Conservation District / USDA NRCS — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Upper Wenatchee Valley, Chelan County · Cost-share (Financial + technical) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Landowners in Upper Wenatchee Valley
RCPP with NRCS provides financial and technical assistance to plan and implement fuel-break and forest-resilience practices; competitive signups via local NRCS.
Apply / details · Official source
Roving Chipper Program
Cascadia Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Chelan County · Free (Free chipping) · Status: rolling (Seasonal (spring/fall) - verify)
Who: Chelan County residents; neighborhood groups (8+ properties) prioritized
Free wood-chipping for Chelan County residents to reduce yard fuels, up to 10 cubic yards per landowner; runs spring and fall as funding allows.
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Firewise & Home Ignition Zone Program
Spokane Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Spokane County · Free + Cost-share (Free assessment + cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Spokane County residents near forest/undeveloped natural areas
Free forester Firewise/Home Ignition Zone assessments plus cost-share to reduce hazardous fuels and harden homes (0-5 ft zone) in Spokane County.
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Forests & Wildfire Program
Okanogan Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Okanogan County · Free / Cost-share (Free assessment + cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners and communities in Okanogan County
Free home and property wildfire risk assessments, Firewise community help, and cost-share funding to reduce fuels and harden homes in Okanogan County.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Cost-Share Program
Okanogan Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Okanogan County (incl. Methow Valley) · Cost-share (50/50, 75/25, or 100%) (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Okanogan County landowners (pre-approval required)
Cost-share funding for eligible conservation projects at 50/50, 75/25, or 100% rates depending on funding source; landowners must get pre-approval.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildland Fire / Fuels Reduction Program
Kittitas County Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Kittitas County · Free / Cost-share (Free assessment + cost-share) · Status: rolling (Annual (verify))
Who: Landowners throughout Kittitas County
Free home wildfire-risk assessments and annual cost-share for improvements, delivered with DNR and local fire districts under the Firewise USA framework.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Resilience Program
Underwood Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Skamania & western Klickitat counties · Free (Free assessment + chipping) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Residents of Skamania and western Klickitat County
Free Wildfire Resilience Assessments and free mobile chipping (approx. 200 ft around homes); larger projects may qualify for DNR/NRCS cost-share.
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Forest Health & Wildfire Resiliency Cost-Share
Pend Oreille Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Pend Oreille County · Up to 75% (Cost-share %) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Forest landowners in Pend Oreille County
Reimburses up to 75% of project cost for thinning, pruning, slash treatment and fuels reduction, paired with a forester assessment and conservation plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Program (North Yakima)
North Yakima Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Highway 410/12 corridors, Yakima County · Free (Free assessment + chipping) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners in the Hwy 410 and 12 corridors of Yakima County
Free property wildfire assessments and no-cost professional chipping of debris; landowners do the clearing to create defensible space around structures.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Home Assessment Program
Ferry Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WA
Ferry County · Free (Free assessment) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Ferry County landowners (subject to funding)
Offers free home wildfire assessments and defensible-space recommendations to Ferry County residents when annual funding is available; verify current status.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Health & Community Wildfire Resiliency (CWR) Program
Washington State Conservation Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide WA (delivered via conservation districts) · Varies (Grants + incentives) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Conservation districts, which deliver assessments/incentive funding to landowners
Funds conservation districts to deliver forest stewardship plans, fire-risk assessments, incentive funding for treatments, and Firewise/FAC support to landowners.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG: Reducing Hazardous Fuel Conditions within the Yakama Indian Reservation
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Yakama Indian Reservation · $9,672,839 (Award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY25)
Who: Columbia Land Trust
FY25 CWDG award to Columbia Land Trust to reduce hazardous fuel conditions and wildfire risk on the Yakama Indian Reservation.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG: Okanogan County Electric Cooperative Vegetation Management and Fuels Reduction
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Okanogan County · $4,210,310 (Award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY25)
Who: Okanogan County Electric Cooperative
FY25 CWDG award for vegetation management and hazardous fuels reduction along utility corridors in Okanogan County, Washington.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG: Spokane County Wildfire Education and Prevention Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WA
Spokane County · $9,258,647 (Award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY25)
Who: Spokane Conservation District
FY25 CWDG award to Spokane Conservation District for wildfire education, prevention, and community preparedness across Spokane County.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG: Wildfire Resilience in Spokane Valley, Washington
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WA
Spokane Valley · $5,500,194 (Award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY25)
Who: Spokane Valley Fire Department
FY25 CWDG award to Spokane Valley Fire Department to build community wildfire resilience in the Spokane Valley, Washington.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Washington
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide · Cost-share (Cost-share %) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS Washington EQIP funds conservation practices including fuels/forestry work such as prescribed burning, brush management, firebreaks, and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Washington
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide · Varies (Per acre/year) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Agricultural producers, non-industrial private forest landowners, Tribes
NRCS Washington CSP pays landowners to maintain and enhance conservation on working lands, including private forestland and fuels/forest-health management.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership — Washington
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide (eligible landscapes) · Varies (Project award) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Partnerships; private landowners assisted via NRCS EQIP
NRCS/USFS partnership funds cross-boundary forest restoration to reduce wildfire threat and protect watersheds on public and private lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs': All Lands, All Hands - Washington East Cascades
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
East Cascades / Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest area · $7,352,318 (Award) · Status: closed (Completed (2016-2018))
Who: 30-organization partnership; private landowners via EQIP
Joint Chiefs project restored 13,383 acres of dry ponderosa pine forest in Washington's East Cascades, reducing wildfire risk to ~11,500 structures.
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Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide (non-industrial private/rural state forestland) · Cost-share (50% non-federal match) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: State forestry agencies, local governments, Tribes, nonprofits, universities
USFS competitive grants fund collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes addressing wildfire risk; requires 50% non-federal match.
Apply / details · Official source
LSR: Colville-Little Spokane River Landscape (Northeast Washington)
USDA Forest Service / WA DNR — Federal · Planning · WA
Northeast Washington (Colville / Little Spokane River) · Varies (Project grant) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: WA DNR and forestry partners; private forest landowners
USFS LSR-funded landscape plan accelerating forest stewardship planning and restoration across Northeast Washington's Colville-Little Spokane River area.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) — Washington
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide (National Forest System lands) · Cost-share (Up to 50%) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: National Forests and collaborative partners
USFS program funds 10-year, landscape-scale collaborative restoration using thinning, prescribed fire, and timber harvest to improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
CFLRP: Northeastern Washington Forest Vision 2020 (Colville National Forest)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Colville National Forest, Northeast Washington · Varies (Project funding) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Colville National Forest & Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition partners
CFLRP-funded collaborative landscape restoration on the Colville National Forest, reducing wildfire risk while supporting forest health and rural economies.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program — Washington
DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Tribal lands statewide · Varies (Project funding) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Federally recognized Tribes / tribal lands via BIA regional offices
BIA program funds hazardous fuels reduction on tribal lands using prescribed fire and mechanical treatments, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Request Financial Assistance (Defensible Space & Forest Health)
Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · WA
Chelan County (Leavenworth, Chumstick Valley, Wenatchee area) · Cost-share (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Non-federal forestland owners in the Wenatchee/Leavenworth area
Coalition connects landowners to funded assistance (DNR cost-share, Cascadia CD cost-share, roving chipper) for defensible space and forest thinning.
Apply / details · Official source
Washington Prescribed Burn Associations Network
Washington Prescribed Burn Associations (WAPBA) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide WA (local chapters) · Free/Varies (Shared equipment & labor) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners/community members via local PBA membership
Network of local prescribed burn associations pooling equipment, people, and training so members can burn their own property and help neighbors.
Apply / details · Official source
Mt. Adams Prescribed Burn Association
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
South-central WA (Mt. Adams area, Klickitat/Yakima) · Free (members) (Equipment loan + assist) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: PBA members / landowners in the Mt. Adams area
Local PBA provides a shared equipment trailer for members, site visits, burn-plan templates, and permitting support for landowner prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Fire Adapted Community Trout Lake (FACT)
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · WA
Trout Lake Valley, Klickitat County · Free (Free service + materials) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Trout Lake Valley residents
Free home wildfire assessments, chipping, ember-screening/gutter guards, a grant-funded defensible-space crew day, and river-rock installation for residents.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Burn Associations & Community Wildfire Resilience Support
Washington Resource Conservation & Development (WRCD) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide WA · Varies (Tech assist + funding) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Local leaders/landowners starting or joining PBAs; wildfire collaboratives
Supports formation of prescribed burn associations statewide with technical assistance, mentorship, financial assistance, CWPP help, and fiscal sponsorship.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Forests Program
WA Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Statewide WA · Up to $3M per project (Up to $3M/project) · Status: verify (Annual (verify))
Who: Cities/counties, special districts, PDAs, tribes, nonprofit conservation orgs, state agencies
Grants to acquire/conserve working community forests, including safeguarding against climate change and supporting forest-health resilience; 15% match required.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program
Montana DNRC Forestry Division — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Statewide (nonindustrial private forest landowners) · Varies (Technical help + grants) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Private forest landowners & communities
Gives Montana private forest landowners technical assistance plus grants to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health on nonindustrial forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Grant
Montana DNRC (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Nonfederal land within a single-day burn window of National Forest treatment units · Varies (Cost-share grant) · Status: rolling (Open/revolving)
Who: Landowners, local govts, tribes, nonprofits, districts
Funds fuel-reduction treatments on nonfederal land adjacent to National Forest units to cut wildfire risk near planned federal projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant
Montana DNRC (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · MT
Rural communities of 10,000 or fewer · Cost-share (50/50 matching grant) · Status: verify (Annual (late January))
Who: Rural / volunteer fire departments
Provides 50/50 matching grants so rural volunteer fire departments can buy wildland training, protective gear, water handling and radio equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Montana Forest Action Plan Implementation Grant
Montana DNRC — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Forest Action Plan priority focus areas statewide · $50,000-$500,000 (Competitive grant) · Status: closed (Next offering TBD (no FY2026 awards))
Who: Nonprofits, local govts, tribes, private landowners
Competitive cross-boundary grants ($50K single-party to $500K multi-party) fund projects that reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health in priority areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Good Neighbor Authority (GNA)
Montana DNRC / USDA Forest Service & BLM — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Federal forest lands across Montana · Varies (Timber-revenue funded restoration) · Status: open (Ongoing)
Who: Federal-land restoration projects via DNRC
State-federal partnership reinvesting timber-sale revenue into forest restoration that reduces fuels and wildfire threats; 54,000+ acres treated in Montana.
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DNRC Service Forester Assistance
Montana DNRC Forestry Assistance Bureau — State · Defensible Space · MT
Statewide (15 service foresters) · Free (Free technical service) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Private landowners
Free one-on-one consultations help landowners create defensible space, reduce fire hazards, plan treatments and find cost-share grant programs.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program — Montana
USDA Forest Service (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) — Federal · Community Preparedness · MT
At-risk Montana communities · Cost-share (10% CWPP / 25% implementation match; waivers for tribes/underserved) · Status: verify (Annual NOFO (prior round closed Mar 2025))
Who: Local govts, tribes, nonprofits, state forestry
Competitive federal program funds Community Wildfire Protection Plans and hazardous fuels reduction on non-federal lands in fire-prone communities.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award - Missoula County
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · MT
Missoula County, MT · $6,194,566 (Total across 3 CWDG awards (2024-2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Missoula County
Missoula County won CWDG funding for wildfire-adapted land-use planning, home retrofits, fuels reduction and a CWPP update targeting low-income areas.
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CWDG Award - Park County
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · MT
Park County, MT · $250,000 (CWDG award (2024)) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Park County
Park County received CWDG funding to revise its Community Wildfire Protection Plan and identify wildfire risk-reduction strategies.
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CWDG Award - Sanders County (via MT DNRC)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · MT
Sanders County, MT · $120,501 (CWDG award (2024)) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Montana DNRC
Montana DNRC received CWDG funding to update and modernize the Sanders County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — Montana
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Statewide, MT · Cost-share (Per NRCS payment schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous (periodic ranking dates))
Who: Producers & nonindustrial private forest landowners
NRCS EQIP cost-shares fuels/forestry practices in Montana such as brush management (314), firebreak (394), prescribed burning (338) and stand improvement (666).
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Blackfoot River Valley Landscape Mosaic
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Blackfoot River Valley, MT · Cost-share (EQIP financial assistance) · Status: verify (2026-2028 (contact local NRCS))
Who: Private & tribal landowners in project area
Joint Chiefs partnership (2026-2028) funds thinning, hazardous fuel treatments and fire breaks via EQIP on private/tribal land in the Blackfoot River Valley.
Apply / details · Official source
Central Bull Mountains Wildfire Fuels Reduction TIP
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Musselshell County (Central Bull Mountains), MT · Cost-share (EQIP cost-share) · Status: verify (Through FY2027 (last ranking Jan 15, 2026))
Who: Private landowners in the TIP area
EQIP Targeted Implementation Plan cost-sharing forest stand improvement, brush management and woody residue treatment to cut wildfire fuels in Musselshell County.
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Kirby Area Forestry Management TIP
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Big Horn County (Kirby Area), MT · Cost-share (EQIP cost-share) · Status: verify (Through FY2027 (last ranking Jan 15, 2026))
Who: Private landowners in the TIP area
EQIP TIP cost-sharing forest stand improvement (666), brush management (314) and woody residue treatment on rangeland and grazed forest near Kirby, MT.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Fuels Reduction - Libby & Flathead
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Lincoln County (Libby) & Flathead County, MT · Cost-share (EQIP financial assistance) · Status: verify (Contact local NRCS service center)
Who: Private forest landowners in project areas
Joint Chiefs project funds non-commercial thinning, fuel breaks and pile burning via EQIP to protect the Libby and Kalispell wildland-urban interface.
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Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grants — Montana
USDA Forest Service State, Private & Tribal Forestry — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Nonindustrial private and state forest land in rural Montana · Cost-share (Pays up to 50%; 50% non-federal match) · Status: verify (Via State Forester/Regional office)
Who: State forestry (DNRC), tribes, local govts, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grants fund cross-boundary forest health and wildfire risk reduction on rural private/state land, paying up to 50% with a 50% non-federal match.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration - Southwestern Crown of the Continent
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Flathead, Lolo, and Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forests, MT · Cost-share (Up to 50% of implementation/monitoring on NFS lands) · Status: verify (Congressional selection cycles)
Who: Forest Service units & collaborative partners
CFLRP funds thinning, prescribed fire and watershed restoration to reduce wildfire risk across Montana's Southwestern Crown of the Continent landscape.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy - Kootenai Complex Priority Landscape
USDA Forest Service (BIL/IRA funding) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Kootenai National Forest, NW Montana (Trego, Eureka, Libby, Troy, Fortine) · Varies (BIL/IRA-funded agency treatments) · Status: verify (Agency-implemented (ongoing))
Who: USFS; local fuels-reduction contractors
National Wildfire Crisis Strategy priority landscape in NW Montana where USFS accelerates mechanical thinning and fuels reduction near at-risk communities.
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BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program — Montana
Bureau of Indian Affairs — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
MT reservations (CSKT/Flathead, Blackfeet, Crow, N. Cheyenne, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck) · Varies (Federally funded) · Status: verify (Varies (via BIA agency/tribal forestry))
Who: Federally recognized tribes / BIA trust lands
BIA-funded program paying for prescribed fire, thinning and mechanical fuels reduction on tribal trust lands, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program — Montana
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MT
Statewide · Cost-share (Up to 75% federal cost-share) · Status: verify (Post-disaster (contact MT NRCS))
Who: Conservation districts, tribes, local govts (sponsors)
NRCS EWP funds emergency post-fire watershed recovery such as debris removal and erosion control through up to 75% cost-share to local sponsors.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — Montana
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MT
Statewide · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share) · Status: verify (Post-disaster sign-up (via local FSA office))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
FSA EFRP provides up to 75% cost-share to private forest landowners to restore wildfire-damaged forest land, including site prep, replanting and debris removal.
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Wildfire Ready Missoula County
Missoula County OEM / United Way of Missoula County — Local · Defensible Space · MT
Missoula County (wildland-urban interface) · Up to $1,900/acre (Up to 75% cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
Missoula County pays up to 75% (up to $1,900/acre) for home-ignition-zone fuels reduction, plus a free on-site wildfire risk assessment.
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Bitter Root RC&D Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
Bitter Root Resource Conservation & Development — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Missoula, Mineral & Ravalli counties (WUI) · Cost-share (Cost-share grants + technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Accepted year-round)
Who: Private landowners & community groups
Provides cost-share grants and technical help for hazardous fuels reduction and defensible space on private WUI land in Missoula, Mineral and Ravalli counties.
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Blackfoot Challenge Forestry / Fuel Mitigation Assistance
Blackfoot Challenge — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Blackfoot watershed, MT · Cost-share (Grant funding + hands-on assistance) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: Private forest landowners
Supports private forest landowners in the Blackfoot watershed with grant funding and technical assistance for hazardous fuels reduction and forest health.
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Clearwater Resource Council Fuels Mitigation Program
Clearwater Resource Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Seeley Lake / Clearwater watershed, MT · Cost-share (Grant-funded projects (low/no cost to owner)) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: Private landowners
Secures grant funding and manages hazardous fuels reduction projects on private land in the Seeley Lake/Clearwater watershed at low or no cost to landowners.
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Tri-County FireSafe Working Group Risk Reduction
Tri-County FireSafe Working Group — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · MT
Lewis & Clark / Tri-County area, MT · Free / Cost-share (Free assessments + grant-funded work) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: Private landowners
Offers free private-property wildfire risk assessments and grant-funded hazardous fuels removal and defensible-space work in the Lewis & Clark County area.
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Flathead Forestry Assistance Program
Montana West Economic Development / MT DNRC — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · MT
Flathead County, MT · Cost-share (DNRC-partnered cost-share) · Status: open (Funding available now (some areas))
Who: Private landowners
DNRC-partnered cost-share helps Flathead County landowners create defensible space and reduce hazardous fuels; $1.4M served 84 landowners in 2024.
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Glacier Gateway Community Wildfire Defense Grant
Flathead Electric Cooperative / Montana West Economic Development — Utility · Defensible Space · MT
Columbia Falls, Hungry Horse, Martin City, Coram, West Glacier, MT · Cost-share (Free assessment + reimbursement) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
CWDG-funded program via Flathead Electric provides free forester assessments and reimbursement for defensible space and fuels work in Glacier Gateway communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Idaho Hazard Fuels Reduction Grants
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho (non-federal, non-industrial forest lands) · Varies (Grant, no match) · Status: verify (Annual RFP (fall/winter; last cycle closed Mar 31, 2026))
Who: State/county/local agencies, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tribes, schools
State grants fund hazardous fuel reduction treatments on non-federal forest lands near federal projects; open to agencies, nonprofits and tribes, not individuals.
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Western State Fire Managers WUI Grant
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Defensible Space · ID
Idaho (WUI priority areas) · Varies (Grant) · Status: verify (Annual RFP (late winter/early spring))
Who: State/county/local agencies, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tribes, schools
Funds hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space, and wildfire planning/education in the Wildland Urban Interface across Idaho.
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Private Forest Protection, Resilience & Restoration Assistance (PRRA)
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho (priority landscape areas) · $30,000–$250,000 (Grant) · Status: verify (Annual (last cycle closed Apr 17, 2026))
Who: State/county/local agencies, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tribes, schools
Competitive grants for science-based forest restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and post-fire reclamation on private forest landscapes.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Fire Capacity Grants (Volunteer Fire Assistance)
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Fire Department Grants · ID
Idaho (rural communities under 10,000) · Varies (Cost-share grant) · Status: rolling (Contact regional Area Fire Warden)
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
Federally funded, state-administered cost-share grants helping rural and volunteer fire departments buy equipment and build wildfire response capacity.
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Urban & Community Forestry (UCF) Grants — Idaho
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Community Preparedness · ID
Idaho (statewide) · $10,000–$100,000 (Grant, no match) · Status: verify (Annual (last cycle closed May 8, 2026))
Who: City/county governments, tribes, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public schools
Funds tree inventories, risk management, planting, removal and training to build resilient community forests; reimbursement basis, no match required.
Apply / details · Official source
Forestry After Wildfire Landowner Assistance
Idaho Department of Lands — State · Post-Fire Recovery · ID
Idaho (statewide) · Free (Free technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Private forest landowners affected by wildfire
IDL Private Forestry Specialists provide free post-fire site visits, reforestation advice, and connect burned landowners to NRCS EQIP cost-share funds.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Idaho
USDA Forest Service (IIJA) via Idaho Dept. of Lands — Federal · Community Preparedness · ID
At-risk communities statewide (non-federal lands) · Varies (Competitive grant) · Status: verify (Periodic national application cycles)
Who: Local governments, tribes, nonprofits/HOAs, state forestry agencies
IIJA-funded USFS grant, supported in Idaho by IDL, helping at-risk communities plan for and mitigate wildfire on non-federal lands via CWPPs and fuels work.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award – City of Pocatello Portneuf Valley Wildfire Risk Reduction
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Bannock County / Portneuf Valley (SE Idaho) · $4,836,555 (Awarded) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025 (Round Three))
Who: City of Pocatello
CWDG award to Pocatello for hazardous fuel removal on city and private WUI properties, defensible space treatments, staff training and community outreach.
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CWDG Award – IDL Shoshone I-90 Hazardous Fuels Project
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Shoshone County / I-90 corridor (Idaho Panhandle) · $7,500,000 (Awarded) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025 (Round Three))
Who: Idaho Department of Lands
CWDG award funding 1,275 acres of fuel reduction—thinning ladder fuels, fuel breaks, defensible space—on private lands along the I-90 evacuation corridor.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Idaho
USDA NRCS Idaho — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho (statewide) · Varies (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Ag producers, non-industrial private forest landowners, tribes
NRCS cost-share for wildfire-relevant practices—prescribed burning (338), brush management (314), firebreak (394), forest stand improvement (666)—on Idaho lands.
Apply / details · Official source
The Cheatgrass Challenge – Idaho (EQIP)
USDA NRCS Idaho — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho sagebrush rangelands (statewide) · Varies (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; check local NRCS office)
Who: Agricultural producers, ranchers, rangeland managers
EQIP-funded NRCS effort providing cost-share for fine fuels reduction and perennial grass restoration to break the cheatgrass-fire cycle on sagebrush rangelands.
Apply / details · Official source
Sage Grouse Initiative – Idaho (EQIP)
USDA NRCS Idaho — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho sagebrush country (statewide) · Varies (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; periodic funding rounds)
Who: Ranchers/farm operators owning or leasing eligible land
EQIP cost-share for invasive conifer removal, fuel breaks and habitat work that reduces catastrophic wildfire risk in Idaho sage-grouse range.
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Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership – North Idaho Highway 95
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Bonner, Boundary & Kootenai counties (Idaho Panhandle) · $1,076,300 (FY24 award) · Status: rolling (Landowner sign-ups via local NRCS office)
Who: Private forest landowners via NRCS; partners across land ownerships
NRCS/USFS Joint Chiefs project funding hazardous fuels mitigation and forest health across high-risk acres to build a fire-resilient North Idaho landscape.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership – South Teton Valley Hazardous Fuels Removal
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Bonneville & Teton counties; Caribou-Targhee NF area · $636,000 (FY23 award) · Status: rolling (Landowner sign-ups via local NRCS office)
Who: Private/forest landowners via NRCS agreements plus Forest Service lands
FY23 Joint Chiefs project reducing crown-fire risk and restoring fire-resistant forest in the WUI through hazardous fuels removal near Teton Valley.
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USFS Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grants – Idaho
USDA Forest Service (State & Private Forestry) via Idaho Dept. of Lands — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho (priority forest landscapes) · Varies (Competitive, 50% match) · Status: verify (Annual; announced fall/winter, due late winter/spring)
Who: State/local agencies, tribes, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grant, run through IDL, funding collaborative science-based restoration on non-federal forestland to cut wildfire risk and improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
CFLRP – Weiser-Little Salmon Headwaters
USDA Forest Service (Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Payette National Forest, west-central Idaho · $850,000 (3-yr continuation) · Status: closed (Ongoing selected landscape; no open application)
Who: Payette National Forest with collaborative partners
Long-running CFLRP landscape on the Payette NF funding vegetation management and hazardous fuel treatment; treated ~170,000 acres in its first decade.
Apply / details · Official source
CFLRP – West Central Idaho Initiative
USDA Forest Service (Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Boise & Payette NFs; 2.3M acres, Boise to New Meadows · Varies (10-yr landscape) · Status: closed (Selected 10-year landscape; no open application)
Who: Boise & Payette National Forests with community collaboratives
Newly selected 10-year CFLRP landscape reducing wildfire risk to communities across west-central Idaho via logging, thinning and prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Southwest Idaho Wildfire Crisis Landscape Project
USDA Forest Service (Confronting the Wildfire Crisis Strategy / BIL) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Boise & Payette NFs plus adjacent lands; 1.7M acres, SW Idaho · Varies (BIL/IRA funded) · Status: closed (Ongoing 5-7 year initiative; no open application)
Who: USDA Forest Service (implemented on NFS lands)
One of ten initial Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscapes; treats ~230,000 NFS acres via thinning, prescribed burns and reforestation to protect communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Southwest Idaho Wildfire Resilience Cost-Share Fund (RCPP)
USDA NRCS / National Forest Foundation with Idaho Power, IDL, BLM — Federal · Defensible Space · ID
Southwest Idaho (Boise & Valley counties; up to 10,000 acres private forestland) · $20.7M (grant); $47.8M with match (Cost-share) · Status: rolling (Spring 2025–Spring 2031; enroll via NFF/partners)
Who: Private, non-industrial forest landowners (via NFF)
NRCS-funded, NFF-administered cost-share giving SW Idaho private landowners technical and financial help for vegetation removal and community wildfire resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Valley County Firewise Cost-Share Grants
Valley County Wildfire Mitigation (Title III Secure Rural Schools funds) — Local · Defensible Space · ID
Valley County, Idaho · $500–$2,500 (50/50 cost-share) · Status: verify (Annual, opens Feb 1, due Apr 15)
Who: Private landowners and community entities
Valley County reimburses landowners 50/50 (typically $500–$2,500) for defensible-space work: thinning, ladder-fuel and brush removal, chipping and hauling.
Apply / details · Official source
Valley County Hazard Fuels Reduction Grant Program
Valley County (state/federal hazardous fuels funds) — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Valley County, Idaho (grant boundary areas) · Varies (90/10 cost-share) · Status: rolling (Ongoing outreach during grant cycles)
Who: Private landowners in high-risk grant boundaries
County-administered grant covers up to 90% (sometimes 100%) of non-commercial thinning and ladder-fuel treatment on private land in defined high-risk boundaries.
Apply / details · Official source
BonFire Hazardous Fuels Program
Bonner County Emergency Management (federal grants) — Local · Defensible Space · ID
Bonner County, Idaho (WUI grant areas) · Varies (Funded assistance) · Status: verify (Rolling by grant area availability)
Who: Private property owners in WUI grant areas
Federally funded county program assists WUI property owners with hazardous-fuel removal—pruning, brush cutting, thinning—with a 10-year maintenance commitment.
Apply / details · Official source
FireSmart Fuels Reduction Program
Kootenai County (federal grants) — Local · Defensible Space · ID
Kootenai County, Idaho (WUI grant areas) · Varies (Funded assistance) · Status: verify (Rolling by grant funding availability)
Who: Qualifying WUI property owners
Kootenai County pays for initial hazardous-fuel treatment on qualifying properties used as fuel breaks, plus free assessments; participants commit to 10-year maintenance.
Apply / details · Official source
Twin Lakes FireSmart Program
Twin Lakes Improvement Association (federal grants) — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · ID
Twin Lakes area, Kootenai County, Idaho · Varies (Funded assistance) · Status: verify (Rolling by grant funding availability)
Who: Qualifying property owners in defined areas
Community association program offers free property assessments and grant-funded contracted mitigation work for qualifying Twin Lakes-area homes in defined funding areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Ada Fire Adapted Neighborhood Chipping Program
City of Boise Fire & Parks and Recreation Departments — Local · Defensible Space · ID
City of Boise, Ada County, Idaho (WUI neighborhoods) · Free (Free service) · Status: verify (Seasonal; sign-up required)
Who: Boise residents in wildfire-risk neighborhoods
Free curbside chipping of defensible-space branches (up to 12 in. dia.) for Boise WUI residents who sign up in advance; removes hazardous fuels at no cost.
Apply / details · Official source
AAA/CSAA Wildfire Defense Discount — Idaho
CSAA Insurance Group (AAA insurer) — Insurer · Home Hardening · ID
Idaho (covered service areas) · Up to ~15% premium credit (Insurance discount) · Status: verify (Rolling (at policy issuance/renewal))
Who: CSAA/AAA homeowners policyholders
AAA/CSAA homeowners policyholders earn premium discounts for defensible space, hardened roof/vents/windows, and Firewise USA or IBHS Prepared Home certification.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Health Grant Program
Wyoming State Forestry Division — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Statewide · Cost-share (State cost-share (HB 78, 2026); guidelines/application posted) · Status: verify (Annual cycle; confirm next window)
Who: Conservation districts, nonprofits, government entities (private land treated via partners)
State-funded cost-share grants for forest health and hazardous-fuels work that reduces wildfire risk and improves watershed, habitat and forest resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grants — Wyoming
Wyoming State Forestry Division / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Fire Department Grants · WY
Rural communities of 10,000 or fewer residents · Cost-share (50% reimbursement; 50% applicant match) · Status: verify (Annual; confirm current window)
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
Federal Cooperative Forestry funds, administered by WSFD, reimburse rural fire departments 50% of costs for wildland firefighting equipment and training.
Apply / details · Official source
State Fire Assistance (SFA) Grants — Wyoming
Wyoming State Forestry Division / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WY
Statewide · Varies (Annual WY allocation across projects) · Status: verify (As funds are made available)
Who: Communities and fire organizations
Federally funded, WSFD-administered assistance supporting wildfire readiness, suppression capacity and hazardous-fuels work across Wyoming.
Apply / details · Official source
Western States Wildland Urban Interface (WSWUI) Grant
Wyoming State Forestry Division / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Defensible Space · WY
Wildland Urban Interface communities · Up to $300,000 per project (Up to $300,000; 50/50 match) · Status: verify (Last cycle closed Dec 20, 2024; confirm next window)
Who: WUI communities and local entities
Cost-share grants for hazardous-fuel reduction, WUI assessment, education and planning in Wyoming's wildland urban interface; up to $300,000 with a 50/50 match.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazardous Fuels Grant (CAFA/Stevens)
Wyoming State Forestry Division / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Non-federal lands adjacent to National Forest System lands · Up to $250,000 per proposal (Up to $250,000) · Status: verify (Confirm current window)
Who: Entities treating non-federal lands bordering National Forest
USFS-funded grant via WSFD to reduce hazardous fuels on non-federal lands adjacent to National Forest, complementing federal treatments; up to $250,000.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — Wyoming
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WY
At-risk communities and Tribes statewide · Varies (5-year, $1B national program; project amounts vary) · Status: verify (Federal competitive cycles; confirm next window)
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, and local entities
IIJA-funded competitive grants supporting Community Wildfire Protection Plans and hazardous-fuels projects for at-risk communities and Tribes, including in Wyoming.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award — Park County CWPP Update
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · WY
Park County, WY · $138,500 ($138,500 grant award) · Status: closed (FY25 award announced Sept 2025)
Who: Wyoming State Forestry Division
Community Wildfire Defense Grant to update Park County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan with current vegetation, wildfire history and mitigation priorities.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program — Wyoming
Wyoming State Forestry Division — State · Planning · WY
Statewide (private forest landowners) · Free (Free technical/planning assistance) · Status: rolling (Ongoing (subject to forester availability))
Who: Private non-industrial forest landowners
Free professional forestry planning and technical assistance for private landowners, including forest health and wildfire-risk management guidance.
Apply / details · Official source
Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) — Wyoming
Wyoming State Forestry Division — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
USFS and BLM lands in Wyoming · Varies (Funded via master agreements/timber receipts) · Status: rolling (Ongoing under master agreements)
Who: State agencies delivering restoration; benefits adjacent communities
Lets WSFD partner with USFS and BLM to accelerate hazardous-fuels reduction and forest restoration on federal lands protecting Wyoming communities and watersheds.
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Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership — Valleys & Headwaters
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Carbon & Albany counties; Medicine Bow-Routt NF · $2,853,032 (FY22 project funding) · Status: verify (Landowner sign-up via local NRCS ranking periods)
Who: Valleys & Headwaters Landscape Restoration Partnership; landowners via NRCS
Uses prescribed fire, mechanical fuels treatment and timber harvest across federal, state and private lands to protect southeast Wyoming water supplies.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — Wyoming
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Statewide (ag land and private forestland) · Cost-share (Practice cost-share; advance payment for some producers) · Status: rolling (Continuous; periodic ranking cutoffs at local NRCS office)
Who: Agricultural producers and private forest landowners
Cost-share for conservation practices addressing rangeland, forest and habitat resource concerns, including fuels and vegetation management; applications accepted year-round.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) — Wyoming
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Statewide (rangeland, pasture, private forestland) · Varies (Annual stewardship payments (5-year contracts)) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked in specific periods)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
Payments to enhance existing conservation on rangeland and private forestland via 5-year contracts, supporting resilience and vegetation/fuels management.
Apply / details · Official source
Sage Grouse Initiative (Working Lands for Wildlife) — Wyoming
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Wyoming sagebrush rangelands · Cost-share (EQIP-funded practice cost-share; free technical assistance) · Status: rolling (Apply through EQIP during local NRCS ranking periods)
Who: Private ranchers and landowners
Funds conifer removal, prescribed grazing and invasive-grass (cheatgrass) control to reduce fuels and conserve sage grouse habitat, delivered via EQIP.
Apply / details · Official source
EQIP Wildfire Disaster Relief — Wyoming
USDA NRCS Wyoming — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WY
Statewide; 2024 fire-affected private lands · $4,000,000 (Oct 2024 EQIP allocation for fire recovery) · Status: open (Accepted year-round; processing resumed March 24, 2025)
Who: Producers/ranchers with 2024 wildfire losses
$4M in EQIP funds for post-fire recovery on private lands affected by Wyoming's 2024 wildfires; applications accepted year-round through local USDA Service Centers.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
Teton Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · WY
Teton County, WY · Cost-share (Up to 50% match, max $3,000; plus free site visits) · Status: open (First-come while funds last; site visits Apr 15-Oct 15)
Who: Private landowners with structures or building permits
Free wildfire risk site visits plus up to 50% reimbursement (max $3,000) for landowners who implement the district's vegetation-management recommendations.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grant Program — Wyoming
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WY
Statewide (rural private and state forest land) · Up to 50% cost-share (Competitive; 50% non-federal match) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle; confirm window)
Who: State/local governments, Tribes, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grants funding cross-boundary work on rural private and state forest land to reduce wildfire risk, protect watersheds and manage forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program — Wyoming
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WY
Statewide (via public sponsors) · Cost-share (Federal share up to 75% (90% in Limited Resource Areas)) · Status: rolling (No disaster declaration required; contact local service center)
Who: Public sponsors (counties, towns, districts, Tribes); landowners apply through a sponsor
Federal cost-share program relieving post-fire threats such as flooding and debris flows; accessed through an eligible public sponsor.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Prepared Home — Wyoming
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · WY
Statewide · Varies (Application/evaluation fee; designation used for insurance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Individual homeowners
Home-hardening certification (available in WY) that verifies wildfire mitigation to insurers, who may allow continued coverage or offer premium recognition.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program (Nevada)
USDA Forest Service (administered by Nevada Division of Forestry) — Federal · Planning · NV
Statewide Nevada · Up to $250K (CWPP); up to $10M (projects) (Up to $250K plan / $10M project) · Status: open (Verify)
Who: Local governments, tribes, nonprofits, HOAs
Funds Community Wildfire Protection Plans (10% match) and hazard mitigation projects (25% match) in at-risk Nevada communities via USFS CWDG.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award: Glenbrook Community Defensible Space Projects
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Defensible Space · NV
Glenbrook, Douglas County (Lake Tahoe), NV · $2,979,732 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (CWDG Round 3))
Who: Glenbrook Homeowners Association
CWDG award funding fuel breaks, defensible space, and evacuation route improvements for the Glenbrook community at Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
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CWDG Award: Upper Kingsbury Fire Adapted Community
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NV
Kingsbury/Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, NV · $1,422,870 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (CWDG Round 3))
Who: Nevada Tahoe Conservation District
CWDG award to Nevada Tahoe Conservation District for defensible space and fire-adapted community work in Upper Kingsbury at Lake Tahoe.
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CWDG Award: Duck Creek Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Duck Creek Basin, NV · $3,021,500 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (CWDG Round 2))
Who: Nevada Division of Forestry
CWDG award to Nevada Division of Forestry for hazardous fuels reduction and community education in the Duck Creek Basin.
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CWDG Award: Lander County CWPP
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · NV
Lander County, NV · $225,000 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (CWDG Round 2))
Who: Lander County
CWDG award funding development of a new Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Lander County, Nevada.
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CWDG Award: Storey County CWPP Update and Modernization
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · NV
Storey County, NV · $185,850 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (CWDG Round 2))
Who: Storey County
CWDG award to update and modernize Storey County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
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Nevada Forest Health Improvement Grants
Nevada Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Statewide Nevada · Cost-share (50:50 reimbursable cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Private forest landowners with 5+ acres of native trees
Reimbursable 50:50 cost-share sub-grants help Nevada landowners treat insect and disease problems through best-practice vegetation management.
Apply / details · Official source
Western States Hazardous Fuels / Community Protection Grants
Nevada Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Statewide Nevada (WUI) · Cost-share (Competitive cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: State/local agencies, tribes, nonprofits, HOAs, schools
Competitive grants fund hazardous fuels reduction, fire-adapted ecosystem restoration, WUI risk assessment, and planning across Nevada.
Apply / details · Official source
State Fire Assistance Program (Nevada)
USDA Forest Service (via Nevada Division of Forestry) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
All 17 Nevada counties · Cost-share (Competitive grant funds) · Status: rolling (Solicited annually (verify))
Who: Cooperators, local agencies, community applicants
Annual competitive funds for WUI prevention, hazardous fuel reduction, defensible space, and fire-adapted ecosystem restoration in Nevada.
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Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant (Nevada)
USDA Forest Service (administered by Nevada Division of Forestry) — Federal · Fire Department Grants · NV
Rural Nevada communities under 10,000 population · Cost-share (Cost-share grant) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Rural and tribal volunteer fire departments
Federal cost-share grants help rural and tribal volunteer fire departments in communities under 10,000 build wildland firefighting capacity.
Apply / details · Official source
Nevada Forest Stewardship Program
Nevada Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service supported) — State · Planning · NV
Nonfederal lands statewide Nevada · Free (Free technical assistance / plans) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Nonfederal landowners with 2+ acres
Free NDF technical assistance and 10-year stewardship plans covering restoration, post-wildfire rehab, and access to fuels cost-share funding.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Nevada
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Statewide NV (private ag/forest land) · Cost-share (Practice-based financial assistance) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; NV ranking dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS EQIP in Nevada cost-shares fuels/rangeland practices such as brush management, herbaceous weed treatment, prescribed grazing, and range planting.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Santa Rosa-Paradise
USDA Forest Service & NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Humboldt County (Humboldt-Toiyabe NF), NV · Varies (FS + NRCS landscape investment) · Status: closed (Selected FY2022)
Who: Producers/landowners near NFS lands via NRCS; FS on federal land
Joint Chiefs project in Nevada's Santa Rosa-Paradise sagebrush landscape funding invasive annual grass removal, reseeding, and fuel breaks.
Apply / details · Official source
Fire Defensible Space Rebate Program
Nevada Tahoe Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Upper Kingsbury, Douglas County (Lake Tahoe), NV · Cost-share (Up to 50%, max $5,000) · Status: open (Rolling; agreement expires 3 months after signing)
Who: Homeowners
Reimburses Upper Kingsbury homeowners up to 50% of defensible space work, max $5,000, after a fire district inspection and competitive bids.
Apply / details · Official source
Rebates for Defensible Space Mitigation
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Incline Village / Crystal Bay, Washoe County, NV · Cost-share (Up to 50%, max $1,000) · Status: rolling (Verify)
Who: Property owners
NLTFPD reimburses up to 50% (max $1,000) of defensible space work using a certified district contractor, after an initial inspection.
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Defensible Space Inspection & Curbside Chipping
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Incline Village / Crystal Bay, Washoe County, NV · Free (Free inspections and curbside chipping) · Status: open (Seasonal; 2026 requests open May 4, 2026)
Who: Residents
NLTFPD offers free defensible space inspections and curbside chipping for Incline Village and Crystal Bay residents to reduce wildfire fuels.
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Curbside Chipping Program (Tahoe Douglas)
Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Zephyr Cove & Stateline, Douglas County, NV · Free (Free curbside chipping (limbs up to 6 in.)) · Status: open (Seasonal: June 14 - Oct 31, 2026)
Who: Residents
Free curbside chipping for Zephyr Cove and Stateline residents; branch piles up to 6 inches placed curbside are chipped on request.
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Defensible Space Evaluations (Tahoe Douglas)
Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Zephyr Cove & Stateline, Douglas County, NV · Free (Free on-site evaluation) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners
TDFPD provides free on-site defensible space evaluations with Nevada-law-compliant documentation usable for insurance, plus tree removal permit help.
Apply / details · Official source
Curbside Chipping Program (Truckee Meadows)
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Washoe County (Reno-Sparks / Washoe Valley), NV · Free (Free curbside chipping (up to 8 in.)) · Status: verify (Seasonal (spring/fall cycles))
Who: Disabled, low-income, and elderly residents
Free curbside chipping for disabled, low-income, and elderly Washoe County residents who cannot reach drop-off sites; seasonal cycles.
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Wildland Fuels Division: Free Inspections & Green Waste Program
Carson City Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · NV
Carson City, NV · Free (Free inspections; grant-funded green-waste disposal) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: WUI residents; Firewise communities
Carson City provides free defensible space inspections and grant-funded green-waste trailers/dumpsters at no cost for WUI and Firewise residents.
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Fire Adapted Communities Program (Tahoe RCD)
Tahoe Resource Conservation District — Local · Community Preparedness · NV
Lake Tahoe Basin (NV & CA sides) · Free (Grant-funded chipping & inspections) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Residents / neighborhoods
Tahoe RCD's Fire Adapted Communities program provides grant funding for curbside chipping and defensible space inspections across the Tahoe Basin.
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Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Intermountain West incl. Nevada rangelands · Cost-share (~$5M in 2025 RFP; 1:1 match encouraged) · Status: verify (Recurring - verify next cycle)
Who: Nonprofits, tribes, agencies, universities
NFWF grants for sagebrush restoration and invasive annual grass (cheatgrass) control across the Intermountain West, including Nevada rangelands.
Apply / details · Official source
Matching Awards Program (MAP) - Nevada
National Forest Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
National Forest lands incl. Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, NV · Varies (Competitive matching grant) · Status: open (Round 2 2026 deadline July 9, 2026)
Who: Nonprofits, tribal governments/orgs, universities
NFF competitive grants funding stewardship projects on National Forest lands, including Nevada's Humboldt-Toiyabe NF; open to nonprofits and tribes.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program - Nevada
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Tribal/Indian lands incl. Nevada tribes · Varies (Federal fuels-treatment funding via BIA) · Status: verify (Ongoing - via BIA regional office)
Who: Federally recognized tribes and BIA agencies
BIA program funding hazardous-fuels reduction (prescribed fire, thinning, mastication) on tribal lands, including Nevada tribes, to lower wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Sho-Pai Fire Management Program
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley (BIA-supported) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Duck Valley Indian Reservation (NV/ID) · Varies (BIA-supported fuels treatments & mitigation) · Status: verify (Ongoing - contact tribal Fire Management)
Who: Duck Valley Reservation lands and residents
BIA-supported tribal fire program running hazard-mitigation and fuels treatments (thinning, prescribed fire) on the Duck Valley Reservation.
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Wildfire Defense Discount (Nevada)
CSAA Insurance Group (AAA) — Insurer · Home Hardening · NV
Statewide (NV among listed states) · Up to 15% (Premium discount up to 15%) · Status: open (Ongoing)
Who: AAA/CSAA home and rental insurance customers
CSAA/AAA homeowners in Nevada earn premium discounts for defensible space and home hardening, including IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home or Firewise USA.
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Wildfire Prepared Home Designation - Nevada
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · NV
Statewide (NV is an available state) · Varies (Designation that unlocks insurer discounts) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Single-family homeowners completing mitigation steps
IBHS third-party designation, available in Nevada, verifies ember and home-hardening mitigations and is recognized by insurers offering wildfire discounts.
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Nevada
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NV
County-based (after disaster designation) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% limited-resource)) · Status: rolling (Per county disaster sign-up period)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with wildfire-damaged land
FSA cost-share (up to 75%) helping Nevada farmers and ranchers restore wildfire-damaged farmland: debris removal, fence repair, conservation measures.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Nevada
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NV
County-based (after disaster designation) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of approved practices) · Status: rolling (Per county disaster sign-up period)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share (up to 75%) for Nevada nonindustrial private forest landowners to restore forest health after wildfire and other natural disasters.
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Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - Nevada
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NV
Watershed/community-based via public sponsor · Cost-share (Federal share of costs; up to 90% in LRA) · Status: rolling (After qualifying disaster)
Who: Public sponsors (cities, counties, districts, tribes)
NRCS technical and financial assistance to relieve post-fire threats to life and property, including debris removal, streambank protection, revegetation.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Rehabilitation & Restoration Program
Nevada Division of Forestry — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NV
Statewide Nevada · Varies (Seed/plants and seed-drill leasing) · Status: rolling (None (contact NDF))
Who: Nevada landowners and partner agencies
Nevada Division of Forestry supplies seed, live plants, leasable seed drills, and manual/mechanical/aerial support to rehabilitate wildfire-damaged lands.
Apply / details · Official source
State Conservation Nurseries (Low-Cost Seedlings & Seedbank)
Nevada Division of Forestry — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NV
Statewide (Washoe and Las Vegas nurseries) · Varies (Low-cost native plants and seed) · Status: rolling (Seasonal sales (May and October))
Who: Private landowners and public agencies
Nevada's Washoe and Las Vegas conservation nurseries provide low-cost native plants and seed for rehabilitating wildfire-damaged lands and habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program - Utah
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands (USFS-funded) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide · Free (Free planning assistance) · Status: rolling (Ongoing (contact area forester))
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners with 10+ acres
Free technical help and written Forest Stewardship Plans for private landowners with 10+ acres to manage forest health, productivity, and wildfire resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Legacy Program - Utah
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands (USFS-funded) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide · Varies (Easement/land acquisition funds) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Private owners of environmentally important forest land
Federally funded program using conservation easements to protect environmentally important private working forests from conversion to non-forest uses.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildland-Urban Interface Prevention, Preparedness & Mitigation Fund (WUIPPM)
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands — State · Community Preparedness · UT
Wildland-urban interface areas statewide · Up to $1,000,000 per application (Up to $1M/applicant) · Status: verify (Dec 31 (per cycle); award notification temporarily suspended)
Who: Entities with FFSL cooperative agreements; state fire programs; fire departments (limited)
State fund for wildfire hazard reduction and forest restoration in the wildland-urban interface, up to $1M per applicant; award notifications currently suspended.
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Post-Fire Rehabilitation Grant - Utah
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands — State · Post-Fire Recovery · UT
State, private, and eligible federal lands statewide · Varies (State-forester discretion, project-based) · Status: rolling (Open year-round)
Who: Landowners and entities via FFSL area offices
Year-round funding for post-fire restoration on state, private, and eligible federal lands, evaluated by the Post-Wildfire Review Committee as requests arrive.
Apply / details · Official source
Utah Fire Department Assistance Grants (incl. Volunteer Fire Assistance)
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands (USFS-funded) — State · Fire Department Grants · UT
Rural/volunteer fire departments statewide · Cost-share (Reimbursement cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify (see 2026 grant timeline))
Who: Utah rural and volunteer fire departments
Technical and financial cost-share assistance to help Utah fire departments organize, train, and equip for safe wildfire response, including federal VFA funds.
Apply / details · Official source
Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) Project Funding
Utah Dept. of Natural Resources — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide (UT) · Cost-share (Partner-leveraged; project-based) · Status: rolling (Annual scoring; proposals due mid-January)
Who: Landowners, agencies, tribes, NGOs - anyone may propose
Utah's flagship partnership cost-share program funding watershed, rangeland and forest fuels reduction plus post-fire restoration statewide.
Apply / details · Official source
Utah Shared Stewardship Program
Utah DNR / FFSL with USDA Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Priority landscapes statewide (UT) · Varies (State appropriation matched by USFS) · Status: verify (Partner-nominated projects (no public application window))
Who: State/federal agencies and partners (implemented via WRI)
State-federal agreement channeling Utah appropriations (matched by USFS) into landscape-scale fuels and forest health work via WRI.
Apply / details · Official source
Utah Grazing Improvement Program (UGIP)
Utah Dept. of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide (UT) · Up to $200,000 (per project, cost-share) · Status: open (December 31)
Who: Livestock producers/ranchers grazing in Utah
Cost-share grants for rangeland vegetation treatments (incl. pinyon-juniper/sagebrush); co-funds many WRI rangeland fuels and post-fire projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program - Utah
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · UT
Statewide Utah · Up to $10M (project); $250K (planning) (Max per award) · Status: verify (Annual NOFO (verify current round))
Who: At-risk communities, tribes, nonprofits, local governments
Competitive USFS grants help at-risk communities plan for and reduce wildfire risk, funding CWPPs and hazardous fuels/defensible-space projects.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award: Moab Valley Fire Hazard Reduction (Rim to Rim Restoration)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Grand County / Moab · $5,213,146 (FY2024 award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 Round 2)
Who: Rim to Rim Restoration (nonprofit)
FY2024 CWDG award funding fuels mitigation, fuel breaks, vegetation monitoring and revegetation to reduce wildfire hazard in the Moab Valley.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award: Salt Lake City CWPP Update
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · UT
Salt Lake County · $239,050 (FY2024 award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 Round 2)
Who: Salt Lake City Fire Department
FY2024 CWDG award to update and rewrite Salt Lake City's Community Wildfire Protection Plan for improved wildfire preparedness.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award: Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians CWPP
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · UT
Shivwits Reservation · $73,172 (FY2024 award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 Round 2)
Who: Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indians
FY2024 CWDG award to update the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indians' Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award: Dammeron Valley Fuels Mitigation & Community Education
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Dammeron Valley, Washington County · $293,122 (FY2025 award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 Round 3)
Who: Utah FFSL / Dammeron Valley Fire & Rescue
FY2025 CWDG award providing chipper-truck fuel removal, community education and trained personnel to complement adjacent federal fuel treatments.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program - Utah
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide Utah (state/private/tribal forest land) · Up to 50% of project cost (Federal cost-share (50% match required)) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle via state forester)
Who: State forestry agencies, tribes, nonprofits, local governments, universities
Competitive grants for collaborative, science-based restoration on state/private forest land, including wildfire-risk reduction and watershed protection.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Utah
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
National Forest, state, tribal & private lands in Utah · Varies (3-year project funding) · Status: verify (Annual proposal cycle (local collaboration))
Who: Private/forest landowners, tribes, states via NRCS-FS partnerships
NRCS-Forest Service partnership funding hazardous fuel treatments, fire breaks and restoration across public and private lands to reduce wildfire threats.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Award: Vernal Municipal Watershed
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Ashley National Forest, Uintah County · $1,204,700 (FY2024 award) · Status: closed (Selected FY2024)
Who: Uintah Conservation District & partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs' project protecting Vernal-area water supplies via fuel breaks, meadow restoration, cheatgrass reduction and timber stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) - Utah
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Utah National Forest landscapes (eligible) · Varies (Up to 10-year landscape funding) · Status: verify (Periodic national call for proposals)
Who: Forest Service units with landscape collaboratives
Competitive program funding collaborative, landscape-scale restoration to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest and watershed health over up to 10 years.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Wasatch Priority Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (1.1M acres) · $18,250,000 (FY2023 investment (BIL/IRA)) · Status: verify (Agency-implemented investment)
Who: USDA Forest Service & partners
Designated Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscape; FY2023 funding treated 14,200 acres toward 105,000+ acres protecting watersheds for over 2 million people.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Pine Valley Priority Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Dixie National Forest (402,000 acres) · $6,915,000 (FY2023 investment (BIL/IRA)) · Status: verify (Agency-implemented investment)
Who: USDA Forest Service & partners
Designated Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscape on the Dixie NF; FY2023 funding treated 6,554 acres toward at least 43,500 acres of fuels reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) - Utah
FEMA (administered by Utah Division of Emergency Management) — Federal · Community Preparedness · UT
Statewide Utah · Typically 75% federal share (Post-disaster cost-share) · Status: rolling (Following presidential disaster declarations)
Who: State & local governments, tribes, certain nonprofits
Post-disaster FEMA grants, administered by Utah DEM, fund long-term mitigation including wildfire risk-reduction projects for governments and tribes.
Apply / details · Official source
BLM Fuels Management & Community Fire Assistance Program
U.S. Bureau of Land Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide Utah (bureau-wide) · $10,000 - $1,000,000 (Award range (per project)) · Status: closed (FY2025 cycle closed Aug 22, 2025; recurs annually)
Who: State/local governments, tribes, nonprofits, universities
BLM grants for vegetation/fuels reduction, WUI hazardous fuel treatment and wildfire prevention education; awards from $10K to $1M, applications via Grants.gov.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Utah
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide (UT) · Cost-share (Financial and technical assistance; rates vary by practice) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers, ranchers, and private/non-industrial forest landowners
NRCS Utah cost-share program funds fuels and fire practices including prescribed burning, brush management, firebreaks, forest stand improvement, and pinyon-juniper removal.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Utah
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Statewide (UT) · Cost-share (Annual stewardship payments over a 5-year contract) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with ranking periods)
Who: Producers/owners of cropland, rangeland, pasture, or non-industrial private forest
CSP pays Utah agricultural and forest landowners to maintain and enhance conservation, including rangeland and forest health activities that reduce fuels risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Sage Grouse Initiative / Working Lands for Wildlife - Utah
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Sage-grouse range (UT) · Cost-share (Funded through EQIP; rates vary by practice) · Status: rolling (Applied for via EQIP with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Private ranchers and landowners in sage-grouse habitat
SGI delivers EQIP cost-share across Western states including Utah for invasive conifer and pinyon-juniper removal, reducing fuels while restoring sagebrush habitat.
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Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program - Utah
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · UT
Statewide (UT) · Cost-share (Typically up to 75% federal cost-share to sponsors) · Status: verify (Activated after a disaster; contact NRCS Utah)
Who: Local government agencies, tribal organizations, and other eligible sponsors
EWP helps Utah communities recover after disasters, funding erosion control, debris removal, and reseeding of damaged areas, including post-fire watersheds.
Apply / details · Official source
Park City Fire District Free Wood Chipping Program
Park City Fire Service District — Local · Defensible Space · UT
Summit County / Park City, UT · Free (Free curbside chipping of slash piles) · Status: rolling (Seasonal (summer); register piles online when open)
Who: Residents within Park City Fire Service District boundaries
Park City Fire District chips residents' curbside slash piles for free each summer to reduce wildfire fuels; register each pile online.
Apply / details · Official source
Unified Fire Authority Free Wildfire Risk Home Assessments
Unified Fire Authority (UFA) Wildland Division — Local · Defensible Space · UT
Salt Lake County, UT · Free (Free on-site defensible-space/home assessment) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Homeowners in UFA jurisdiction
UFA's Wildland Division provides free wildfire-risk home assessments with defensible-space recommendations to residents across its Salt Lake County service area.
Apply / details · Official source
Unified Fire Authority Chipper Days
Unified Fire Authority (UFA) Wildland Division — Local · Community Preparedness · UT
Salt Lake County, UT · Free (Free community chipping events for high-risk neighborhoods) · Status: verify (Community-scheduled; contact UFA)
Who: High-risk communities within UFA jurisdiction
UFA hosts free Chipper Days for high-risk communities to dispose of cleared vegetation and reduce wildfire fuels; events are scheduled by neighborhood.
Apply / details · Official source
Wasatch Fire District Free Home Hazard Assessment
Wasatch Fire District — Local · Defensible Space · UT
Wasatch County, UT · Free (Free on-property inspection with mitigation recommendations) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Homeowners in Wasatch Fire District
Wasatch Fire District inspectors walk properties with owners and provide free wildfire mitigation recommendations to reduce home ignition risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Wasatch Fire District Fuels Reduction / Chipping Program
Wasatch Fire District — Local · Defensible Space · UT
Wasatch County, UT (incl. Hideout) · Free (Free chipping of cleared vegetation) · Status: verify (Seasonal (returns in spring/May); contact district)
Who: Residents in Wasatch Fire District
Wasatch Fire District runs a free seasonal fuels-reduction chipping program for residents, per the Town of Hideout; typically returns in May each year.
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BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program - Uintah & Ouray Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Uintah & Ouray Agency) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Uintah & Ouray Reservation (Ute Indian Tribe) · Varies (Federally funded tribal fuels program) · Status: verify (Ongoing (agency-administered))
Who: Tribal governments / tribal trust lands
Federal program funds hazardous fuels reduction via prescribed fire and mechanical treatments on tribal lands; the Uintah & Ouray Agency serves the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah.
Apply / details · Official source
AAA Wildfire Defense Discount (My Home Hardening Discount) - Utah
CSAA Insurance Group (AAA) — Insurer · Home Hardening · UT
Statewide · Up to 12.5% discount (Home insurance premium discount) · Status: open (Rolling at policy issue/renewal)
Who: AAA/CSAA home insurance policyholders
Home insurance premium discount (up to 12.5%) for policyholders who complete defensible space and home-hardening measures; available to AAA/CSAA customers in Utah.
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National Forest Foundation Matching Awards Program (MAP) - Utah
National Forest Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
National Forest System lands (incl. Utah) · Varies (Matching grant (1:1 match required)) · Status: verify (Twice-yearly rounds)
Who: Nonprofits, Tribal governments, universities
Twice-yearly matching grants to nonprofits, tribes, and universities for on-the-ground stewardship and restoration projects on National Forests, including in Utah.
Apply / details · Official source
Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI) Hazardous Fuels Grants
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Statewide (AZ); state, private, federal & tribal lands · $60,000-$500,000 ($60K-$500K/project) · Status: verify (Annual cycle; verify current window)
Who: Fire departments/districts, state/county/local governments, public schools & universities, 501(c) nonprofits, tribes
DFFM grants for hazardous fuels reduction, forest and watershed restoration, and critical-infrastructure protection across Arizona.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Fire Capacity (RFC) Grant - Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Fire Department Grants · AZ
Rural Arizona communities (10,000 or fewer residents) · Up to $10,000 (Up to $10K/yr) · Status: verify (Annual cycle; verify current window)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments/districts serving 10,000 or fewer residents
USDA-funded DFFM grants up to $10,000 helping rural volunteer fire departments buy PPE, hand tools, radios, and wildland fire training.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant - Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Fire Department Grants · AZ
Rural Arizona (communities under 10,000) · Cost-share (Cost-share) · Status: verify (Annual cycle; verify current window)
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments serving communities under 10,000
Federally funded DFFM cost-share grants helping rural volunteer fire departments obtain wildland firefighting equipment, PPE, and training.
Apply / details · Official source
State Fire Assistance / WUI Grants - Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Community Preparedness · AZ
Arizona wildland-urban interface communities · Varies (Varies) · Status: verify (Verify current window)
Who: Communities, fire departments, and local governments in the WUI
Federally funded DFFM program supporting hazardous fuel mitigation, wildfire prevention education, and Firewise work in Arizona's WUI.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grants - Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management / USDA Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Statewide (AZ); cross-boundary priority landscapes · Varies (Competitive) · Status: verify (Verify current window)
Who: Partner organizations, agencies, tribes, universities, and nonprofits doing cross-boundary restoration
Competitive USDA Forest Service grants administered by DFFM for large, cross-boundary forest-health projects that reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Challenge Grants - Arizona
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Arizona communities (urban & community forestry) · Varies (Varies) · Status: verify (Verify current window)
Who: Local & tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public schools/universities
DFFM grants fund citizen-driven urban and community forestry projects that improve long-term tree canopy and forest health in Arizona.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG Award - Central Arizona Fire & Medical Authority
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · AZ
Yavapai County (CAFMA service area) · $249,920 (2025 award (Round 3)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025 (Round 3))
Who: Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority
CWDG Round 3 award to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan covering ~110,000 people across 369 sq mi in Yavapai County, AZ.
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CWDG Award - AZ DFFM (Hualapai Mountain & Santa Cruz County)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Defensible Space · AZ
Hualapai Mountain area (Mohave Co.) & Santa Cruz County · $178,160-$3,721,072 (2 awards, 2024 (Round 2)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2024 (Round 2))
Who: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
Two CWDG Round 2 awards: $3.72M for Hualapai Mountain fuels mitigation/defensible space and $178,160 for a Santa Cruz County CWPP.
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CWDG Award - City of Flagstaff
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · AZ
Greater Flagstaff Region, Coconino County · $250,000 (2024 award (Round 2)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2024 (Round 2))
Who: City of Flagstaff
CWDG Round 2 award to update the Greater Flagstaff Region Community Wildfire Protection Plan in Coconino County, AZ.
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CWDG Award - Cochise County Emergency Management
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · AZ
Cochise County · $135,000 (2024 award (Round 2)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2024 (Round 2))
Who: Cochise County Emergency Management
CWDG Round 2 award to rewrite the Cochise County Community Wildfire Protection Plan in southeastern Arizona.
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CWDG Award - Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · AZ
Coconino County (10 fire districts, 6 tribal communities) · $250,000 (2024 award (Round 2)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2024 (Round 2))
Who: Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership Inc.
CWDG Round 2 award to develop a Coconino County CWPP covering 10 fire districts and six tribal communities in Arizona.
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CWDG Award - Tucson Audubon Society (Patagonia)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Defensible Space · AZ
Patagonia, Santa Cruz County · $2,364,129 (2024 award (Round 2)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2024 (Round 2))
Who: Tucson Audubon Society
CWDG Round 2 award for the Patagonia Roadside Hazardous Fuels Management project, aiding the low-income community of Patagonia, AZ.
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Landscape Scale Restoration - Mt. Baldy Fuels Reduction (White Mountain Apache Tribe)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Mt. Baldy area, Fort Apache Reservation, east-central AZ · $300,000 (FY2023 LSR award) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2023)
Who: White Mountain Apache Tribe
FY2023 Landscape Scale Restoration grant to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for the Mt. Baldy Fuels Reduction Project in Arizona.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration - Fort Huachuca Sentinel Landscape Phase Two
USDA (NRCS & Forest Service) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Coronado National Forest - Cochise, Pima & Santa Cruz counties · $1,053,640 (FY2023 project funding) · Status: closed (Selected FY2023 (multi-year))
Who: Arizona Game & Fish Dept. and partners (Coronado NF)
FY2023 Joint Chiefs' project restoring vegetation and watersheds across the Coronado NF in Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz counties, AZ.
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration - Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab & Tonto National Forests · Varies (CFLRP cost-share) · Status: closed (CFLRP Alumni - no longer in active funding cycle)
Who: Four Forest Restoration Initiative collaborative (USFS Southwestern Region)
4FRI, a CFLRP-funded landscape restoration effort across four Arizona national forests, is now listed as a CFLRP Alumni project.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Crisis Strategy - Arizona (Coconino NF / Museum Fire Sediment Reduction)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Coconino National Forest / northern Arizona · $7,000,000 (Museum Fire Sediment Reduction project) · Status: verify (Ongoing 10-year strategy (2022-2032))
Who: Coconino National Forest (with Coconino County NRCS agreement)
Under USDA's 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy, Coconino NF committed $3.5M plus a $3.5M NRCS agreement for the Museum Fire Sediment Reduction Project.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Arizona
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance per AZ NRCS payment schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with annual ranking batches)
Who: Agricultural producers, ranchers, and private forest/rangeland owners
EQIP provides cost-share for practices such as brush management, prescribed burning, firebreaks, and forest stand improvement on Arizona working lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Arizona
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Statewide · Cost-share (Annual payments; $4,000 minimum) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with annual ranking batches)
Who: Producers maintaining/expanding conservation on ag, range, and forest land
CSP pays Arizona producers to maintain and add conservation enhancements on rangeland and forest land, with a $4,000 minimum annual payment.
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Prescott Wildfire Mitigation Matching Grants
City of Prescott Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · AZ
City of Prescott, Yavapai County · Cost-share ($500 matching grant) · Status: open (Rolling; first-come, first-served)
Who: Property owners within Prescott city limits in the WUI zone
$500 matching grants help Prescott WUI property owners offset defensible-space work, awarded first-come, first-served to eligible owners.
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Prescott Curbside Brush Chipping
City of Prescott Forestry Crew — Local · Defensible Space · AZ
City of Prescott, Yavapai County · Free (Free service) · Status: open (Ongoing; weekly brush pickups)
Who: Prescott homeowners who have created defensible space
The City of Prescott Forestry Crew provides free curbside chipping of brush for homeowners who have created defensible space.
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Prescott Courtesy Wildfire Risk Assessments
City of Prescott Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · AZ
City of Prescott, Yavapai County · Free (Free service) · Status: open (Rolling; by request)
Who: Prescott property owners
Trained assessors provide free home wildfire-risk assessments with reports advising Prescott property owners on defensible space.
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Pima County Wildfire Mitigation Program
Pima County / University of Arizona Cooperative Extension — Local · Community Preparedness · AZ
Pima County · Free (Free service) · Status: open (Rolling; by request)
Who: HOAs, community groups, and homeowners in Pima County
Free Firewise landscaping and home-hardening presentations, workshops, and Firewise Day support for Pima County HOAs and community groups.
Apply / details · Official source
Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project (FWPP)
City of Flagstaff (voter-approved bond) with AZ DFFM and Coconino NF — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Flagstaff / Coconino County (Rio de Flag & Lake Mary watersheds) · $10M bond ($10M voter-approved (2012)) · Status: verify (Ongoing multi-year implementation)
Who: Federal, state, and city forest lands (partnership treatments)
Voter-funded $10M partnership thinning ~15,500 acres in Flagstaff's watersheds to cut wildfire and post-fire flood risk.
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USAA Firewise USA Homeowners Insurance Discount - Arizona
USAA — Insurer · Community Preparedness · AZ
Arizona (recognized Firewise USA communities) · Discount (Homeowners premium discount) · Status: open (Ongoing)
Who: USAA members who own homes in a recognized Firewise USA site
USAA gives homeowners in recognized Firewise USA communities in Arizona a premium discount for ongoing community wildfire-mitigation efforts.
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BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program - Arizona
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Tribal trust and ancestral lands (Arizona tribes) · Varies (Federally funded) · Status: rolling (Ongoing via BIA regional offices and tribal self-governance agreements)
Who: Federally recognized tribes / BIA agencies
BIA program funding prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, and fuels treatments on tribal lands, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program - Arizona
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · AZ
Arizona communities and tribes in high wildfire-hazard areas · Varies (Competitive; tribes explicitly eligible) · Status: verify (Verify next round; Year Three awards announced Sept 2025)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state foresters
Federal grants helping communities and tribes plan and implement wildfire risk reduction; prioritizes low-income and disaster-impacted areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program - Arizona
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AZ
Arizona watersheds via eligible local sponsors · Cost-share (Federal share up to 75% (90% in Limited Resource Areas)) · Status: rolling (Following a disaster; contact local NRCS before starting work)
Who: Sponsors (counties, cities, tribes, conservation districts); landowners apply via a sponsor
NRCS post-disaster program funding debris removal, streambank protection, and revegetation to reduce post-fire flooding and erosion.
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Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Arizona
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AZ
Arizona (via local FSA offices after qualifying disasters) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of approved practice costs) · Status: verify (Activated by disaster; apply at local FSA office)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share for private forest landowners to restore wildfire-damaged forestland through debris removal, replanting, and stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Arizona
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AZ
Arizona (county sign-up following qualifying disasters) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers)) · Status: verify (Apply at local FSA office after a disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with disaster-damaged farmland
FSA cost-share helping farmers and ranchers repair wildfire-damaged farmland, including debris removal, fence restoration, and water conservation.
Apply / details · Official source
Post-Wildfire Infrastructure Assistance Program
Arizona Dept. of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) — State · Post-Fire Recovery · AZ
Arizona (wildfires on or after July 1, 2020) · $10 million (program total) (State-funded via HB 2001 (2021)) · Status: closed (Closed - all funds awarded)
Who: Private and public landowners with wildfire-damaged infrastructure
Arizona state grant funding emergency repairs for infrastructure damaged by wildfire or suppression; funds now fully awarded (closed).
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Moore Foundation — Wildfire Resilience Initiative
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
Western North America · $87.5M+ granted (Grants to date) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Nonprofits, universities, tribes, agencies — by invitation (no open application)
Funds beneficial fire and reduced wildfire vulnerability across the West; ~$87M granted to date. Invitation-only — no open application process.
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Bezos Earth Fund — FireSat / Earth Fire Alliance
Bezos Earth Fund — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US / global · $26M (Commitment) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Earth Fire Alliance (satellite wildfire detection) — by invitation
$26M committed to Earth Fire Alliance's FireSat constellation for near-real-time global wildfire detection. Invitation-based grantmaking, no open application.
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Bezos Earth Fund — U.S. Restoration Initiative
Bezos Earth Fund — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US (Southeast longleaf, Great Plains, urban) · $96M (Across 4 grants) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Nonprofits, cooperatives, Native-led orgs — via partner networks, not open application
$96M to restore US landscapes including fire-adapted longleaf pine forests, via networks of nonprofits and Native-led groups. Not an open application.
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Doris Duke Foundation — Climate-Smart Forests
Doris Duke Foundation — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
National · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Mostly invitation; LOI accepted)
Who: Nonprofits, universities — mostly by invitation; letters of inquiry accepted
Environment program funds climate-smart forestry and forest health. Most grants by invitation; letters of inquiry accepted, no open competitions currently.
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Hewlett Foundation — Wildfire Resilience Strategy
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
Western US (CA, WA, MT, CO) · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Nonprofits, tribes — by invitation; unsolicited proposals not accepted
Three-year strategy funds prescribed fire policy, tribal fire leadership and WUI planning in CA/WA/MT/CO. Invitation-only; does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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Walton Family Foundation — Environment (Water & Wildfire)
Walton Family Foundation — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
Western US / Colorado River Basin · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Nonprofits, universities — primarily by invitation
Environment program funds forest and watershed wildfire resilience to protect water supplies in the West and Colorado River Basin. Grants primarily by invitation.
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Resources Legacy Fund — Wildfire Resilience
Resources Legacy Fund — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
Western US · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Intermediary/regrantor for partners and campaigns — by invitation
Philanthropic intermediary that designs and regrants funding to build wildfire-resilient landscapes and communities across Western states. Partnership-based, not open.
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One Tree Planted — Wildfire Fund
One Tree Planted — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US & Canada (and global) · Varies (Per project) · Status: verify (Project-based / verify)
Who: Reforestation partners — agencies, nonprofits (project-based)
Donor-supported fund financing post-wildfire reforestation with partner agencies and nonprofits where natural regeneration fails. Project-based, not an open RFP.
Apply / details · Official source
Salesforce — Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Justice Fund
Salesforce — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US & global · $100M/10yr ($11M first round) (Fund total) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: Selected nonprofits (American Forests, One Tree Planted, Arbor Day) — by selection
$100M/10-yr fund; grantees such as American Forests do climate-informed forest restoration to cut catastrophic wildfire risk. Grantees selected, not open application.
Apply / details · Official source
Google.org — AI Collaborative: Wildfires
Google.org — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US / global · $27M+ (Commitment) · Status: verify (Invitation only)
Who: 15+ partner organizations (e.g., Earth Fire Alliance) — by invitation
$27M+ to 15+ organizations to detect and track wildfires, quantify risk and expand beneficial fire using AI. Selected partners — no open application.
Apply / details · Official source
Edison International — Wildfire Fund / Forest Health
Edison International — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
Southern California · Varies (e.g., $500K to NFF) (Per grant) · Status: verify (Verify)
Who: Nonprofits (e.g., National Forest Foundation) — directed/invitation
Corporate giving for forest health and wildfire resilience in SoCal, e.g. $500K to National Forest Foundation for fuel and hazard-tree work. Directed grants, not open.
Apply / details · Official source
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund — Wildfire Preparedness
Weyerhaeuser — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US & Canada (Weyerhaeuser operating areas) · Varies (Per grant) · Status: open (Annual (Sept 30))
Who: Nonprofits, fire districts, public education/government in operating areas — open online application
Corporate forest-products fund supporting rural wildfire preparedness, fire districts and working-forest sustainability in operating areas. Local grants via open portal.
Apply / details · Official source
First Nations — Fortifying Our Forests
First Nations Development Institute — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US (tribal / Native lands) · Up to $40,000 (Per grant (2026 cohort)) · Status: verify (Annual RFP)
Who: Native American nonprofits, tribes / Alaska Native entities — competitive RFP
Funds Native-led forest management, prescribed/cultural fire and wildfire resilience for tribes and Native nonprofits; competitive RFP, not invitation-only.
Apply / details · Official source
First Nations — Stewarding Native Lands
First Nations Development Institute — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
US (tribal / Native lands) · Varies (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annual RFP)
Who: Native nations, Native community nonprofits — competitive RFP
Grants to Native nations and nonprofits for land stewardship including beneficial fire, hazardous-fuels reduction and forest health; awarded by competitive RFP.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Fire Department Operational Grants
Oklahoma Forestry Services (Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Forestry) — State · Fire Department Grants · OK
Statewide (communities under 10,000 population) · Varies (Legislature-funded annual allocation) · Status: verify (Annual allocation; contact OFS for cycle)
Who: Rural fire departments serving populations under 10,000 that rely fully or partially on volunteers
State-funded operational grants for volunteer/rural fire departments to buy firefighting equipment, PPE, insurance and maintenance.
Apply / details · Official source
80/20 Reimbursement Grant Program
Oklahoma Forestry Services (ODAFF) — State · Fire Department Grants · OK
Statewide (communities under 10,000 population) · Cost-share (80% reimbursement / 20% local match) · Status: open (Due September 1 (applications usually available in July))
Who: Rural fire departments serving populations under 10,000
Reimburses 80% of equipment or construction projects for rural fire departments, requiring a 20% local match; applications due September 1.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban and Community Forestry Grants — Oklahoma
Oklahoma Forestry Services (ODAFF) / US Forest Service — State · Community Preparedness · OK
Statewide (local communities) · $1,000-$50,000 ($1,000 to $50,000) · Status: verify (Announced annually; contact OFS)
Who: Non-profits, local governments, educational institutions, neighborhood associations, community tree groups
State grants of $1,000-$50,000 to plant, maintain and restore community trees and build local urban forestry capacity.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Regeneration Center Seedling Program
Oklahoma Forestry Services (ODAFF) — State · Post-Fire Recovery · OK
Statewide (Goldsby nursery, statewide shipping) · Cost-share (Bareroot ~$1.00/seedling (bundles of 50); $100 min order) · Status: closed (2026 season closed; 2027 orders reopen October 2026)
Who: Landowners planting for conservation, reforestation and windbreaks
State nursery sells 30+ low-cost tree and shrub seedling species to landowners for conservation and post-fire reforestation planting.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Assistance — Oklahoma
Oklahoma Forestry Services (ODAFF) — State · Planning · OK
Statewide (eligible communities) · Varies (Funding scaled to community size) · Status: verify (Rolling; contact OFS Hazardous Mitigation Coordinator)
Who: Eligible communities developing or updating a CWPP
OFS provides financial assistance to communities to develop or update Community Wildfire Protection Plans, opening the door to further mitigation funding.
Apply / details · Official source
Invasive Woody Species (Eastern Redcedar) Removal Cost-Share
Oklahoma Conservation Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Selected conservation districts (18 districts incl. Greer, Kiowa, Logan, Payne, Washita) · Cost-share (Up to $50,000 per landowner per fiscal year) · Status: verify (2025 cycle closed; program may continue in 2026)
Who: Landowners controlling Eastern Red Cedar, Saltcedar or Mesquite; cash/in-kind match required
OCC cost-share of up to $50,000/year per landowner to remove invasive redcedar, saltcedar and mesquite, reducing wildfire fuel and improving water.
Apply / details · Official source
Locally Led Cost-Share Program — Oklahoma
Oklahoma Conservation Commission / local conservation districts — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Statewide via local conservation districts · Cost-share (Cost-share (rate set by district)) · Status: rolling (Varies by district sign-up period)
Who: Landowners meeting land/production requirements set by their local conservation district
State cost-share for locally prioritized practices including brush management and prescribed burning to improve water quality and reduce fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG - City of Davis (Turner Falls Wildland Restoration)
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Murray County · $134,477 (CWDG award (FY2023 Round One)) · Status: closed (Awarded Mar 2023 (round closed))
Who: City of Davis, OK
FY2023 CWDG award of $134,477 to Davis, OK for the Turner Falls project, removing cedar/ground fuels and building firebreaks across ~1,500 acres.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG - City of McAlester Wildfire Prevention Project
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Pittsburg County · $5,842,630 (CWDG award (FY2024 Round Two)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (round closed))
Who: City of McAlester, OK
FY2024 CWDG award of $5.84M to McAlester to fund a mitigation unit, firebreaks, controlled burns and public outreach to reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG - Comanche County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Planning · OK
Comanche County · $225,000 (CWDG award (FY2024 Round Two)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (round closed))
Who: Comanche County Emergency Management
FY2024 CWDG award of $225,000 to Comanche County Emergency Management to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and guide risk mitigation.
Apply / details · Official source
CWDG - Tulsa County Regional Wildfire Planning & Preparedness Plan
USDA Forest Service (Community Wildfire Defense Grant) — Federal · Planning · OK
Tulsa County · $250,000 (CWDG award (FY2024 Round Two)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2024 (round closed))
Who: Tulsa County
FY2024 CWDG award of $250,000 to Tulsa County for a multi-jurisdictional Community Wildfire Protection Plan covering all fire districts in the county.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' - Arklahoma Ozark Watershed Restoration
USDA NRCS & Forest Service (Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Northeast Oklahoma (Ozark region, AR/OK) · $832,179 (FY23 Year 1 funding (NRCS $552,179 + USFS $280,000)) · Status: verify (Selected FY2023 (multi-year project))
Who: Private landowners in project area via NRCS/USFS
FY2023 Joint Chiefs' project ($832,179 Year 1) restoring watersheds spanning northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas via prescribed fire and fuels work.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration - Oklahoma Forestry Workforce Development
USDA Forest Service (Landscape Scale Restoration grant) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Statewide · $244,978 (LSR competitive grant (2023)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2023 (round closed))
Who: Oklahoma Forestry Services (LSR grantee)
2023 USFS Landscape Scale Restoration grant of $244,978 supporting a forestry workforce promotion and training program in Oklahoma.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program — Oklahoma
USDA Forest Service (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) — Federal · Community Preparedness · OK
Statewide · Varies ($1B/5 yrs; CWPP planning up to ~$250K, implementation up to ~$10M) · Status: verify (Rounds announced periodically; FY2025 round closed Sept 2025)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, local governments
USFS $1B, 5-year competitive program helping at-risk communities and Tribes plan for and reduce wildfire risk via CWPPs and mitigation projects; OK eligible.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Oklahoma
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance; rates set in the OK EQIP payment schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with state ranking/batching cutoff dates; verify with OK NRCS)
Who: Agricultural producers, ranchers, and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS Oklahoma's flagship cost-share funds practices including prescribed burning, brush management (eastern redcedar), and firebreaks on working and forest lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Oklahoma
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Statewide · $4,000+/yr (Annual payments (minimum $4,000/yr) over 5-year contract, renewable) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with state batching cutoff dates; verify with OK NRCS)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners with a farm number
CSP pays Oklahoma landowners annual payments to maintain and enhance conservation on grazing and forest land, including rangeland health enhancements.
Apply / details · Official source
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative (LPCI) — Oklahoma
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Western Oklahoma prairie/grassland range · Cost-share (EQIP-funded financial assistance; rates per OK EQIP schedule) · Status: rolling (Via EQIP continuous signup with ranking cutoff dates; verify with OK NRCS)
Who: Agricultural producers and ranchers with grassland/rangeland in the LPC range
This EQIP-funded initiative pays Oklahoma landowners to remove eastern redcedar and mesquite and apply prescribed grazing and burning to restore prairie.
Apply / details · Official source
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association (OPBA)
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Statewide Oklahoma · Free (Shared member equipment + volunteer burn crews; low local dues (~$25/yr)) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners / PBA members
Statewide nonprofit helping landowners form and join local burn associations for neighbor-to-neighbor prescribed fire, sharing pooled equipment and volunteer crews.
Apply / details · Official source
Cross Timber Prescribed Burn Association
Cross Timber Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Lincoln County, OK · Free (~$25/yr dues; access to shared trailers, drip torches, sprayers and volunteer crews) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Landowner members
Lincoln County PBA; ~$25/yr dues give members shared burn trailers, drip torches and sprayers plus experienced volunteer crews for cooperative prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
USFWS-OCC Prescribed Burn Program
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Oklahoma Conservation Commission — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Western OK: Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills (Upper Washita), Woods counties · Varies (Grant funding ($50,000, expanded to $100,000) to local PBAs for personnel, equipment, materials) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Local prescribed burn associations (serving landowners)
USFWS-OCC grant program funding local burn associations (personnel, equipment, materials) to conduct prescribed burns on private land in four western OK counties.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program — Oklahoma
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Tribal trust and reservation lands in Oklahoma · Cost-share (Federally funded fuels-reduction assistance (prescribed fire, mechanical thinning/mastication)) · Status: rolling (Ongoing / contact regional office)
Who: Federally recognized tribes and trust landowners
BIA funds hazardous-fuels reduction on tribal/trust lands via prescribed fire and mechanical thinning, prioritizing wildland-urban interface zones for safety.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) — Oklahoma
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · OK
OK (statewide, disaster-activated watersheds) · Cost-share (NRCS pays up to 75% (up to 90% in limited-resource areas); sponsor match) · Status: verify (Sponsor must request within 60 days of disaster)
Who: Local government sponsors and Native American tribes (on behalf of landowners)
After wildfire, NRCS funds up to 75% of debris removal and streambank/watershed stabilization through eligible local or tribal sponsors.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) — Oklahoma
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · OK
OK counties with disaster sign-up (e.g., Beaver, Harper, Texas, Woodward) · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share; statutory limit $500,000 per person/disaster) · Status: open (Varies by county; OK wildfire sign-up extended in 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers with fire-damaged farmland
FSA cost-shares up to 75% to restore fire-damaged farmland: rebuilding fences, removing debris, and grading/shaping land after wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — Oklahoma
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · OK
OK (nonindustrial private forest land in approved disaster areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share of approved restoration practices) · Status: verify (By county sign-up period after disaster approval)
Who: Owners of nonindustrial private forest land damaged by wildfire
FSA cost-shares up to 75% for private forest landowners to remove debris, replant, and restore wildfire-damaged forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) — Oklahoma
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · OK
OK (statewide) · 75% of market value (Payment at 75% of average fair market value for livestock deaths above normal mortality) · Status: rolling (Notice of loss and application by the FSA program deadline (e.g., March 1 following the loss year))
Who: Livestock producers/owners
FSA pays 75% of fair market value for livestock killed above normal mortality by eligible disasters including wildfire; file notice of loss with local FSA office.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant — New Mexico
NM EMNRD Forestry Division (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Fire Department Grants · NM
NM rural communities under 10,000 population · Up to $25,000 per fire dept/year (Up to $25K/yr) · Status: verify (Annual cycle; FY26 deadline was Oct 24, 2025 — verify next round)
Who: Municipalities, counties, and tribes serving rural communities under 10,000 people
Cost-share grants (10% local match) up to $25,000/yr help rural NM fire departments buy equipment and run wildfire prevention activities.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — New Mexico
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NM
Statewide (NM at-risk WUI communities and tribes) · Up to $250K (CWPP); up to $10M (projects) (Up to $10M) · Status: verify (Round 3 closed Sept 2025; next round not yet announced)
Who: Local governments, Tribes, nonprofits, conservation districts, state forestry
IIJA-funded competitive grants help at-risk communities and tribes create wildfire protection plans and cut wildfire risk; also administered via NM State Forestry.
Apply / details · Official source
Cimarron Watershed Alliance – Colfax Wildfire Risk Reduction (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Southwest Colfax County, NM · $10,000,000 (CWDG award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025)
Who: Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc. (nonprofit)
Cimarron Watershed Alliance received $10M in CWDG Round 3 (2025) for the Colfax Wildfire Risk Reduction Project in southwest Colfax County, New Mexico.
Apply / details · Official source
Ciudad SWCD – East Mountains Community Wildfire Protection (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NM
East Mountains, east of Albuquerque, NM · $7,233,574 (CWDG award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025)
Who: Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District
Ciudad SWCD received $7,233,574 in CWDG Round 3 (2025) for the East Mountains Community Wildfire Protection Project east of Albuquerque, NM.
Apply / details · Official source
Taos SWCD – Taos County Wildfire Risk Reduction (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NM
Taos County, NM · $5,858,837 (CWDG award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025)
Who: Taos Soil and Water Conservation District
Taos SWCD received $5,858,837 in CWDG Round 3 (2025) for the Taos County Wildfire Risk Reduction Project in northern New Mexico.
Apply / details · Official source
Pueblo de Cochiti – Fuel Management & Capacity Building (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Pueblo de Cochiti tribal lands, NM · $3,265,040 (CWDG award (Round 3, 2025)) · Status: closed (Awarded 2025)
Who: Pueblo de Cochiti (Tribe)
Pueblo de Cochiti was awarded $3,265,040 in CWDG Round 3 (2025) for fuel management and wildfire capacity building on tribal lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP)
USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
NM federal, tribal, state, county, or municipal forest land · Up to $360,000 (projects up to 4 years) (Up to $360K) · Status: verify (Annual RFP — verify current application window)
Who: Collaborative groups: tribes, communities, nonprofits, local governments, landowners
USFS Southwestern Region grants up to $360,000 for collaboratively designed NM forest restoration that reduces wildfire threat and creates forest jobs.
Apply / details · Official source
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) – New Mexico
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Zuni Mtn (Cibola NF), Rio Chama (Santa Fe/Carson NF); SW Jemez Mtns (alumni) · Cost-share (Federal share up to 50% of treatment/monitoring costs on NFS lands) · Status: verify (Designated 10-year landscapes; no open public application)
Who: Forest Service with collaborative partners
USFS program funding 10-year collaborative restoration on priority landscapes; NM projects include Zuni Mountain and Rio Chama, with Southwest Jemez as alumni.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grant – New Mexico
NM EMNRD Forestry Division (USDA Forest Service funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
NM priority forest landscapes (non-federal / cross-boundary) · $25,000–$300,000 (50% non-federal match) ($25K–$300K) · Status: verify (Next funding round expected Summer 2026)
Who: State forestry agencies, local governments, tribes, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, universities
Competitive grants of $25K–$300K (50% match) for landscape-scale forest restoration addressing priorities in NM's Forest Action Plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Forestry Assistance Grant (Urban & Community Forestry) — NM
NM EMNRD Forestry Division — State · Community Preparedness · NM
NM communities statewide · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling; quarterly reviews (Mar 30, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 30))
Who: Governmental entities and organizations
Year-round grants supporting urban and community forestry projects in NM; applications reviewed quarterly by the Forestry Division.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program — New Mexico
NM EMNRD Forestry Division — State · Planning · NM
NM private forest landowners, all 33 counties · Free (Free) · Status: rolling (Ongoing / rolling)
Who: Private/non-industrial forest landowners in New Mexico
Free Forestry Division technical assistance and resource-management planning helping NM landowners reduce wildfire hazard and improve forest and watershed health.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise USA Support — New Mexico
NM EMNRD Forestry Division (with NFPA / USDA Forest Service) — State · Community Preparedness · NM
NM neighborhoods and communities · Free (Free) · Status: rolling (Ongoing / rolling enrollment)
Who: Residents and neighborhood groups organizing to reduce wildfire risk
NM Forestry Division supports the voluntary Firewise USA program, giving neighborhoods resources to work together and adapt homes to living with wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Seedling Program — New Mexico
NM EMNRD Forestry Division — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NM
NM landowners statewide (min. 1 acre) · Low-cost seedlings (Low-cost) · Status: open (Rolling seasonal ordering; fall round opened July 6, 2026 (first-come))
Who: NM landowners owning at least one acre, for conservation/reforestation use
NM State Forestry sells low-cost conservation seedlings (60+ species) to landowners with 1+ acre for reforestation, erosion control, and burn-scar recovery.
Apply / details · Official source
New Mexico Reforestation Program / NM Reforestation Center
NM EMNRD Forestry Division — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NM
Statewide NM (high-severity burn areas) · Varies (Seedlings + restoration technical help) · Status: verify (None published — contact Reforestation Program Manager)
Who: Private landowners and communities restoring burned forests/watersheds
NM Forestry Division reforestation program and Reforestation Center provide seedlings and technical help to restore forests and watersheds burned by high-severity wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
New Mexico Post-Wildfire Coordination / Landowner Assistance
NM EMNRD Forestry Division — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NM
NM burn-scar communities (e.g., Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon, South Fork) · Varies (Hazard-tree & watershed stabilization help) · Status: rolling (None published — submit event-specific request form)
Who: Private landowners and communities in burned areas
NM Forestry Division coordinates post-fire recovery and landowner help such as hazard-tree removal and watershed stabilization in burn-scar communities.
Apply / details · Official source
Water Project Fund (Water Trust Board)
NM Water Trust Board / NM Finance Authority — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
NM statewide · Varies (Varies) · Status: open (Current cycle application period June 26 – Aug 25, 2026)
Who: Counties, cities, acequias, SWCDs, irrigation districts, tribes/pueblos, other subdivisions
Water Trust Board fund whose eligible categories include watershed restoration and management; awarded to NM local governments and districts.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – New Mexico
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Statewide NM working lands (ag/forest/rangeland) · Up to $450,000 per contract; 75%–90% cost-share (Per-contract cap; 90% for underserved) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranked in batches (recent FY26 cutoff Jan 15, 2026))
Who: Agricultural producers, ranchers, non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for practices such as prescribed burning, brush management, firebreaks, and forest stand improvement on NM working lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – New Mexico
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Statewide NM working lands · Minimum $4,000/year; 5-year contracts (Annual stewardship payment; renewable) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; recent FY26 classic cutoff Jan 15, 2026)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial private forest landowners already conserving
NRCS pays annual payments to maintain and expand conservation, including prescribed grazing and forest management, on NM working lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program – New Mexico
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NM
NM watersheds in disaster/wildfire-impacted areas · Cost-share (up to 90% federal in limited-resource areas) (Federal share of construction costs) · Status: verify (No set deadline; activated after qualifying disasters — contact local NRCS office)
Who: Government sponsors (cities, counties, SWCDs, tribes); landowners apply via a sponsor
NRCS emergency program funding debris removal, streambank and erosion control after fires and floods; landowners apply through a government or tribal sponsor.
Apply / details · Official source
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NM
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn-scar area (Mora, San Miguel & nearby counties) · Varies (compensates documented losses) (Actual documented losses) · Status: closed (Claim-filing period has closed (statutory deadline passed))
Who: Individuals, tribes, businesses, and other entities injured by the 2022 fire
FEMA claims office compensating people, businesses, and governments for property, business, and other losses from the 2022 Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program — New Mexico
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
NM tribal trust lands (19 Pueblos, Navajo Nation, Jicarilla & Mescalero Apache) · Varies (Federally funded treatments on tribal trust lands) · Status: rolling (Ongoing / contact regional office)
Who: Federally recognized tribes (tribal trust lands)
BIA-funded prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, and managed natural fire to reduce hazardous fuels on tribal trust lands, prioritizing the WUI.
Apply / details · Official source
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Fuels Management Funding (BIA) — New Mexico
Bureau of Indian Affairs / Dept. of the Interior (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
NM tribal trust lands (19 Pueblos, Navajo Nation, Jicarilla & Mescalero Apache) · Varies (Portion of $1.97B BIL wildland fire funding across DOI & USFS) · Status: verify (Ongoing / contact regional office)
Who: BIA and tribal governments
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law fuels funding for BIA and tribal governments supporting prescribed fire, thinning, fuelbreaks, and post-fire recovery.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program (Santa Fe)
City of Santa Fe Fire Department (USFS & NM State Forestry grants) — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
City of Santa Fe & Santa Fe Fireshed, NM · Free (Free grant-funded thinning on private property) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Homeowners/landowners in the fireshed or city limits
Free hazardous fuels reduction and thinning for homeowners in the Santa Fe Fireshed or city limits, funded by USFS and NM State Forestry grants.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Home Hazard Assessment (Santa Fe)
City of Santa Fe Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · NM
City of Santa Fe, NM · Free (Free on-site home hazard assessment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: City of Santa Fe residents
Free wildfire home hazard assessment by the city's WUI specialist, giving homeowners personalized defensible-space recommendations to reduce fire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Santa Fe County Defensible Space Program
Santa Fe County Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · NM
Santa Fe County WUI, NM · Free (Free Fire Marshal property evaluation & compliance letter) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Property owners in the county Wildland-Urban Interface
Free Fire Marshal evaluation of WUI properties for defensible-space code compliance, issuing a letter that may help homeowners obtain insurance.
Apply / details · Official source
Landowner Forest Thinning Assistance (Santa Fe-Pojoaque SWCD)
Santa Fe-Pojoaque Soil & Water Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Greater Santa Fe Fireshed, NM · Varies (Forest-thinning assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners within the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed
Soil & water district offers forest-thinning assistance to landowners inside the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed; apply via a Landowner Request for Assistance form.
Apply / details · Official source
Rio Grande Water Fund
The Nature Conservancy (Rio Grande Water Fund partnership) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Rio Grande basin, northern NM & southern Colorado · Varies (Funds thinning & prescribed fire; supports contractors and landowners) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Communities, private landowners, contractors
TNC-led public-private fund; since 2014 has thinned 140,000+ acres and supports private-landowner prescribed fire across the Rio Grande basin.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program (HB 2604)
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · TX
Statewide (rural Texas) · Cost-share (Cost-share (equipment/gear)) · Status: verify (Annual cycle (verify))
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
HB 2604-funded cost-share helps rural volunteer fire departments buy fire trucks, protective gear and firefighting equipment to improve wildfire response.
Apply / details · Official source
Plains Prescribed Fire Grant (State Fire Assistance for Mitigation)
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Panhandle / Southern Plains high-risk communities · Up to $30/acre; 500-acre max (Up to $30/acre) · Status: verify (Annual funding cycle (verify))
Who: Private landowners near high-risk communities
Reimburses landowners up to $30/acre (max 500 acres) for prescribed burns that cut hazardous fuels near high-risk Panhandle and Southern Plains communities.
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Community Protection Program Prescribed Fire Grant
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Within 10 miles of Texas national forests · Up to $30/acre; 800-acre max (Up to $30/acre) · Status: verify (Annual funding cycle (verify))
Who: Private landowners within 10 miles of a national forest
Reimburses private landowners within 10 miles of a Texas national forest up to $30 per acre for prescribed burning, up to 800 acres.
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Central & East Texas Prescribed Fire Grant
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
43 Central & East Texas CWPP counties · Up to $30/acre; 500-acre max (Up to $30/acre) · Status: verify (Annual funding cycle (verify))
Who: Private landowners in eligible CWPP counties
Reimburses landowners in 43 Central/East Texas counties covered by a Community Wildfire Protection Plan up to $30/acre for prescribed burning, up to 500 acres.
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Neches River & Cypress Basin Watershed Prescribed Fire Grant
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Neches River & Cypress basin watersheds · Up to $22.50/acre; 800-acre max (Up to $22.50/acre) · Status: verify (Annual funding cycle (verify))
Who: Landowners in eligible watershed areas
Reimburses landowners in the Neches River and Cypress basin watersheds up to $22.50 per acre for prescribed burning, up to 800 acres.
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Texas Longleaf Conservation Assistance Program
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
11 East Texas counties · Up to 50% cost-share (50% cost-share) · Status: verify (Verify with local forester)
Who: Private landowners in eligible longleaf counties
Cost-shares up to 50% of longleaf pine establishment, prescribed fire and forest improvement to restore fire-adapted pine in 11 East Texas counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Forestry Grants (Urban & Community Forestry) — Texas
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Community Preparedness · TX
Statewide · Varies (Competitive grant) · Status: verify (Periodic submission windows (verify))
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, community organizations
Competitive grants help Texas communities and nonprofits plant, protect and manage trees and urban forests, strengthening forest health and resilience.
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Texas Resilient Landscapes Initiative
Texas A&M Forest Service — State · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Eligible private forest land in Texas · Up to $80,000/year (Up to $80,000) · Status: closed (Closed Jan 23, 2026; next round anticipated fall 2026)
Who: Non-federal, non-industrial forest landowners with disaster tree loss
Reforestation cost-share of up to $80,000/year for landowners restoring tree cover lost to fire, flood, wind, drought, insects or disease in the past decade.
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CWDG - Bastrop County ESD #2
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Bastrop County · $4,303,177 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Emergency Services District (local government)
USFS Community Wildfire Defense Grant of $4,303,177 to Bastrop County ESD #2 for hazardous fuels mitigation across the wildland-urban interface.
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CWDG - Hill Country Fire Coalition of Texas
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · TX
Kendall County · $2,220,858 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Nonprofit coalition
USFS Community Wildfire Defense Grant of $2,220,858 to the Hill Country Fire Coalition for outreach, home assessments and defensible space in Kendall County.
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CWDG - Pecan Bayou SWCD (Brown County)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Brown County · $9,181,384 (Federal grant award) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Soil and Water Conservation District
USFS Community Wildfire Defense Grant of $9,181,384 to Pecan Bayou SWCD to treat over 23,000 acres and protect thousands of structures in Brown County.
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program (CWDG) — Texas
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · TX
Statewide · Varies (Planning & project grants) · Status: verify (Varies by funding round)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, local governments
Federal grants help communities plan for and reduce wildfire risk; Texas communities, tribes and nonprofits are eligible to apply in funding rounds.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Texas
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Statewide · Cost-share (Cost-share / financial assistance) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with state ranking dates)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for Texas landowners covering practices like prescribed burning, brush management, firebreaks and forest stand improvement; continuous sign-up.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Texas
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Statewide · Cost-share (Annual stewardship payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with state ranking dates)
Who: Agricultural producers, forest landowners
NRCS program paying Texas producers to maintain and expand conservation, including prescribed fire and rangeland enhancements on working forest and range.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative - Texas (EQIP)
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
East Texas (longleaf pine range) · Cost-share (Cost-share / financial assistance) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with state ranking dates)
Who: Private forest landowners
NRCS EQIP initiative funds longleaf pine restoration in East Texas through prescribed burning, tree planting and forest stand improvement on private land.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Texas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Wildfire-designated Texas counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% (up to 90% for underserved producers)) · Status: rolling (County-specific sign-up deadlines; verify with local FSA)
Who: Producers/landowners with wildfire-damaged farmland
FSA cost-share to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wildfire, including debris removal, fence restoration and emergency water measures for livestock.
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Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Texas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Wildfire-designated Texas counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% of eligible restoration cost) · Status: rolling (County-specific sign-up deadlines; verify with local FSA)
Who: Owners of nonindustrial private forest land damaged by wildfire
FSA cost-share helping owners of nonindustrial private forest land pay for emergency measures to restore forests damaged by wildfire and other disasters.
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - Texas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas (nationwide program) · 75% of market value (75% of fair market value) · Status: rolling (File notice of loss within 30 days; verify)
Who: Livestock owners and contract growers losing animals to wildfire
FSA program paying livestock owners 75% of market value for cattle and other animals killed by wildfire and other eligible disaster events.
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Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) - Texas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas (nationwide program) · Varies (Monthly grazing-loss payment) · Status: rolling (Annual sign-up (typically Jan 30 after program year); verify)
Who: Livestock producers with grazing losses from drought or wildfire
FSA program compensating producers for grazing losses from qualifying drought, or fire on federally managed rangeland where grazing is prohibited.
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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees & Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) - Texas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas (nationwide program) · Varies (Covers losses not under LIP/LFP) · Status: rolling (File notice of loss and application by program deadline; verify)
Who: Livestock, honeybee and farm-raised fish producers with disaster losses
FSA program covering wildfire losses not covered elsewhere, such as lost feed and grazing, water and feed hauling, and livestock gathering after fires.
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Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) - Texas
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas watersheds impacted by natural disaster · Cost-share (Up to 75% (up to 90% limited-resource)) · Status: rolling (Sponsors request assistance within set window after event; verify)
Who: Public/local government sponsors on behalf of landowners
NRCS assistance, via local sponsors, to relieve imminent hazards to life and property caused by wildfire, flooding and other natural disasters.
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BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program — Texas
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Texas tribal lands (Alabama-Coushatta, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Kickapoo) · Varies (Federal tribal fuels funding) · Status: rolling (Ongoing program)
Who: Federally recognized tribes
Funds prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, mastication and chipping on tribal lands, available to Texas tribes to protect wildland-urban interface communities.
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State of Texas Agriculture Relief (STAR) Fund
Texas Department of Agriculture — State · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas producers in declared disaster areas (incl. Panhandle wildfire counties) · Varies (Donation-funded reimbursement grants) · Status: rolling (Varies by disaster RFGA; verify)
Who: Agricultural producers in declared disaster areas
TDA disaster relief fund that reimburses Texas farmers and ranchers for rebuilding fences, restoring land and replacing livestock after disasters like wildfire.
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Water Supply Enhancement Program (Brush Control Cost-Share)
Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
23 priority watersheds (incl. Edwards Aquifer, Canyon Lake, Choke Canyon) · Up to 70% cost-share (Up to 70% of practice cost) · Status: rolling (Rolling / continuous enrollment)
Who: Landowners in critical areas (enroll via local SWCD)
State cost-share up to 70%, delivered through local SWCDs, for targeted brush control (juniper, mesquite, saltcedar) that also reduces wildfire fuels.
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Texas Panhandle Wildfire Relief Fund
Texas Farm Bureau — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · TX
Texas Panhandle (Smokehouse Creek Fire area) · Varies (Donation-funded relief (100% to producers)) · Status: verify (Verify (donation-based))
Who: Panhandle farmers and ranchers affected by wildfires
Texas Farm Bureau relief fund created after the 2024 Panhandle wildfires; 100% of donations go directly to affected farmers and ranchers for recovery.
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Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas (PBAT)
Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Statewide · Free (Free training & member-association support) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Prescribed burn associations & private landowners
Statewide alliance of member prescribed burn associations providing training, education and coordination to help Texas landowners safely conduct prescribed burns.
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Grassland Restoration Incentive Program (GRIP)
Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Oaks & Prairies and Gulf Coast Prairies ecoregions (Central/N Texas) · Cost-share (Incentive payments after certified completion) · Status: verify (Annual winter-spring application windows)
Who: Private landowners & agricultural producers
OPJV incentive program pays landowners for grassland practices including prescribed burning and firebreaks; delivered with TPWD and NRCS partners.
Apply / details · Official source
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association (EPPBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Edwards Plateau (multi-county chapters) · Cost-share (Member cost-shared burns, shared equipment & labor) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Multi-chapter landowner association across the Edwards Plateau; members share equipment and labor to conduct cost-shared prescribed burns on each other's land.
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Hill Country Prescribed Burn Association (HCPBA)
Hill Country Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Hill Country (4-county area, South Central Texas) · Cost-share (Member-conducted burns with shared crew & equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Active member landowners
Texas nonprofit association (est. 2000) whose members conduct prescribed burns on each other's Hill Country properties using shared crew and equipment.
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South Central Texas Prescribed Burn Association (SCTPBA)
South Central Texas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
South Central Texas · Free (Members assist members with fire & training) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
501(c)(3) 'neighbor helping neighbor' association whose members assist one another with prescribed fire and safe-burning training in South Central Texas.
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Upper Llanos Prescribed Burn Association (ULPBA)
Upper Llanos Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Upper Llano River region (Junction/Kimble-Menard area) · Cost-share (Members pool labor and equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led burn association based in Junction; members pool labor and equipment to conduct prescribed burns across the upper Llano River region.
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East Texas Prescribed Burn Association (ETX PBA)
East Texas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
East Texas · Cost-share (Shared crew, equipment & resources) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Nonprofit East Texas burn association whose members share resources and labor to conduct prescribed burns for habitat, quail and land management.
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Texas Panhandle Prescribed Burn Association (TPPBA)
Texas Panhandle Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Texas Panhandle · Cost-share (Members cooperate on burns, sharing equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner association serving the Texas Panhandle; members cooperate to plan and conduct prescribed burns, sharing equipment and manpower across ranches.
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The Nature Conservancy in Texas - Prescribed Fire Program
The Nature Conservancy — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Statewide · Free (Free workshops, demo burns & training) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners & prescribed burn associations
TNC leads workshops, demonstration burns and shares prescribed-fire training and resources with Texas landowners and burn associations, partnering on burns statewide.
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Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant Program — Georgia
Georgia Forestry Commission / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · GA
Statewide (rural communities & VFDs) · Cost-share (50/50 matching grants for equipment, wildland PPE and training) · Status: rolling (Rolling / annual online application)
Who: Rural / volunteer fire departments
GFC administers 50/50 VFA matching grants helping rural volunteer fire departments buy wildland firefighting equipment, PPE and basic fire training.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Fire Defense (RFD) Lease Program
Georgia Forestry Commission — State · Fire Department Grants · GA
Statewide (142 counties, 930+ stations) · Cost-share (Leased/at-cost slip-on tankers, brush units; surplus pumps, hose, reels) · Status: rolling (Rolling (cooperative lease agreements))
Who: Rural / volunteer fire departments
Supplies rural volunteer fire departments with leased or at-cost slip-on tankers, brush units and surplus gear to fight wildland and grass fires.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Personal Property / Firefighter Property (FEPP/FFP) Program — Georgia
USDA Forest Service via Georgia Forestry Commission — Federal · Fire Department Grants · GA
Statewide · Free (Excess DoD/federal equipment at little to no cost; title transfer possible) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Cooperating rural / volunteer fire departments
GFC channels excess federal and DoD property to Georgia fire departments at little to no cost for conversion into wildland firefighting apparatus.
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Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Cost Share Program — Georgia
Georgia Forestry Commission / USDA Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Statewide (private forest land, 10+ acres) · Cost-share ($5/ac prescribed burn, $70/ac thinning, $40/ac release, $100/ac planting; max $10,000) · Status: closed (Signup currently closed (annual cycle))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Cost-share for thinning, pine release and prescribed burning to prevent southern pine beetle and build resilient forests; up to $10,000 per landowner.
Apply / details · Official source
Invasive Plant Control Program (IPCP)
Georgia Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Statewide (10+ acres, 3+ acre treatment) · Cost-share ($60/acre, up to 75% of cost, max $10,000 per landowner) · Status: verify (Jul 3, 2026 (annual cycle))
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Pays $60/acre (up to $10,000) to treat privet, kudzu, callery pear and other invasive plants that degrade forest health across Georgia.
Apply / details · Official source
South Georgia Landscape Restoration Cost Share Project
Georgia Forestry Commission & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
South Georgia focal-area counties · $5,000 (Up to $5,000 for prescribed burning, thinning, mulching, groundcover restoration) · Status: verify (Annual cycle (last posted Mar 17, 2023))
Who: Private forest landowners
Cost-share up to $5,000 for understory/midstory work—prescribed burning, thinning, mulching—to improve habitat and cut wildfire risk in South Georgia.
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Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Urban & Community Forestry Grant
Georgia Forestry Commission / USDA Forest Service (IRA) — State · Community Preparedness · GA
Statewide; disadvantaged communities (CEJST) · Up to $300,000 (Up to $300,000/yr for 4 yrs (IRA, no match) or up to $30,000 (1:1 match)) · Status: verify (Annual application cycles)
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, tree advocacy groups
GFC urban & community forestry grants funding tree planting, invasive removal, storm recovery and canopy restoration—up to $300,000 for disadvantaged communities.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Georgia
USDA NRCS Georgia — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Statewide (Georgia) · Cost-share (Financial assistance (commonly up to ~75% of cost); advance payments for eligible producers) · Status: verify (2026-01-15)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, and nonindustrial private forest landowners
EQIP gives Georgia forest landowners cost-share and technical help for practices like prescribed burning, firebreaks, and forest stand improvement.
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Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Georgia
USDA NRCS Georgia — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Statewide (Georgia) · Cost-share (Annual payments plus practice payments for enhancing conservation on working forest and ag lands) · Status: verify (2026-01-15)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with working lands
CSP pays Georgia landowners to maintain and enhance conservation on working forests, including prescribed fire and forest health practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative - Georgia
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Georgia longleaf priority counties · Cost-share (EQIP-delivered assistance for longleaf establishment, prescribed burning, stand improvement) · Status: verify (2026-01-15)
Who: Private landowners in longleaf priority areas
NRCS Longleaf Pine Initiative funds Georgia landowners for longleaf restoration and prescribed burning through EQIP in priority counties.
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CWDG Award - Jekyll Island Equipment Acquisition & Hazard Reduction
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Jekyll Island / Glynn County, GA · $750,000 (CWDG award for biomass reduction, firebreak, prescribed fire, equipment) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Jekyll Island Authority
CWDG award funds Jekyll Island Authority for biomass and firebreak work, prescribed fire, and wildfire mitigation equipment.
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Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Georgia
USDA FSA Georgia — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · GA
All 159 Georgia counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share; max $500,000 per entity per disaster) · Status: verify (Reactivated per approved disaster event)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
EFRP reimburses Georgia forest landowners up to 75% to restore forestland damaged by natural disasters such as pests and wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Georgia
USDA FSA Georgia — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · GA
Georgia disaster-designated counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share; max $500,000 per disaster event) · Status: verify (Reactivated per approved disaster event)
Who: Agricultural producers/landowners
ECP shares up to 75% of the cost for Georgia producers to rehabilitate farmland after disasters, including debris removal and erosion control.
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Landscape Scale Restoration - Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water (GA)
USDA Forest Service (Southern Region) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Georgia (multi-state: GA, SC, TX) · $333,333 (LSR award for forest management, new plans (~2,100 acres), tree planting) · Status: closed (Awarded)
Who: Multi-state forestry partnership
Forest Service LSR grant funds forest management planning and restoration across Georgia and partner states to improve forest and watershed health.
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Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) / National Fire Plan Grant — South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Fire Department Grants · SC
Statewide (rural fire departments) · Up to $5,000 (50/50 matching grant, up to $5,000 per department) · Status: verify (Annual; 2025 cycle closed Dec 31, 2025)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments (pop <=10,000, >=80% volunteer)
SCFC 50/50 matching grants up to $5,000 for rural volunteer fire departments to buy wildland firefighting equipment, protective gear, radios, and training.
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Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) & Firefighter Property (FFP) — South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · SC
Statewide (fire departments) · Free (Loaned (FEPP) or transferable-to-own (FFP) federal excess equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling / ongoing)
Who: Legally chartered rural/volunteer fire departments
SCFC loans or transfers federal excess military and government equipment to chartered fire departments for wildland firefighting at little to no cost.
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Forest Renewal Program (FRP) Cost-Share
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Statewide (private forestland) · Cost-share (Reimburses 40% of practice cost up to per-acre caps; prescribed burning, site prep, planting) · Status: rolling (Rolling; limited funds, waiting lists common)
Who: Private non-industrial forest landowners
State cost-share reimbursing private landowners 40% of reforestation and forest-health practices, including prescribed burning and site prep, up to per-acre caps.
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Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Program — South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission / USDA Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Statewide (private forestland) · Cost-share (Reimburses ~50% of prevention practices and 60% of pre-commercial thinning up to caps) · Status: rolling (Rolling; limited funds)
Who: Private non-industrial forest landowners
State-federal cost-share paying landowners about 50-60% to thin overstocked pine stands, reducing southern pine beetle risk and hazardous fuel loads.
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Forest Stewardship Program (Management Plans) — South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Planning · SC
Statewide (private forestland) · Free (Free multi-resource forest management plan (10+ acres); consultant plans funded on 50+ acre priority parcels) · Status: rolling (Rolling; funds limited)
Who: Private forest landowners (10+ forested acres)
Free multi-resource forest management plans for landowners with 10+ acres, with consultant-written plans funded at no cost on 50+ acre priority parcels.
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Urban & Community Forestry Grant Program — South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · SC
Statewide (local governments, nonprofits) · Varies (Competitive grants; recent cycle funds post-disaster forest/canopy recovery) · Status: verify (FY25 disaster-recovery cycle closed May 15, 2026)
Who: State, local, and tribal governments; nonprofits
SCFC competitive grants funding tree planting, forest health, and post-storm canopy recovery for local governments and nonprofits statewide.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund - South Carolina
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Historical longleaf range incl. South Carolina · $250,000-$2,000,000 (Grants for restoration incl. prescribed fire, thinning, planting, landowner assistance) · Status: verify (Annual; 2026 cycle closed Jan 29, 2026)
Who: Nonprofits, state/local/tribal governments, universities
NFWF grants of $250K-$2M for longleaf pine restoration on public and private lands, including prescribed fire, thinning, and landowner technical assistance.
Apply / details · Official source
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (South Carolina)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Statewide (private lands) · Cost-share (Free technical assistance plus cost-share for habitat restoration, incl. prescribed burning) · Status: rolling (Rolling / ongoing)
Who: Private landowners (voluntary participation)
USFWS provides free technical help and cost-share funding to private landowners restoring habitat, including prescribed burning, on a voluntary basis.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - South Carolina
USDA NRCS South Carolina — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
South Carolina (statewide) · Cost-share (Cost-share/incentive payments; rates vary by practice) · Status: verify (FY26 batching deadline was Oct 3, 2025; FY27 window TBD)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for forest landowners in SC to fund prescribed burning, forest stand improvement and other forest-health practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - South Carolina
USDA NRCS South Carolina — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
South Carolina (statewide) · Cost-share (Annual land-use and enhancement payments; rates set in SC payment schedule) · Status: verify (FY26 batching deadline was Oct 3, 2025; FY27 window TBD)
Who: Agricultural and forest producers with working lands
NRCS pays SC forest and farm owners to maintain and enhance conservation, including prescribed fire and forest-health stewardship.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI) - South Carolina
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
South Carolina longleaf range (part of 9-state initiative) · Cost-share (Financial assistance delivered through EQIP/CSP; rates vary by practice) · Status: verify (Tied to NRCS EQIP/CSP ranking dates)
Who: Private landowners restoring/managing longleaf pine
NRCS financial assistance for SC longleaf restoration, funding prescribed burning and understory management through EQIP and CSP.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - SC Piedmont Watershed Restoration
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
10 SC Piedmont counties (Abbeville, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Laurens, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, Union) · Up to $5.7 million (Up to $5.7M over three years) · Status: verify (Enroll via NRCS EQIP ranking dates during project period)
Who: Private forest landowners in the project area
Joint Chiefs project funding improved forest management and watershed restoration on private lands across 10 SC Piedmont counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - South Carolina
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · SC
South Carolina (statewide, disaster-triggered) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of restoration cost; $500,000 cap per person/entity per disaster) · Status: rolling (Sign-up periods announced after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners with disaster damage
FSA cost-share (up to 75%) helping SC private forest owners restore forest health after wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - South Carolina
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · SC
South Carolina (statewide, disaster-triggered) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (up to 90% for limited-resource producers)) · Status: rolling (Sign-up periods announced after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with disaster-damaged farmland
FSA cost-share for SC farmers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wildfire and other disasters, including debris removal and fencing.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) - South Carolina
USDA NRCS South Carolina — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · SC
South Carolina (statewide, disaster-triggered watersheds) · Cost-share (NRCS pays majority of recovery costs; local sponsor provides match) · Status: rolling (Activated after a watershed emergency; contact NRCS SC)
Who: Local government sponsors on behalf of affected landowners
NRCS technical and financial help to relieve post-disaster watershed hazards in SC, including revegetating eroding lands and clearing debris.
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - South Carolina
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · SC
SC at-risk communities eligible · Varies (Up to $250,000 for CWPP planning; up to $10M for project implementation) · Status: verify (Awarded via periodic NOFO; check program page)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, and state/local governments
USFS grants for wildfire protection planning and fuels/home-hardening projects; SC at-risk communities are eligible to apply.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost-Share Program
Alabama Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide Alabama · Cost-share ($10/ac understory prescribed burn; $100/ac thinning; $150/ac low-density planting) · Status: verify (Prior round closed Aug 31, 2023; confirm current sign-up)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners (10+ contiguous acres)
AFC cost-share paying landowners for understory prescribed burning and thinning to reduce pine stand density and beetle/fuel risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program
Alabama Forestry Commission (state funds & USDA Forest Service VFA) — State · Fire Department Grants · AL
Statewide Alabama · Varies (~$1M/yr state appropriation to ~1,000 VFDs; federal VFA grants; free federal excess equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling; equipment via FC-42 request form)
Who: Volunteer and rural fire departments
AFC channels state and federal funds plus free excess trucks and wildland gear to volunteer fire departments for wildfire response.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Alabama
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide Alabama · Cost-share (Payment rates vary by practice; see Alabama payment schedules) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; ranking cutoffs set periodically)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS financial assistance for forest-health practices including prescribed burning, brush management, and longleaf restoration on private land.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI) - Alabama
USDA NRCS (EQIP) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Longleaf range, Alabama · Cost-share (EQIP payment rates vary by practice) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; ranking cutoffs set periodically)
Who: Private forest landowners in the longleaf range
Targeted EQIP funding to establish and maintain longleaf pine, including prescribed burning to restore natural fire regimes in Alabama.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Alabama
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide Alabama · Varies (Annual performance payments; $4,000 minimum annual payment; 5-year contracts) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; ranking cutoffs set periodically)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS annual payments rewarding landowners for enhancements such as prescribed fire and improved forest and wildlife-habitat management.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Alabama Longleaf/Cogongrass Project
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Coffee, Covington, Escambia, Geneva counties · Cost-share (EQIP cost-share for eligible practices) · Status: closed (Final sign-up Jun 16, 2023 (project concluded))
Who: Private landowners in project area
NRCS/USFS partnership funding cogongrass control and native grass and longleaf restoration across 1.2M acres to sustain fire-adapted habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Alabama
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AL
Statewide Alabama (disaster-declared) · Cost-share (Payments for emergency restoration measures on damaged private forest land) · Status: verify (Sign-up periods set after disaster events)
Who: Owners of nonindustrial private forest land
FSA payments help Alabama private forest owners restore land damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Alabama
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AL
Statewide Alabama (disaster-declared) · Cost-share (Emergency cost-share plus technical assistance for damaged farmland) · Status: verify (Sign-up periods set after disaster events)
Who: Farmers and ranchers
FSA emergency funding and technical help for farmers and ranchers to repair farmland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (with USDA/USFS/DoD/USFWS) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Longleaf range, incl. Alabama · Varies (Competitive grants; program has invested $151M+ across the Southeast) · Status: verify (Annual RFP; 2026 round closed Jan 30, 2026)
Who: Nonprofits, agencies, universities, landowner partnerships
NFWF grants accelerate longleaf pine restoration and prescribed fire across the Southeast, including Alabama, under the Range-Wide Conservation Plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Alabama's Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration Team (ALERT)
The Longleaf Alliance & partners (NRCS, AFC, USFWS, TNC, NWTF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Statewide Alabama · Free (Free technical assistance to plan longleaf restoration, prescribed fire, and enroll in USDA programs) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
Multi-agency team providing free technical help for longleaf restoration and prescribed burning, connecting landowners to EQIP and other funding.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban & Community Forestry Subgrant Program (IRA) - Alabama
USDA Forest Service via Alabama Forestry Commission — State · Community Preparedness · AL
Statewide Alabama · Varies ($3,375,000 Inflation Reduction Act allocation to Alabama for competitive subgrants) · Status: verify (verify)
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, tribes, communities
AFC administers competitive IRA-funded subgrants to build community forest health and canopy resilience across Alabama.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Tribal lands (Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Atmore) · Varies (Federal funding for prescribed fire and mechanical fuels treatments on tribal/Indian lands) · Status: verify (Rolling (tribal/regional allocations))
Who: Federally recognized tribes / Indian trust lands
BIA funds prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction on tribal lands, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface to lower community wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program
Mississippi Forestry Commission (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · MS
Statewide; rural communities under 10,000 population · Cost-share (50/50 reimbursement for approved wildland firefighting and communication equipment) · Status: verify (Annual application window (see MFC))
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
Reimburses rural volunteer fire departments for approved wildland firefighting and communications equipment through federal VFA cost-share funds.
Apply / details · Official source
Firefighter Property Program (FFP)
Mississippi Forestry Commission (USDA Forest Service / DoD) — State · Fire Department Grants · MS
Statewide; rural fire districts · Free (Excess Department of Defense property provided at little/no cost) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
Transfers excess Department of Defense equipment to rural volunteer fire departments for wildland fire response at little or no cost.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Fire Protection Grant
Mississippi Forestry Commission (USDA Forest Service) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Private lands adjacent to National Forests in MS · Cost-share (Competitive hazardous fuels mitigation funds, reviewed annually) · Status: verify (Annual competitive review)
Who: Private landowners and communities near National Forests
Distributes National Forest hazardous-fuels funds competitively to reduce wildfire fuel loads on private lands adjacent to National Forests in Mississippi.
Apply / details · Official source
RESTORE Program (Forest Restoration)
Mississippi Forestry Commission (RESTORE Act) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, George, Stone, Pearl River counties · Free (Free prescribed burns, firebreak installation, tree planting, invasive treatment, management plans) · Status: verify (Rolling via online eligibility survey)
Who: Private landowners with 10+ acres in priority watersheds
RESTORE Act-funded program delivering free prescribed burns, firebreaks, and forest management to eligible landowners in six Mississippi Gulf Coast counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Resource Development Program (FRDP)
Mississippi Forestry Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Statewide · Cost-share (Up to 75% of cost (by practice); max $10,000 per landowner per year) · Status: rolling (First-come, first-served each fiscal year (Jul 1-Jun 30))
Who: Private nonindustrial landowners with 10+ acres
State timber-severance-tax cost-share covering up to 75% of forestry practices including prescribed/silvicultural burning and firebreak installation.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Mississippi
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · MS
Statewide; at-risk communities (Attala County awardee) · $250K-$10M (Up to $250K for CWPP planning, up to $10M implementation; Attala County CWPP awarded $250,000) · Status: verify (Prior round closed 3/14/2025; new rounds expected)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, local governments, state forestry
Competitive federal grants for wildfire protection planning and fuels projects; Mississippi funded a $250K CWPP for Attala County.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Mississippi
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Statewide · Cost-share (Co-investment payments up to 90% for high-priority practices; forestland practices eligible) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers and nonindustrial forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for conservation practices on Mississippi forestland and farmland, including forest stand improvement and prescribed burning.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Mississippi
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Statewide · Cost-share (Annual maintenance and enhancement payments (minimum $1,500/year)) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with ranking dates)
Who: Producers and nonindustrial forest landowners with existing conservation
NRCS annual payments rewarding enhanced conservation and forestland stewardship, including practices that improve forest health on Mississippi lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI) - Mississippi
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
Priority counties in Mississippi's longleaf range · Cost-share (Technical and financial assistance via EQIP for longleaf establishment and prescribed burning) · Status: verify (Aligned with NRCS EQIP sign-up cycles)
Who: Private forest landowners
NRCS EQIP-based initiative funding longleaf pine restoration and prescribed burning to restore natural fire regimes across Mississippi's priority counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Mississippi
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MS
Statewide; activated by disaster designation · Cost-share (75% of actual/allowable restoration cost; up to $500,000 per participant) · Status: verify (Sign-up windows set per approved disaster)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share (75%, up to $500K) to restore nonindustrial private forestland damaged by natural disasters; approved for Mississippi sign-ups.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Mississippi
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MS
Statewide; activated by county disaster designation · Cost-share (Up to 75% of eligible cost (up to 90% for limited-resource producers)) · Status: verify (Sign-up set after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with disaster-damaged farmland
FSA cost-share to repair wildfire-damaged farmland, including debris removal, fencing, and erosion control, available to Mississippi producers after disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program - Mississippi
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MS
Statewide; through eligible local/tribal sponsors · Cost-share (Up to 75% of construction cost (up to 90% in limited-resource areas)) · Status: verify (Requests within 60 days of disaster/site access)
Who: State/local/tribal government sponsors; landowners via a sponsor
NRCS funds post-fire watershed recovery (debris removal, streambank and vegetation stabilization) through local or tribal sponsors at up to 75% federal share.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Wildland Fire Grant
Louisiana Dept of Agriculture & Forestry / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · LA
Statewide (rural communities <=10,000 population) · Cost-share (50/50 federal match; up to $10,000 per item) · Status: verify (Annual cycle)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments (>=80% volunteer)
50/50 matching grants help rural volunteer fire departments buy wildland firefighting gear, hoses, pumps and communications equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Louisiana Forestry Initiative (LFI)
LA Dept of Agriculture & Forestry / LA Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Statewide · Cost-share ($3M+ over four years for eligible landowners) · Status: verify (June 1-30 annual enrollment window)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Statewide cost-share program funding prescribed burning, site prep, tree planting and forest stand improvement to boost forest health and habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Productivity Program (FPP)
Louisiana Dept of Agriculture & Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Statewide (min. 10 contiguous acres) · Cost-share (Incentive payments toward practice costs (reimbursement)) · Status: rolling (First-come, first-served)
Who: Private timberland owners
State incentive payments reimburse landowners for tree planting, site prep and vegetation control including prescribed burning to establish timber.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Louisiana
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · LA
At-risk communities/Tribes (City of Leesville CWPP funded) · Varies (City of Leesville, LA awarded $85,661 (2024 Round Two)) · Status: verify (Competitive rounds (5-yr program through 2027))
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, local governments
Funds Community Wildfire Protection Plans and their implementation; Leesville received $85,661 to develop its first CWPP.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Louisiana
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance for ~200 conservation practices) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at batching dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for conservation practices including prescribed burning, brush management and forest stand improvement on Louisiana lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Louisiana Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI)
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
West-central Louisiana longleaf range · Cost-share (Technical and financial assistance via EQIP) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at set periods)
Who: Private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for longleaf pine establishment, prescribed burning and stand improvement to restore fire-adapted longleaf forests.
Apply / details · Official source
Louisiana Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership
USDA NRCS / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Louisiana longleaf priority landscape · Cost-share (EQIP financial assistance for fuels and restoration) · Status: verify (Ranked at NRCS funding periods)
Who: Private landowners near at-risk lands
Cost-share for hazardous fuel treatments, firebreaks and reforestation to reduce wildfire risk and restore Louisiana longleaf landscapes.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Louisiana
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Statewide · Cost-share (Annual payments for enhanced conservation activities) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at batching dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS annual payments reward landowners for maintaining and improving conservation activities, which can include prescribed fire and forest health work.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Louisiana
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · LA
All 64 parishes (2024 disaster designation) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of costs; $500,000 per-participant limit) · Status: verify (Set per disaster designation (2024 signup closed Jul 12, 2024))
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share (up to 75%) restores private forestland damaged by disasters, covering debris removal, site prep, replanting and prescribed burning.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Louisiana
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · LA
Parish disaster designations · Cost-share (Cost-share to rehabilitate farmland after natural disasters) · Status: verify (Set per disaster designation)
Who: Agricultural producers
FSA cost-share helps producers rehabilitate farmland damaged by wildfire and other disasters, including debris removal and conservation repairs.
Apply / details · Official source
Forestland Stewards Initiative
NFWF / International Paper — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
West-central Louisiana · Varies (TNC-Louisiana awarded $251,900 for longleaf restoration) · Status: verify (Periodic grant rounds)
Who: Conservation organizations (e.g., TNC Louisiana)
NFWF/International Paper grants fund longleaf restoration, prescribed burning and landowner assistance; TNC Louisiana received $251,900.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) - Louisiana Longleaf Resilience
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Louisiana (multi-state LA/FL/NC project) · $600,000 ($600,000 to treat 50,000 acres of hazardous fuels) · Status: verify (Annual competitive award cycle)
Who: State forestry agencies and partners
USFS awarded $600K for 'Increasing Resilience of Longleaf Pine Forests,' reducing hazardous fuels via prescribed fire on Louisiana state and private lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program
N.C. Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · NC
Statewide; departments serving <10,000 population · Cost-share (Up to $5,000 in 50/50 matching funds for wildland firefighting equipment/supplies) · Status: verify (Annual, ~Dec 5)
Who: NC fire departments serving fewer than 10,000 people
NCFS 50/50 cost-share up to $5,000 for small rural fire departments to buy wildland firefighting supplies and equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Development Program (FDP) Cost-Share
N.C. Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Statewide · Cost-share (Partial reimbursement at district rates, up to 100 acres/year, incl. prescribed burning) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: Private (nonindustrial) forest landowners in NC
State cost-share reimbursing landowners for reforestation, site prep, planting and forest stand improvement on up to 100 acres a year.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program Cost-Share
N.C. Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Statewide · Cost-share ($100/acre or actual cost, whichever lesser; max $10,000/landowner) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners in NC
NCFS cost-share of $100/acre (max $10,000) for precommercial thinning of young pine stands to reduce southern pine beetle risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban and Community Forestry Financial Assistance Program
N.C. Forest Service — State · Planning · NC
Statewide municipalities/communities · Cost-share (Reimbursement 50%-100% by RFA, plus up to 15% admin) · Status: open (RFAs posted Jan & July annually)
Who: Municipalities, tribal & government agencies, public schools, 501(c)(3)s
NCFS reimbursement grants (50-100%) for community tree inventories, urban forest plans, planting and maintenance projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Property Loan Program (FEPP)
N.C. Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · NC
Statewide · Free (Loaned equipment at no purchase cost (dept insures/maintains)) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: North Carolina fire departments
NCFS loans federal excess vehicles, tankers, pumpers and generators to fire departments for wildfire suppression at no purchase cost.
Apply / details · Official source
Firefighter Property Program (FFP)
N.C. Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · NC
Statewide · Free (Surplus military property transferred at no cost, with ownership) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: NC fire/emergency service providers
NCFS transfers surplus DoD vehicles, trucks, pumps and turnout gear to fire departments at no cost, with ownership and few restrictions.
Apply / details · Official source
NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - North Carolina
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Statewide NC · Cost-share (Practice payments per NC schedule; contracts up to 10 years; underserved producers get higher rates and 50% advance) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranked at state cutoff dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NC EQIP cost-shares forest and fuels practices like prescribed burning, brush management and forest stand improvement on private working lands.
Apply / details · Official source
NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - North Carolina
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Statewide NC · Cost-share (Maintenance plus implementation payments; ~$4,000 annual minimum; 5-year renewable contracts) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranked at state cutoff dates)
Who: Producers, entities, and Tribes with private, Tribal or non-industrial forestland
NC CSP pays landowners to maintain and enhance conservation systems, including forest health and prescribed-fire enhancements on working forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
NRCS Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI) - North Carolina
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Priority longleaf counties in NC · Cost-share (Delivered through EQIP/CSP for longleaf establishment, stand improvement and prescribed burning; rates per NRCS schedules) · Status: rolling (Continuous; apply through EQIP/CSP cycles)
Who: Private agricultural producers and forest landowners
LLPI funds longleaf restoration on private NC lands, cost-sharing prescribed fire and stand improvement through EQIP and CSP in priority counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Uwharries to Sandhills Phase 2 (NC)
USDA NRCS and USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Stanly counties, NC · $1,022,106 (FY25 project award; ~18,000 acres of prescribed fire and silvicultural treatment; landowner assistance via EQIP in project area) · Status: rolling (Enroll through NRCS EQIP within project boundary)
Who: Private forest landowners in project area (via NRCS) plus partners
FY25 Joint Chiefs project funds prescribed fire and fuels reduction across five NC counties, expanding private landowner burn capacity near the Uwharrie NF.
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NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - North Carolina
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NC
Disaster-impacted NC watersheds (incl. Helene-affected western NC) · Cost-share (NRCS may pay up to 75% of emergency-measure construction cost; 25% local share; floodplain easements also available) · Status: verify (Case-by-case after disaster declarations)
Who: Public/private landowners via an eligible sponsor (city, county, district, Tribe)
EWP funds post-disaster watershed recovery in NC - debris removal, streambank stabilization and erosion control - key for Helene-hit western counties.
Apply / details · Official source
FSA Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - North Carolina
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NC
Disaster-declared NC counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share, capped at $500,000 per disaster; debris removal, site prep, road restoration, replanting) · Status: verify (Signup announced per disaster)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners with restorable tree cover
EFRP cost-shares restoration of hurricane- or disaster-damaged private NC forestland, funding debris removal, site prep and replanting up to 75%.
Apply / details · Official source
FSA Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - North Carolina
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NC
Disaster-declared NC counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share, capped at $500,000 per disaster; debris removal, grading, fence/windbreak restoration, erosion control) · Status: verify (Signup announced per disaster)
Who: Farmers and agricultural producers
ECP cost-shares rehabilitation of disaster-damaged NC farmland - debris removal, erosion control, windbreak and fence restoration - up to 75%.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program - NC eligibility
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NC
At-risk NC communities in high wildfire hazard areas · Up to $10M (Planning grants up to $250,000 (10% match); project grants up to $10 million (25% match); match waivers for Tribes/underserved) · Status: verify (Annual competition; watch for next NOFO)
Who: Communities, Tribes, local governments, nonprofits, state forestry agencies
CWDG funds NC community wildfire protection plans and fuels/mitigation projects; prioritizes low-income and recently disaster-impacted at-risk areas.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (NC)
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Tribal trust lands incl. EBCI Qualla Boundary, NC · Varies (Federally funded fuels treatments on Indian trust lands - prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, mastication, chipping; WUI prioritized) · Status: rolling (Ongoing via BIA regional/agency offices)
Who: Federally recognized Tribes and BIA agencies managing tribal lands
BIA funds hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed fire on tribal lands like the Qualla Boundary, cutting wildfire risk in wildland-urban interface zones.
Apply / details · Official source
NC Triangle Prescribed Burn Association
NC Triangle Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Orange, Alamance, Person, Durham, Chatham, Caswell counties · Free (Member landowners receive free burn planning, volunteer burn crews and shared equipment (NCFS-provided tank/pump unit)) · Status: rolling (Rolling membership)
Who: Member private landowners
Landowner-led PBA offering free burn planning, volunteer crews and shared equipment for prescribed fire across six NC Triangle counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Planting Fund
The Longleaf Alliance — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Longleaf range incl. North Carolina · Cost-share (Seedling and establishment cost-share for landowners restoring longleaf pine; annual request window Mar 1-Jun 1) · Status: verify (Annual window Mar 1-Jun 1)
Who: Private landowners
Longleaf Alliance cost-share helping landowners fund longleaf seedlings and establishment, setting up land for prescribed-fire management.
Apply / details · Official source
NC Sandhills Longleaf Restoration & Management (landowner cost-share)
The Nature Conservancy (via NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
NC Sandhills · Cost-share ($722,300 NFWF award (2024) supports prescribed fire and cost-share assistance to private landowners in the NC Sandhills) · Status: rolling (Rolling / contact TNC North Carolina)
Who: Private landowners in the NC Sandhills
TNC's NFWF-funded NC Sandhills project delivers prescribed fire and cost-share assistance to private longleaf pine landowners.
Apply / details · Official source
Quail Forever NC Sandhills Habitat Assistance
Quail Forever — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
NC Sandhills / statewide · Cost-share (Farm Bill Wildlife Biologists help landowners develop and fund prescribed fire and habitat projects through Farm Bill cost-share) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
Quail Forever biologists help NC landowners plan and fund prescribed fire and habitat work through Farm Bill cost-share programs.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Wildland Fire Suppression Kits
TN Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Forestry — State · Fire Department Grants · TN
Statewide; communities under 10,000 population · Free (In-kind wildland firefighting kits (PPE + hand tools) valued at ~$3,000 each; no cash match) · Status: verify (Annual fall window (~Sept 1 - mid-Oct))
Who: Volunteer fire departments serving <10,000 people with a current MOU with TDF
TDF equips volunteer fire departments serving under 10,000 people with free ~$3,000 wildland firefighting kits of PPE and hand tools each fall.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Establishment & Improvement Cost Share
TN Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Statewide private forestland · Cost-share (50-75% reimbursement up to $20,000/landowner/yr; eligible practices include prescribed burning to establish forest ($30/acre)) · Status: rolling (Quarterly sign-ups; contact local Area Forester)
Who: Private TN forest landowners (individuals, joint owners, non-profits, non-publicly-traded corps)
TDF reimburses private landowners 50-75% (up to $20K/yr) for forest establishment and stand improvement, including prescribed burning at $30/acre.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Cost Share Program
TN Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Statewide pine forestland · Cost-share (50% cost-share up to $20,000/landowner/yr; prescribed burning ($30/ac), pre-commercial thinning ($55/ac), pine release, spot suppression ($250/ac)) · Status: rolling (Quarterly sign-ups; contact local Area Forester)
Who: Private TN forest landowners
TDF cost-shares 50% (up to $20K/yr) for pine stand thinning, prescribed burning, and beetle-spot suppression to reduce Southern Pine Beetle risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban & Community Forestry / Community Tree Planting Grants
TN Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Forestry — State · Planning · TN
Statewide; municipalities and community public lands · Varies (Cost-share grants to plant trees on public land and to initiate or expand local urban forestry programs; USFS + TAEP funded) · Status: verify (Annual application window (typically summer))
Who: Cities, towns, communities, and nonprofits in Tennessee
TDF's Urban & Community Forestry program grants cost-share funds to cities, towns and nonprofits to plant trees on public land and grow local forestry programs.
Apply / details · Official source
NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Tennessee
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Statewide (Tennessee) · Cost-share (Practice payments (advance-payment option for historically underserved) for prescribed burning, brush management, forest stand improvement) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranked at state cutoff dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest managers
TN EQIP cost-shares conservation practices including prescribed burning, brush management, and forest stand improvement for farmers and private forest owners.
Apply / details · Official source
NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Tennessee
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Statewide (Tennessee) · Cost-share (Annual maintenance and implementation payments (minimum $4,000/yr) with bundle incentives for forestry and habitat enhancements) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; ranked at key dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners with working lands
TN CSP pays landowners to maintain and enhance conservation systems, including forestry and habitat improvements, with a $4,000 annual minimum payment.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - East Tennessee (FY24)
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
East Tennessee counties, incl. Cherokee National Forest area · $1,331,198 (FY24-selected 'East Tennessee Aquatic Habitat for At Risk Species, Phase 2' funds landscape-scale forest/watershed restoration on public and private lands) · Status: verify (FY24 project selected; landowner signups via local NRCS office)
Who: Private landowners (via NRCS assistance) and partners
FY24 Joint Chiefs project brings $1.33M for landscape-scale forest and aquatic habitat restoration on public and private land in East Tennessee.
Apply / details · Official source
FSA Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Tennessee
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TN
Statewide (Tennessee), disaster-declared areas · Cost-share (Up to 75% of implementation cost to restore disaster-damaged (incl. wildfire) forest; max $500,000 per person/entity per disaster) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced per disaster; check local FSA office)
Who: Owners of non-industrial private forest land with pre-disaster tree cover
EFRP pays TN non-industrial private forest owners up to 75% cost-share to restore forest damaged by wildfire and other disasters, up to $500K per disaster.
Apply / details · Official source
FSA Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Tennessee
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · TN
Statewide (Tennessee), disaster-declared areas · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers) to rehabilitate disaster-damaged farmland incl. wildfire: debris removal, grading, fence, emergency water) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced per disaster; apply at local FSA office)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with disaster-damaged farmland
ECP cost-shares up to 75% for TN farmers to rehabilitate wildfire- and disaster-damaged farmland: debris removal, fencing, grading, and water measures.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Tennessee
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · TN
At-risk communities statewide (Tennessee) · Up to $10M (Planning grants up to $250,000; project grants up to $10M. TN Round 3/2025 awards: Blackberry Mountain Residential COA $1,015,595; Tennessee Wildfire Alliance $173,259) · Status: verify (Awarded by competitive rounds; check for next NOFO)
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state forestry agencies
CWDG funds wildfire planning and mitigation; TN 2025 awards include $1.02M for Blackberry Mountain fuels work and $173K for an Anderson County CWPP.
Apply / details · Official source
USFS Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) - Central Hardwoods Oak/Fuels (TN)
USDA Forest Service (State & Private Forestry) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Tennessee (multi-state AR/KY) Central Hardwoods Region · $600,000 ('Three-State Cooperative Upland Oak Restoration' LSR grant restores upland oak ecosystems and treats hazardous fuels on ~250 acres) · Status: closed (Awarded; LSR program runs annually)
Who: State forestry agencies and partners (delivering to landowners)
USFS LSR grant funds $600K for three-state upland oak restoration and hazardous-fuels treatment in the Central Hardwoods region including Tennessee.
Apply / details · Official source
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Stewardship Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Cumberland Plateau & Southern Appalachians (incl. TN) · $250,000-$750,000 (Competitive grants $250K-$750K; min 1:1 non-federal match; 24-48 month projects to restore forest/freshwater habitat incl. prescribed fire) · Status: verify (Annual RFP (2025 cycle closed Jul 16, 2025); confirm 2026 window)
Who: Nonprofits, state/local/tribal governments, universities (landowners partner with eligible applicant)
NFWF grants ($250K-$750K) restore Cumberland Plateau forests across TN, funding prescribed fire, thinning and native planting via partner nonprofits and agencies.
Apply / details · Official source
Cumberland Plateau Shortleaf Pine Restoration - Landowner Program
Tennessee Wildlife Federation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Cumberland Plateau, TN · Cost-share (Funded by a $200K NFWF grant plus Lyndhurst Foundation match; helps landowners with prescribed burns, shortleaf planting and cost-share-ready forest plans) · Status: open (Rolling (submit landowner interest form))
Who: Private landowners on/near the Cumberland Plateau
TN Wildlife Federation restores 5,400 acres of shortleaf pine, offering private landowners prescribed burns, planting and cost-share-ready forest plans.
Apply / details · Official source
NWTF Tennessee Habitat & Prescribed Fire Investment
National Wild Turkey Federation (Tennessee) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Statewide TN (equipment focus Middle TN) · Varies ($28.4M 2026 conservation budget with partner match; funds prescribed fire on 10,000+ acres and provides UTV sprayers for private lands in Middle TN) · Status: rolling (Rolling; contact NWTF TN district biologist)
Who: Private landowners (via NWTF and partner biologists)
NWTF Tennessee invests $28.4M in 2026, funding prescribed fire on 10,000+ acres and providing UTV sprayers for private lands in Middle Tennessee.
Apply / details · Official source
NWTF National Forestry Initiative (NFI) Landowner Foresters
National Wild Turkey Federation / USDA-NRCS — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
Foresters embedded in NRCS field offices, incl. TN · Free (NWTF/NRCS-funded NFI foresters provide free forest management plans plus help enrolling in Farm Bill cost-share for prescribed fire, thinning, invasives) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private forest landowners
NWTF-NRCS foresters give private landowners free management plans and help accessing cost-share for prescribed fire, thinning and forest health work.
Apply / details · Official source
East Tennessee Oak-Pine Private Lands Forester Program
The Nature Conservancy & Ruffed Grouse Society (NFWF-funded) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
East Tennessee / Cumberland Plateau · Cost-share (NFWF-funded TNC-led partnership; a Ruffed Grouse Society outreach forester delivers technical and financial assistance for NRCS oak-pine management, 2026-2029) · Status: verify (Project period 2026-2029; contact partner forester)
Who: Private landowners in East Tennessee
TNC-Ruffed Grouse Society partnership funds an East TN outreach forester giving landowners technical and financial help for oak-pine thinning and prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildland Fire Suppression Kits (Volunteer Fire Assistance)
Arkansas Dept of Agriculture, Forestry Division (USFS-funded) — State · Fire Department Grants · AR
Statewide; rural VFDs serving <10,000 population · Free (Free wildland fire suppression kits/equipment via VFA cost-share) · Status: verify (2025 round closed; next period anticipated Aug 2026)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments (>=80% volunteer, pop <10,000)
State Forestry Division distributes USFS-funded wildland fire suppression kits and equipment to rural volunteer fire departments.
Apply / details · Official source
Rural Fire Protection Interest-Free Loan Program
Arkansas Dept of Agriculture, Forestry Division — State · Fire Department Grants · AR
Statewide; communities of 10,000 or fewer · Up to $15,000 (Interest-free loan (after 25% down) for firefighting equipment or vehicles) · Status: rolling (Ongoing; one active loan per department)
Who: Volunteer fire departments (>=75% volunteer, pop <=10,000)
Interest-free loans up to $15,000 help rural fire departments buy firefighting equipment or vehicles to boost wildfire response.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (Arkansas)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · AR
Statewide; recent AR awards in Pope County and Gamaliel · $60,880-$75,999 (recent AR awards) (Planning grants up to $250K; project grants up to $10M nationally) · Status: verify (Awarded in periodic rounds; verify next NOFO)
Who: Communities, counties, fire districts, Tribes
USFS grants fund community wildfire protection plans and risk-reduction projects; recent AR awards went to Pope County and Gamaliel Fire District.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Incentive Program (CIP)
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide private lands · Up to $20,000 per landowner (Prescribed burning $50/acre; dozer firelines $1.50/linear ft; TSI $200/acre) · Status: verify (2026 round closed; reopens annually)
Who: Private landowners
AGFC cost-share pays landowners for prescribed burning, dozer fire lines, and timber stand improvement to restore habitat and reduce fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Arkansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance for prescribed burning, firebreaks, forest stand improvement, brush management) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; state ranking cutoff dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest landowners
NRCS cost-share helps Arkansas landowners fund conservation practices including prescribed fire, firebreaks, and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Ozark & Ouachita Highlands
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Ozark & Ouachita Highlands; six priority watersheds · Cost-share (USDA invested $2.3M in AR; funds prescribed burning, fuel breaks, forest stand improvement) · Status: verify (Via NRCS EQIP ranking dates)
Who: Private landowners near public forests
Joint Chiefs partnership funds prescribed burning, fuel breaks, and forest restoration for private landowners across the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Arkansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide · Annual payments (min $4,000/yr) (Payments for conservation enhancements including forestry and brush management) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; periodic ranking dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
CSP pays landowners annual stewardship payments to maintain and enhance conservation, including vegetation and fuels management practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Arkansas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AR
Statewide; activated by disaster designation · Up to 75% cost-share (Cost-share to restore non-industrial private forestland damaged by wildfire) · Status: verify (Sign-up set after county disaster designation)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share of up to 75% helps private forest landowners restore woodland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Arkansas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AR
Statewide; activated by disaster designation · Up to 75% cost-share (90% limited-resource) (Cost-share to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wildfire: debris removal, fences, water) · Status: verify (Sign-up period set after disaster)
Who: Agricultural producers
FSA cost-share up to 75% helps producers restore wildfire-damaged farmland, including debris removal, fence replacement, and water measures.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - Arkansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · AR
Statewide; through public sponsors · Up to 75% (90% in limited-resource areas) (Funds post-fire debris removal, erosion control, streambank stabilization) · Status: verify (Sponsor requests due shortly after a disaster event)
Who: Public sponsors (cities, counties, districts, Tribes)
NRCS funds public sponsors to address post-fire watershed hazards such as debris removal and streambank stabilization after wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant - Upland Oak Restoration (AR)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Central Hardwoods region; AR, TN, KY · $600,000 (3-state award) (Includes 250 acres hazardous fuel reduction and upland oak ecosystem restoration) · Status: verify (Competitive; annual pre-proposal cycle)
Who: State forestry agencies and partners
USFS Landscape Scale Restoration grant funds a three-state upland oak restoration including Arkansas, with hazardous fuel reduction acreage.
Apply / details · Official source
Reforestation of Timberlands (RT) Program
Virginia Department of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Statewide (Virginia) · Cost-share (Cost-share on pine reforestation/establishment costs; funded by VA forest products tax plus state match) · Status: rolling (Applications generally accepted starting in May until funds are committed)
Who: Private forest landowners
Cost-share helping private landowners establish healthy pine stands, funded by Virginia's forest products tax with state matching funds.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program (Virginia)
USDA Forest Service (administered by Virginia Department of Forestry) — Federal · Community Preparedness · VA
At-risk Virginia communities/counties · Varies (Funds Community Wildfire Protection Plans (min 10% match) and mitigation projects (min 25% match)) · Status: verify (No open window posted ('Check back for the next grant opportunity'))
Who: Counties, at-risk communities, tribes, nonprofits
Federal IIJA grants for at-risk Virginia communities to write wildfire protection plans and carry out hazardous-fuels mitigation projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant Program - Virginia
USDA Forest Service via Virginia Department of Forestry — Federal · Fire Department Grants · VA
Rural Virginia communities · Cost-share (50/50 matching reimbursement; maximum $5,000 per individual equipment item for PPE, tools, and equipment) · Status: closed (Application period closed)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
50/50 matching grants help rural volunteer fire departments buy wildland firefighting PPE, tools and equipment, up to $5,000 per item.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Virginia
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Statewide (Virginia) · Varies (Financial assistance for forestry/fuels practices incl. forest stand improvement and prescribed burning; advance payments up to 50%) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking cutoffs (FY2026 batching deadline was Jan 15, 2026))
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS financial and technical assistance for Virginia landowners implementing forestry and fuels-reduction conservation practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership - Eastern Divide (Virginia)
USDA NRCS and USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Southwest Virginia; NRCS assistance in Bland, Botetourt and Wythe counties · Varies (NRCS invested $994,655 in FY2022 for practices incl. forest stand improvement and prescribed burning on private lands) · Status: verify (FY2022 sign-up closed April 1, 2022; contact local NRCS for current cycles)
Who: Private landowners in the project area
NRCS/Forest Service partnership funding forest stand improvement and prescribed burning on private lands across southwest Virginia counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Hardwood Initiative Cost-Share Program
Virginia Department of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Statewide (Virginia) · Cost-share (Covers 90% of project cost (up to per-acre caps) for TSI, crop tree release, prescribed burning, fireline prep and invasive control) · Status: open (Rolling; work must be completed by May 31 for verification/payment)
Who: Private landowners with 5+ acres of forestland
Pays 90% of costs for hardwood stand improvement practices including prescribed burning and fireline preparation on private forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program
Virginia Department of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Statewide (Virginia) · Cost-share (Cost-share for pre-commercial thinning, longleaf pine restoration, and a logger incentive to reduce southern pine beetle risk) · Status: open (Rolling; apply through local DOF forester)
Who: Private pine landowners; certified SHARP loggers
Cost-share for thinning and longleaf restoration that keeps Virginia pine stands healthier and at lower risk from southern pine beetle.
Apply / details · Official source
Longleaf Pine Initiative (Virginia)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
23 cities/counties in coastal and southeastern Virginia · Varies (EQIP financial assistance for 20+ practices incl. prescribed burning, firebreak installation and longleaf establishment) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with local ranking deadlines)
Who: Private landowners in eligible areas
NRCS EQIP funding for prescribed burning, firebreaks and longleaf pine restoration across coastal and southeastern Virginia.
Apply / details · Official source
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program (Virginia)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Central Appalachia including western Virginia (Ohio & Upper Tennessee River watersheds) · $75,000-$500,000 (Competitive grants of $75,000-$500,000 for forest restoration, silviculture and habitat work; Virginia is an eligible state) · Status: open (2026 full proposals due July 16, 2026)
Who: Nonprofits, educational and governmental entities
NFWF grants of $75K-$500K funding forest and habitat restoration across Central Appalachia, including eligible portions of western Virginia.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Virginia
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · VA
Statewide (Virginia); available where a qualifying disaster is designated · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share to restore nonindustrial private forestland damaged by wildfire or other natural disasters) · Status: rolling (Sign-up periods set locally by FSA after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share of up to 75% helps private forest landowners rehabilitate woodlands damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Virginia
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · VA
Statewide (Virginia); available where a qualifying disaster is designated · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share (up to 90% for limited-resource producers) to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wildfire and other disasters) · Status: rolling (Sign-up periods set locally by FSA after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers
FSA cost-share of up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers) to restore farmland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Virginia
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Statewide (Virginia) · Varies (Five-year contracts with annual payments; forestry enhancements include fire management and pest-pressure interventions) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Producers and nonindustrial private forest landowners
NRCS annual payments reward Virginia forest landowners for enhanced practices including fire management and forest pest reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant - Kentucky
Kentucky Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — State · Fire Department Grants · KY
Rural communities of 10,000 or fewer, statewide · $1,000-$5,000 (50/50 reimbursement cost-share) · Status: verify (Annual; 2026 cycle closed ~Apr 30)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
Cost-share grants help rural fire departments buy wildland gear like Nomex, pumps, hoses, hand tools and PPE for wildfire protection.
Apply / details · Official source
Kentucky Firewise USA Community Grant
Kentucky Division of Forestry — State · Defensible Space · KY
Wildland-urban interface communities, statewide · $1,000-$10,000 (80/20 reimbursement cost-share) · Status: verify (Annual; recent cycle closed ~May 15)
Who: Local governments / Firewise USA communities
Grants fund projects that reduce wildfire risk and hazards in Kentucky's wildland-urban interface communities, prioritizing at-risk areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Kentucky
USDA Forest Service (KY Division of Forestry coordinator) — Federal · Planning · KY
At-risk communities; 31 priority counties in Appalachian KY · Up to $250K (plan) / $10M (project) (No cost-share for priority KY counties) · Status: verify (FY25 round closed Feb 28, 2025)
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, tribes
Federal grants fund community wildfire protection plans and risk-reduction projects; KY's high-risk Appalachian counties get priority and no match.
Apply / details · Official source
Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry Assistance Grant
USDA Forest Service / Kentucky Division of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KY
Statewide; priority to underserved communities · Varies (e.g., $1,000-$40,000) (No match required) · Status: verify (Annual; cycle currently closed)
Who: Local governments, 501(c)(3)s, schools
Grants fund tree planting and urban forest health projects in priority planting areas, improving canopy and community forest resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Kentucky
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KY
Statewide (private ag and forest land) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of practice cost; advance payments for some) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at set periods)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, forest landowners
Cost-share pays landowners for conservation practices including forest stand improvement, brush management, prescribed burning and firebreaks.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Kentucky
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KY
Statewide (working ag and forest land) · Varies (Min $4,000/yr; maintenance + enhancement payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at set periods)
Who: Agricultural and forest landowners
Annual payments reward landowners for maintaining and adding conservation enhancements, including forest health and habitat practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Kentucky
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KY
Statewide, following disaster declarations · Cost-share (Up to 75% of approved restoration costs) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced after a disaster)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Cost-share helps private forest owners restore forestland damaged by wildfire and other disasters through debris removal and replanting.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Kentucky
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KY
Statewide, following disaster declarations · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers)) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced after a disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers
Cost-share funds farmland recovery after wildfire and disasters, including debris removal, fence restoration and conservation repairs.
Apply / details · Official source
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program (Kentucky)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KY
Central Appalachia focal areas, incl. eastern Kentucky · $75,000-$500,000 (Per-award; match encouraged) · Status: open (2026 full proposals due Jul 16)
Who: Nonprofits, agencies, tribes, universities
Grants fund forest restoration and habitat stewardship across Central Appalachia, including mixed-age forests and silvicultural practices in KY.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) - Kentucky
USDA Forest Service / Kentucky Division of Forestry — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KY
Statewide priority landscapes · Cost-share (Competitive; KY received $260,000 in FY2024) · Status: verify (Annual competitive solicitation)
Who: State forestry agency and partners
Competitive federal funding supports cross-boundary forest health, restoration and wildfire-mitigation work on Kentucky priority landscapes.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant - West Virginia
USDA Forest Service via WV Division of Forestry — Federal · Fire Department Grants · WV
WV communities under 10,000 population · Up to $2,000 (Up to $2,000 with 80/20 department match) · Status: verify (Jan 31 (annual))
Who: Volunteer/rural fire departments
USFS-funded grants administered by WV Forestry help small-town volunteer fire departments buy wildland fire suppression gear and equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - West Virginia
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WV
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial + technical assistance, cost-share per practice) · Status: rolling (Continuous; FY26 R1 batching Jan 15, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers & non-industrial forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for WV forest landowners funding forest stand improvement, invasive control and other practices that boost forest health and resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - West Virginia
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WV
Statewide · Varies (Annual payments for maintaining/expanding conservation activities) · Status: rolling (FY26 R1 batching Jan 15, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers & non-industrial forest landowners
NRCS pays WV forest landowners to actively manage, maintain and expand conservation activities including forest stewardship over 5-year contracts.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - West Virginia
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WV
Statewide (disaster-declared areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of approved restoration practice costs) · Status: verify (Sign-up opens after qualifying disaster)
Who: Non-industrial private forestland owners
FSA cost-shares up to 75% for WV forest owners to rehabilitate forestland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - West Virginia
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WV
At-risk WV communities & tribes · Varies (Competitive grants for CWPPs and CWPP-project implementation) · Status: verify (Periodic NOFO)
Who: Communities, nonprofits, tribes, local governments
Competitive IIJA-funded grants help at-risk WV communities develop Community Wildfire Protection Plans and carry out wildfire risk-reduction projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program (West Virginia)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WV
Central Appalachia (incl. West Virginia) · Varies (Competitive grants; ~$17.7M across 81 projects 2017-2023) · Status: open (Jul 16, 2026)
Who: Nonprofits, agencies, universities, landowners
NFWF grants restore Central Appalachian forests in WV, funding mixed-age forest management and habitat work that improves forest health and resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant - West Virginia
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WV
Statewide · Varies (Competitive grants; WV awarded $425,870 (2024)) · Status: verify (Annual NOFO via state forester)
Who: State forestry agencies & partners
USFS competitive grants fund cross-boundary work in WV to cut wildfire risk, restore watersheds and manage invasive species and forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Tree Grant (Urban & Community Forestry)
WV Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — State · Community Preparedness · WV
Eligible WV communities · Up to $50,000 (Up to $50,000 per application, no local match required) · Status: rolling (Continuous/ongoing)
Who: Municipalities, public schools, nonprofits
WV Forestry passes through USFS IIJA funds up to $50,000 (no match) for community tree planting and urban forest health projects on public land.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program (Management Plan Cost-Share)
WV Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Planning · WV
Statewide · Cost-share (Cost-share toward preparation of Forest Stewardship plans) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
WV Forestry writes or cost-shares consulting-forester Forest Stewardship plans, guiding landowners to funding for forest health and management.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant
Minnesota DNR — Division of Forestry — State · Fire Department Grants · MN
Statewide (communities under 10,000) · $1,000–$5,000 (50:50 match; ~120–140 grants awarded annually) · Status: verify (Applications accepted Sept 1 – Dec 1 annually)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
Matching grants of $1,000–$5,000 help Minnesota rural fire departments buy wildland suppression gear, safety equipment, and rural water storage systems.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — Minnesota
USDA Forest Service / Minnesota DNR — Federal · Community Preparedness · MN
Statewide (high wildfire hazard areas prioritized) · Up to $250K (planning); up to $10M (projects) (10% cost-share plans / 25% projects; waivers for underserved) · Status: verify (Round 3 closed Mar 18, 2025; verify next round)
Who: Communities, tribes, states, nonprofits, HOAs
Federal grants administered via MN DNR fund Community Wildfire Protection Plans and on-the-ground fuels reduction for communities, tribes, and nonprofits.
Apply / details · Official source
Firefighter Property (FEPP) Program
Minnesota DNR — Division of Forestry (USFS) — State · Fire Department Grants · MN
Statewide (rural fire departments) · Cost-share (Departments pay transport, service, and parts fees only) · Status: rolling (Rolling; request form places department on waiting list)
Who: Minnesota rural fire departments
DNR Forestry transfers federal excess military vehicles and equipment to Minnesota rural fire departments for wildland fire response at minimal cost.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildland Fire Equipment Sales (Fire Cache)
Minnesota DNR — Division of Forestry — State · Fire Department Grants · MN
Statewide (fire departments) · Cost-share (Low, subsidized pricing; some refurbished items) · Status: rolling (Rolling; order via Northeast Interagency Support Cache)
Who: Minnesota fire departments
DNR fire cache sells wildland fire suppression equipment to Minnesota fire departments at low, subsidized cost to strengthen rural wildfire response.
Apply / details · Official source
Woodland Improvement Cost-Share
Minnesota DNR — Forest Stewardship — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide (private woodlands) · Cost-share (50–75% reimbursement depending on practice) · Status: rolling (Rolling; contact DNR stewardship forester)
Who: Private woodland owners
Reimburses private woodland owners 50–75% for forest health work such as invasive removal, plantings, and stand improvement that reduces hazardous fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
Field to Forest Cost-Share
Minnesota DNR — Forest Stewardship — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide (historically forested open land) · Cost-share (Up to 75% plus $500/acre incentive; 3+ acres, 3+ species) · Status: verify (Applied in funding rounds; verify current round)
Who: Private landowners
Covers up to 75% plus $500/acre to reforest open land, rebuilding resilient, diverse Minnesota forests on 3-acre-plus sites.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — Minnesota
USDA NRCS Minnesota — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide (working forest and ag lands) · Cost-share (Per MN payment schedule; ranked funding periods) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; state ranking-period cutoffs)
Who: Forest landowners, farmers, ranchers
NRCS financial assistance helps Minnesota forest landowners cost-share practices like brush management, forest stand improvement, and prescribed burning.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) — Minnesota
USDA NRCS Minnesota — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide (non-industrial private forest land) · Varies (Annual stewardship payments; competitive ranking) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; annual ranking cutoffs)
Who: Non-industrial private forest owners, producers
NRCS pays Minnesota non-industrial private forest owners annual payments to enhance conservation, including forest stand and fuels management.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) — Minnesota
USDA Forest Service (Eastern Region) / MN DNR — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide (priority forest landscapes) · Varies (Competitive; e.g. $95K USFS + $95K match on MN project) · Status: verify (Competitive annual solicitation; verify cycle)
Who: State agencies and partners (benefiting landowners)
USFS competitive grants fund state and partner forest health restoration in Minnesota, including woodland stewardship planning that aids private landowners.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — Minnesota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MN
Disaster-designated MN counties · Cost-share (Up to 75%; $500,000 lifetime cap per person/disaster) · Status: verify (Sign-up period set after disaster designation)
Who: Non-industrial private forest owners
FSA reimburses non-industrial private forest owners up to 75% to restore forest health damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) — Minnesota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MN
Disaster-designated MN counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% (up to 90% for limited-resource producers)) · Status: verify (Sign-up set after disaster designation; first-come)
Who: Farmers and ranchers
FSA cost-shares up to 75% to help producers remove debris and rebuild fences and conservation structures on farmland damaged by wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Fond du Lac Band Fire & Fuels Management Program
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (BIA) — Local · Defensible Space · MN
Fond du Lac Reservation and surrounding lands · Free (BIA-supported fuels reduction and prescribed fire) · Status: rolling (Ongoing program; contact band Resource Management)
Who: Reservation lands and residents
The Band's fire program conducts prescribed burns and thins trees and brush around homes to cut wildfire fuels across the Fond du Lac reservation.
Apply / details · Official source
Wisconsin Forest Landowner Grant Program (WFLGP)
Wisconsin DNR — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Statewide · Cost-share (Reimburses up to 50% of eligible practice costs, including forest health and improvement) · Status: rolling (First-come; awards ~Aug 1, Nov 1, Feb 1, May 1)
Who: Nonindustrial private woodland owners (10–500 contiguous acres)
State cost-share reimbursing woodland owners up to 50% for forest health, improvement, regeneration and stewardship practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Fire Protection (FFP) Grant Program
Wisconsin DNR — State · Fire Department Grants · WI
Statewide · $750–$25,000 (50% cost-share; $750–$10,000 for fire departments, $5,000–$25,000 for county/area fire associations) · Status: verify (Applications due July 1 (annual); awards Oct 1)
Who: Fire departments and county/area fire associations with a DNR MOU
50% cost-share for wildfire suppression gear, WUI/prevention, training, dry hydrants and off-road apparatus for WI fire departments.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Wisconsin
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · WI
At-risk communities statewide · Varies (Planning up to $250K; project grants up to $10M. WI: Town of Townsend awarded $309,150 (FY25) for fuel breaks) · Status: verify (Periodic notice of funding opportunity)
Who: Communities, tribes, and nonprofits in wildfire-risk areas
Federal grants for CWPPs and hazardous fuels/fuel-break work; Wisconsin's Town of Townsend received $309,150 in FY25 Round 3.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Wisconsin
USDA NRCS Wisconsin — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance for conservation practices including forest stand improvement, brush/fuel management and prescribed burning) · Status: rolling (Continuous with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forest landowners
NRCS financial and technical assistance for forestry conservation practices such as fuel/brush management and prescribed burning in WI.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – Wisconsin
USDA NRCS Wisconsin — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Statewide · $4,000+/yr (Annual payments (minimum $4,000/yr for FY24+ contracts) for enhanced conservation, including forestland management) · Status: rolling (Continuous with periodic ranking periods)
Who: Producers and forestland managers with control of the land
NRCS pays producers and forestland managers to maintain and improve conservation, including forest stewardship enhancements.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) – Wisconsin
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WI
Statewide (declared disaster areas) · Up to 75% (Up to 75% cost-share to restore disaster-damaged forest; up to $500,000 per person/entity per disaster) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share of up to 75% for private forest owners to restore forest land damaged by natural disasters such as wildfire.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – Wisconsin
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WI
Statewide (declared disaster areas) · Up to 75% (Up to 75% cost-share (up to 90% for limited-resource producers) for debris removal, fencing, erosion control) · Status: verify (Sign-up announced after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers with disaster-damaged farmland
FSA cost-share for post-fire farmland recovery: debris removal, fence restoration, and erosion-control conservation structures.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program – Wisconsin
USDA NRCS Wisconsin — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · WI
Statewide (post-disaster watersheds) · Cost-share (NRCS funds emergency recovery relieving imminent hazards to life/property from floods, fires and other events) · Status: verify (After a natural disaster; contact local NRCS)
Who: Project sponsors (local governments, tribes, other public agencies)
NRCS emergency funding through local sponsors to relieve post-disaster hazards, including fire-related watershed threats, in Wisconsin.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Management Program – Wisconsin
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Tribal lands (e.g., Menominee, Ojibwe/Chippewa bands) · Varies (Federal funding to tribes/agencies for hazardous fuels reduction via prescribed fire, mechanical treatment and managed natural fire) · Status: verify (Contact BIA Division of Wildland Fire Management)
Who: Federally recognized tribes and BIA agencies
BIA funds hazardous fuels reduction on tribal lands through prescribed fire and mechanical treatments, available to Wisconsin tribes.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program – Wisconsin
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Priority forest landscapes statewide · Cost-share (Competitive grants covering up to 50% of costs (50% non-federal match) for cross-boundary forest restoration) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle via State Forester)
Who: State forestry agencies, tribes, local governments, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grants for collaborative forest restoration addressing wildfire risk, invasive species and forest health across landscapes.
Apply / details · Official source
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership – Northeast Wisconsin
USDA NRCS & USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WI
Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Shawano counties · Cost-share (Funds thinning, hazardous fuel treatments and fire breaks alongside water-quality and wildlife work in the Chequamegon-Nicolet area) · Status: verify (Enroll through local NRCS during project period)
Who: Private landowners in the project area (via NRCS)
NRCS/USFS partnership funding fuel treatments, fire breaks and forest health work for landowners across eight NE Wisconsin counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Michigan Volunteer Fire Capacity Grants (VFA)
Michigan DNR (USDA Forest Service Volunteer Fire Assistance) — State · Fire Department Grants · MI
Rural MI communities ≤10,000 pop. with public forestland in protection area · Up to $4,999 (50% reimbursement cost-share for firefighting equipment) · Status: verify (Annual, applications due June)
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
50% cost-share up to $4,999 helping rural Michigan fire departments buy wildland firefighting and suppression equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Qualified Forest Program (QFP)
Michigan Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MI
Statewide; private forest parcels ≥20 acres with a management plan · Varies (Exemption from local school operating millage (~18 mills) on managed forestland) · Status: open (September 1 (annual))
Who: Private nonindustrial forest landowners
Property-tax exemption for landowners who actively manage forestland under a qualified forester's plan, cutting the cost of sustainable forestry.
Apply / details · Official source
Forestry Assistance Program (FAP)
Michigan Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) — State · Planning · MI
Statewide; family/private forest owners via local conservation districts · Free (Free technical assistance and management guidance from district foresters) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Family forest owners
Free technical assistance and site visits from conservation-district foresters to help private landowners manage and improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grants – Michigan
USDA Forest Service (via MI DNR State Forester) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MI
Statewide; rural nonindustrial private, tribal, state and local forestland · $25,000–$600,000 (Competitive grant for landscape forest restoration incl. wildfire-risk reduction) · Status: verify (Annual (fall); requires MI State Forester sponsorship)
Who: States, tribes, nonprofits, local governments, universities
Competitive $25K–$600K grants for collaborative forest restoration including wildfire-risk reduction, requiring Michigan State Forester sponsorship.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Michigan
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MI
Statewide agricultural and nonindustrial forest lands · Cost-share (Financial assistance for conservation practices incl. forest/brush management) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; state ranking dates apply)
Who: Agricultural producers and nonindustrial forest managers
NRCS cost-share for conservation practices including forest stand improvement, brush management and tree establishment for forest owners in Michigan.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – Michigan
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MI
Statewide working lands including forest/woodland · Cost-share (Annual payments for maintaining and enhancing conservation activities) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; state ranking dates apply)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS annual stewardship payments to producers and forest landowners for enhancing conservation, including woodland and forest-health practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) – Michigan
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MI
Statewide; impaired watersheds, applied through a local sponsor · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% in limited-resource areas) of recovery construction costs) · Status: verify (Activated after a qualifying disaster)
Who: Local/tribal government sponsors
NRCS cost-share for post-disaster watershed recovery, explicitly including fires—debris removal, erosion control and streambank protection via local sponsors.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) – Michigan
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MI
Statewide; approved counties after a disaster declaration · Cost-share (Up to 75% of restoration costs; $500,000 cap per person per disaster) · Status: verify (Signup set per approved disaster/county)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest owners
FSA cost-share up to 75% to restore private forestland damaged by natural disasters including wildfire; Michigan counties approved in 2025-2026.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – Michigan
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MI
Statewide; approved counties after a disaster declaration · Cost-share (Up to 75% of costs to restore farmland; $500,000 cap per disaster) · Status: verify (Signup set per approved disaster/county)
Who: Agricultural producers
FSA cost-share up to 75% to help Michigan producers restore farmland damaged by disasters—debris removal, fencing and conservation cleanup.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program – Michigan
U.S. Dept. of the Interior – Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MI
Tribal/Indian lands in Michigan (e.g., Great Lakes Ojibwe/Chippewa bands) · Varies (Federal funding for prescribed fire and mechanical fuels treatments) · Status: verify (Ongoing via BIA agency/tribal HFR programs)
Who: Federally recognized tribes
BIA funds hazardous-fuels reduction on tribal lands via prescribed fire and mechanical thinning, prioritizing the wildland-urban interface.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Michigan
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · MI
At-risk communities, tribes and nonprofits statewide · Varies (Up to $250K for CWPP planning; up to $10M for project implementation) · Status: verify (Periodic national NOFO windows)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits
Federal grants for at-risk communities and tribes to create wildfire protection plans and fund fuels/mitigation projects; Michigan entities eligible to apply.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Cost-Share Grant
Kansas Forest Service (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — State · Fire Department Grants · KS
Rural fire districts serving areas under 10,000 population, statewide KS · Cost-share (50/50 matching funds for wildland fire equipment, PPE/safety gear and communications) · Status: verify (2025 cycle closed; 2026 application expected fall 2025)
Who: Rural and small-city volunteer fire departments protecting rural areas
Matching-funds grants help rural Kansas fire departments buy wildland firefighting equipment, safety gear and communications tools.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Kansas
USDA Forest Service (administered with Kansas Forest Service) — Federal · Planning · KS
At-risk communities statewide KS · Varies (FY24 KS awards: Butler, Chase and Leavenworth County CWPPs, $113,400 each) · Status: verify (Periodic NOFO; verify next application round)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits and local governments at wildfire risk
Federal grants fund wildfire protection planning and fuels projects; recent KS awards created county CWPPs at ~$113,400 each.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Kansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS Kansas) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Private ag, range and forest land statewide KS · Cost-share (Financial assistance for woody-plant/eastern redcedar encroachment removal, brush management and forest stand improvement) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with periodic ranking cutoffs (e.g., spring))
Who: Agricultural producers and private landowners
NRCS cost-share helps Kansas landowners remove woody encroachment that raises wildfire risk and improve rangeland and forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative - Kansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Lesser prairie-chicken range, western and central KS · Cost-share (EQIP-funded eastern redcedar removal, prescribed burning and prescribed grazing) · Status: rolling (Continuous via local NRCS office; periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Ranchers and producers within the lesser prairie-chicken range
NRCS pays Kansas producers to remove redcedar and apply prescribed fire and grazing, restoring grassland and cutting wildfire fuel.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Kansas Wildfire Recovery
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KS
Disaster-designated KS counties · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers) for fence restoration, debris removal and water restoration) · Status: rolling (County-specific sign-up windows after a fire (e.g., Rawlins County through Apr 9, 2026))
Who: Farmers and ranchers with wildfire-damaged farmland
FSA cost-shares up to 75-90% for Kansas farmers to rebuild fences, clear debris and restore water sources after wildfire damage.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Kansas
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KS
Nonindustrial private forest land in KS disaster areas · Cost-share (Up to 75% for debris removal, site prep, replanting and forest stand restoration) · Status: verify (County sign-up periods opened after disaster designation)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-shares up to 75% to help Kansas private forest owners clear debris and replant stands damaged by wildfire and other disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - Kansas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KS
Post-fire watersheds in KS, through local sponsors · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% in limited-resource areas) for debris removal and erosion/streambank stabilization) · Status: verify (Sponsor must request assistance within 60 days of the disaster)
Who: Local government sponsors (cities, counties, conservation districts, tribes)
NRCS funds up to 75-90% of post-wildfire watershed recovery in Kansas, addressing erosion, debris and streambank damage via local sponsors.
Apply / details · Official source
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - Kansas Wildfire Losses
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · KS
Statewide KS wildfire-impacted areas · 75% of market value (Payments for livestock killed by wildfire above normal mortality) · Status: rolling (Notice of loss and application by March 1 of the year after the loss)
Who: Livestock owners and contract growers
FSA pays Kansas ranchers 75% of market value for livestock killed by wildfire above normal mortality losses.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant
Nebraska Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · NE
Statewide · Cost-share (50% reimbursement, up to $5,000 per department) · Status: verify (Annual application window (April))
Who: Volunteer fire departments
Reimburses rural volunteer fire departments up to 50% (max $5,000) for wildland firefighting equipment, gear, and training.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazardous Fuels Treatment Cost-Share
Nebraska Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Pine Ridge (NW Nebraska) · Cost-share (Up to 100% reimbursement of treatment costs) · Status: verify (Rolling/verify)
Who: State/private forest landowners
Funds fuels-reduction treatments on private forest land adjacent to US Forest Service land in the Pine Ridge, up to 100% cost reimbursement.
Apply / details · Official source
Firewise Defensible Space Cost-Share
Nebraska Forest Service — State · Defensible Space · NE
Statewide · Cost-share (Up to 75% reimbursement) · Status: verify (Rolling/verify)
Who: State/private forest landowners
Reimburses landowners up to 75% for creating Firewise defensible space around homes and structures in wildfire-prone areas.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Restoration (Post-Fire) Cost-Share
Nebraska Forest Service — State · Post-Fire Recovery · NE
Pine Ridge & Niobrara Valley · Cost-share (Up to 75% reimbursement) · Status: verify (Rolling/verify)
Who: Landowners with burned forest land
Cost-share up to 75% for removal, erosion control, planting, and seeding to restore wildfire-damaged private forest land.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — Nebraska
USDA US Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NE
Statewide (Brown & Rock Co. awarded) · Varies (Up to $10M/project; NE awarded ~$24.8M (2025)) · Status: verify (Verify next round)
Who: Communities, Tribes, states, nonprofits
Competitive grants for wildfire protection planning and fuel-break projects; NFS won multi-million awards for Brown and Rock County fuel breaks.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — Nebraska
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Statewide · Cost-share (Practice payment rates vary) · Status: rolling (Continuous with ranking periods)
Who: Agricultural producers, landowners
Financial assistance for eastern redcedar/brush removal, prescribed burning, and grassland restoration to reduce wildfire fuel loads.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — Nebraska
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NE
Statewide · Cost-share (Up to 75% of approved restoration costs) · Status: verify (Set after disaster designation)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
Cost-share up to 75% for private forest landowners to restore forest land damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) — Nebraska Wildfire
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NE
Wildfire-impacted counties · Cost-share (Cost-share for debris removal & fence restoration) · Status: verify (Set per disaster signup)
Who: Agricultural producers
Cost-share to remove wildfire debris from farmland and restore or replace destroyed fencing on agricultural land in Nebraska.
Apply / details · Official source
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) — Nebraska Wildfire
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NE
Statewide · Varies (Payment for wildfire-caused livestock losses) · Status: open (Notice of loss by Mar 1, 2027 (2026 losses))
Who: Livestock producers
Compensates Nebraska producers for livestock deaths above normal mortality caused by wildfire and other eligible disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Fire Incentives (Loess Hills & Sandhills)
Rainwater Basin Joint Venture (NFWF-funded) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Central Loess Hills & Sandhills · $20-25/acre ($20-25/ac large burns; up to $3,000 equipment reimbursement) · Status: verify (Verify with RWBJV/local NRD)
Who: Collaborating landowners
Per-acre incentives ($20-25/ac) for collaborative large-scale burns plus equipment reimbursement to support neighbor prescribed fires.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Burn Association Mobile Burn Units
Nebraska Pheasants Forever — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Statewide (10 PBAs) · Free (Loaner mobile burn unit (~$28,000 equipment)) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: PBA member landowners
Each Nebraska prescribed burn association receives a fully equipped mobile burn unit (drip torches, sprayers, tools) for member landowners to use.
Apply / details · Official source
Prescribed Fire Training & Planning Assistance
The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Sandhills/Niobrara & statewide · Free (Free training and burn-plan assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
Free prescribed fire training and hands-on planning help from TNC's fire coordinator, plus coordination of partner cost-share incentives.
Apply / details · Official source
Cooperative Fire Protection Assistance (CFPA) Grant
North Dakota Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · ND
Statewide (departments serving <10,000 population) · Cost-share (Up to $10,000 project / $20,000 vehicle; 50/50 match) · Status: verify (Annual application cycle)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments with a Cooperative Fire Agreement
Reimbursable 50/50 cost-share grants for rural fire departments to buy wildland firefighting equipment and vehicles.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program
North Dakota Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ND
Statewide (private forestland) · Free (Free technical assistance and stewardship planning) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
Provides technical, financial and educational assistance to landowners for managing private forestland and improving forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - North Dakota
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ND
Statewide (agricultural/grazing lands) · Cost-share (Cost-share for practices incl. prescribed burning & brush management) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up with ranking cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
Financial and technical assistance for conservation practices including prescribed burning and brush management on ND working lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - North Dakota
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · ND
At-risk communities & Tribes statewide · Varies (Up to $250K planning / $10M projects; part of $1B program) · Status: verify (Between funding cycles)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state/local governments
Competitive grants to develop community wildfire protection plans and carry out hazardous fuels and wildfire resilience projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - North Dakota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · ND
Statewide (disaster-designated areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share of approved restoration practices) · Status: verify (After disaster designation (sign-up period set locally))
Who: Owners of non-industrial private forest land
Cost-shares up to 75% to help private forest landowners restore forest land damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - North Dakota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · ND
Statewide (disaster-designated areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% limited-resource) of allowable costs) · Status: verify (After disaster designation (local sign-up period))
Who: Farmers and ranchers with wildfire-damaged farmland
Cost-share to rehabilitate farmland after wildfire—restoring fences, removing debris, and installing emergency water conservation measures.
Apply / details · Official source
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - North Dakota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · ND
Statewide · Varies (75% of market value for eligible livestock deaths) · Status: rolling (Mar 1 after the calendar year of loss)
Who: Livestock owners and contract growers
Pays 75% of market value for livestock killed by wildfire and other eligible causes above normal mortality.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - North Dakota
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · ND
Statewide (disaster-impacted watersheds) · Cost-share (Federal cost-share of recovery measures via local sponsors) · Status: verify (After a natural disaster (as funding allows))
Who: Public/local government sponsors, tribes, conservation districts
Technical and financial assistance to relieve imminent post-disaster threats, including erosion and debris after wildfire, through local sponsors.
Apply / details · Official source
Hazardous Fuels Mitigation Cost-Share Program
SD Dept. of Agriculture & Natural Resources – Wildland Fire Division — State · Defensible Space · SD
Black Hills / statewide WUI · Cost-share (80% cost-share; projects 0.5–10 acres, up to $1,200/acre) · Status: rolling (Rolling; free property assessment on request)
Who: Private homeowners/landowners
Pays 80% cost-share to thin trees and remove ladder fuels for defensible space around Black Hills homes; free assessments from fuels coordinators.
Apply / details · Official source
State Handcrew Fuel-Break / Non-Adjacent Fuels Program
SD Dept. of Agriculture & Natural Resources – Wildland Fire Division — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Designated Black Hills project areas · Cost-share (Up to 100% cost-share for fuel-break construction in critical areas) · Status: rolling (Rolling; homeowners in project areas notified by mail)
Who: Landowners in targeted project areas
State handcrews build fuel breaks and treat fuels in critical Black Hills areas at up to 100% cost-share for enrolled landowners.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant - South Dakota
USDA Forest Service via SD Resource Conservation & Forestry — Federal · Fire Department Grants · SD
Rural communities ≤10,000 population · $7,000 (Up to $7,000/yr reimbursement, local match required) · Status: closed (Annual window Jan 1–Feb 15 (awards by Mar 1))
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
Matching grants up to $7,000 help rural SD volunteer fire departments buy wildfire equipment, water tenders, dry hydrants and prevention tools.
Apply / details · Official source
Private Land Forest Thinning Cost-Share
Pennington Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Pennington & Meade counties · Cost-share (50/50 split; ~$900/acre ($750 thinning + $150 slash), max 20 acres) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners
District cost-share pays roughly $900/acre on a 50/50 basis to thin trees and remove slash on private land in Pennington and Meade counties.
Apply / details · Official source
EQIP Forestry Practices (Fuel Break, Forest Stand Improvement, Prescribed Fire) - South Dakota
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – South Dakota — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Statewide private forestland · Cost-share (Per-practice financial assistance; forest management plan may be required) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with periodic ranking dates)
Who: Private nonindustrial forest landowners
NRCS funds fuel breaks, forest stand improvement, woody residue treatment and prescribed fire on SD private forestland to cut wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - South Dakota
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · SD
At-risk communities statewide incl. Black Hills · Varies (Planning and project grants; cost-share may apply for non-underserved applicants) · Status: verify (Competitive rounds; verify current NOFO)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, local governments
Competitive federal grants fund Community Wildfire Protection Plans and fuels/mitigation projects for at-risk SD communities and Tribes.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - South Dakota
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · SD
Statewide private forestland after disaster · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share for approved restoration practices) · Status: verify (Signup announced after qualifying disaster; first-come)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
After wildfire, FSA cost-shares up to 75% for SD private forest landowners to restore fire-damaged forest health and productivity.
Apply / details · Official source
Deadwood Fuels Reduction / Firewise Program
City of Deadwood / Deadwood Volunteer Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · SD
Deadwood city limits · Free (Free hand-crew work funded by federal grants and city funds) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Property owners within city limits
Grant-funded hand crews cut, stack and burn brush, dead and unhealthy trees on Deadwood properties at no cost to reduce wildfire fuels.
Apply / details · Official source
BIA Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program - South Dakota Tribes
Bureau of Indian Affairs – Division of Wildland Fire Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River & other SD reservations · Varies (Federally funded fuels treatments on tribal/trust lands) · Status: rolling (Rolling per agency planning)
Who: Federally recognized Tribes
BIA funds prescribed fire, thinning, mastication and chipping to reduce hazardous fuels in the WUI on South Dakota reservation and trust lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Forest Stewardship Program Plan & Practice Cost-Share
SD Dept. of Agriculture & Natural Resources – Resource Conservation & Forestry — State · Planning · SD
Statewide rural forestland · Cost-share (Free agency-written plans; ~50% cost-share (up to $1,500) to hire a forester, plus practice assistance) · Status: rolling (Rolling; project cost-share announced periodically)
Who: Private landowners, groups, Tribes
Provides free forest stewardship plans plus cost-share to hire foresters and implement thinning and forest-health practices on SD forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
MDC Cost-Share for Wildfire-Fighting Equipment
Missouri Department of Conservation — State · Fire Department Grants · MO
Statewide (communities under 10,000 pop.) · $3,000 (Up to 50% reimbursement, maximum $3,000 per department; over $300,000 available yearly) · Status: rolling (Annual funds; contact MDC Fire Program)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
MDC and USFS reimburse rural fire departments up to 50% (max $3,000) for wildfire-suitable equipment; over $300,000 available yearly.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) & Firefighter Property (FFP)
USDA Forest Service / Missouri Department of Conservation — Federal · Fire Department Grants · MO
Statewide · Free (Loaned (FEPP) or transferred-to-ownership (FFP) federal excess property at no purchase cost) · Status: rolling (Ongoing; contact MDC Fire Program)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
MDC channels federal excess property to fire departments for wildfire response—loaned (FEPP) or transferred to ownership (FFP) at no purchase cost.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Missouri
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · MO
Pulaski County (FY24 award); statewide eligibility · $250,000 (FY24 award: Waynesville Rural FPD, $250,000 for Pulaski County wildfire protection plan) · Status: verify (Verify next NOFO window)
Who: Communities, fire districts, Tribes, nonprofits
Federal grants for wildfire planning and fuels/mitigation work; Waynesville Rural FPD won $250K to build a Pulaski County wildfire protection plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Missouri
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Statewide · Cost-share (Per-practice financial assistance for prescribed burning, brush/redcedar management, woodland and glade restoration) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Private ag producers and forest landowners
NRCS financial and technical assistance for practices like prescribed burning, brush/redcedar management, and woodland and glade restoration.
Apply / details · Official source
Missouri Ozark Highlands Restoration Partnership (Joint Chiefs')
USDA Forest Service & NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Ozark Highlands / Current River watershed (27 counties) · Cost-share (Project-based cost-share for forest plans and prescribed fire (20,000+ acres)) · Status: verify (Project-based; contact NRCS/MDC)
Who: Private landowners near Mark Twain NF
Joint Chiefs' partnership funds forest plans and prescribed fire (20,000+ acres) to restore shortleaf pine-oak woodlands across the Ozark Highlands.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Missouri
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · MO
Statewide (disaster-declared areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share for debris removal, replanting and stand improvement) · Status: verify (Activated after disaster; apply promptly at local FSA)
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA pays up to 75% cost-share to restore private forestland damaged by wildfire and other disasters—debris removal, replanting, stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Missouri Prescribed Burn Associations (PBA Network)
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council / local PBAs — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
15+ associations covering most MO counties · Free (Shared burn equipment, training, and neighbor labor for members) · Status: rolling (Rolling membership)
Who: Landowner members
Landowner-led PBAs share burn equipment, training, and neighbor labor so members can conduct low-cost prescribed fire on private land.
Apply / details · Official source
Mid Missouri Prescribed Burn Association
Mid Missouri Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Audrain, Moniteau, Randolph · Free (Shared prescribed-fire equipment and training for members) · Status: rolling (Rolling membership)
Who: Landowner members
Mid-MO PBA makes shared prescribed-fire equipment and training available to members and helps neighbors safely burn their own land.
Apply / details · Official source
TNC Missouri Habitat Strike Teams
The Nature Conservancy in Missouri — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Western/Eastern Ozarks, Osage Plains, Grand River Grasslands · Free (Grant-funded crews deliver prescribed fire, invasive/redcedar removal, glade management) · Status: rolling (Rolling; contact TNC)
Who: Private landowners in priority geographies
Grant-funded TNC crews deliver prescribed fire, invasive/redcedar removal, and woodland-glade management on private land in priority landscapes.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (Wildland Fire Assistance) Grants
Iowa DNR Forestry Bureau / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · IA
Statewide (rural fire departments) · $4,500 (Up to $4,500 per department at 50% cost-share for suppression equipment, PPE, hoses, pumps, slide-in units) · Status: verify (October 31 (annual))
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
Federal VFA funds via Iowa DNR reimburse 50% (up to $4,500) of wildland fire suppression gear for rural volunteer fire departments.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Iowa Forestry
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IA
Statewide · Cost-share (Annually-set payment rates for prescribed burning, brush management, and forest stand improvement) · Status: rolling (Continuous with ranking cutoffs)
Who: Private non-industrial forest landowners and producers
NRCS EQIP pays Iowa landowners to implement prescribed burning, brush management, and forest stand improvement that reduce wildfire hazard.
Apply / details · Official source
REAP Forestry & Native Grass Cost-Share (REAP F/NG)
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship (IDALS) – Division of Soil Conservation / local SWCDs — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IA
Statewide (via county SWCDs) · Cost-share (50–75% of eligible practice cost for tree planting, forest stand improvement, native grass, riparian buffers) · Status: rolling (Rolling (contact local SWCD))
Who: Private landowners
REAP-funded cost-share covers 50–75% of tree planting, forest stand improvement, and native prairie establishment through Iowa SWCDs.
Apply / details · Official source
Iowa State Forest Nursery – Conservation Seedlings
Iowa DNR Forestry Bureau — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IA
Statewide · Varies (Low-cost native seedlings; $0.05/seedling discount at 500+ and $0.10 at 1,000+) · Status: rolling (Seasonal ordering window)
Who: Iowa landowners for conservation/reforestation
State nursery supplies low-cost native conservation seedlings for reforestation, woodland, and habitat restoration across Iowa since 1937.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - Iowa
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · IA
Statewide (disaster-affected) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of the cost of approved practices to restore forest health after disaster) · Status: verify (Sign-up set locally after a disaster)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
FSA EFRP cost-shares up to 75% of restoring privately-owned Iowa forest land damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - Iowa
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · IA
Statewide (disaster-affected) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for limited-resource producers) for debris removal, fence and structure restoration) · Status: verify (Sign-up set locally after a disaster)
Who: Farmers and ranchers
FSA ECP cost-shares up to 75% (90% limited-resource) to restore Iowa farmland after wildfire—fences, debris removal, and structures.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Iowa
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · IA
At-risk/eligible communities statewide · Varies (Competitive grants to develop/update Community Wildfire Protection Plans and implement projects) · Status: verify (Announced via annual NOFO)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, and eligible local entities
USFS competitive grants fund wildfire protection planning and mitigation projects; low-income and disaster-impacted Iowa communities may qualify.
Apply / details · Official source
Forestry Development Act Cost-Share Program
Illinois Department of Natural Resources — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IL
Statewide (Illinois) · Cost-share (Reimburses portion of approved plan practices; funds limited) · Status: rolling (None set; subject to fund availability)
Who: Private forest landowners (10+ contiguous acres)
State cost-share reimbursing private woodland owners for forest management plan practices such as prescribed burning, tree planting, and timber stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program
Illinois DNR (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — State · Fire Department Grants · IL
Rural communities under 10,000 population · Up to $10,000 (50/50 match; single-item cap $5,000) · Status: verify (Annual (spring); ~3-month window when posted)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
50/50 matching grants up to $10,000 helping rural fire departments buy wildland firefighting equipment, PPE, training, and communications gear.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Illinois
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IL
Statewide (Illinois) · Cost-share (Practice payments per NRCS Illinois schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous; ranked at periodic cutoff dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
USDA cost-share paying Illinois farm and forest landowners for conservation practices like prescribed burning, brush management, and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Illinois
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · IL
At-risk communities (Jackson County funded) · Varies (IL award: $58,950 (Jackson County CWPP, 2024)) · Status: verify (Periodic notice of funding opportunity)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, state/local governments
Federal grants helping at-risk communities plan for and reduce wildfire risk; Jackson County received $58,950 for a wildfire protection plan in 2024.
Apply / details · Official source
Indiana DNR Fire Program – Volunteer Fire Assistance & Equipment
Indiana DNR Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · IN
Rural areas outside incorporated cities/towns · Up to $5,000 (VFA 50% match up to $5,000; plus FEPP/DoD equipment and hand-tool caches) · Status: verify (Annual; contact Fire HQ for cycle)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
Provides rural fire departments 50% VFA grants up to $5,000 plus surplus federal equipment and wildfire hand-tool caches for wildland fire response.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Indiana
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IN
Statewide (Indiana) · Cost-share (Practice payments per NRCS Indiana ranking pools) · Status: rolling (Year-round; ranked at cutoff dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest landowners
USDA cost-share paying Indiana ag producers and forest landowners for conservation practices including prescribed burning and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Indiana
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · IN
At-risk communities (Monroe County funded) · Varies (IN award: $50,000 (Monroe County CWPP, 2024)) · Status: verify (Periodic notice of funding opportunity)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, state/local governments
Federal grants helping at-risk communities plan and reduce wildfire risk; Indiana DNR received $50,000 for a Monroe County wildfire protection plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Classified Forest & Wildlands Program
Indiana DNR Division of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IN
Statewide (10+ acres forest/wetland/grassland) · Varies (Reduced property-tax assessment; free technical assistance; priority cost-share access) · Status: rolling (Rolling enrollment)
Who: Private landowners (10+ acres) with a management plan
Enrolls private woodlands for reduced property-tax assessment plus free DNR forester assistance and priority access to forest management cost-share funding.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant – Ohio
Ohio DNR Division of Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · OH
Communities under 10,000 population · Up to $10,000 (50/50 reimbursement match) · Status: verify (Annual; FY25 deadline was Jan 15, 2026)
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments (80%+ volunteer)
50/50 reimbursement grants up to $10,000 helping small rural fire departments buy wildland firefighting gear, PPE, tools, and communications equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Personal Property & Firefighter Property Programs – Ohio
Ohio DNR Division of Forestry — State · Fire Department Grants · OH
ODNR Forestry wildfire protection area (40+ counties) · Free (Loaned/transferred surplus federal and DoD equipment) · Status: rolling (Rolling equipment requests)
Who: Fire departments in the wildfire protection area
Loans and transfers surplus federal and military equipment such as engines, pumps, and tools to rural fire departments in Ohio's wildfire protection area.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Ohio
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OH
Statewide (Ohio) · Cost-share (Practice payments per NRCS Ohio schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous; batched (e.g., Jan 15 cutoff))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest owners
USDA cost-share paying Ohio farm and forest landowners for conservation practices including prescribed burning and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) – Ohio
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · OH
At-risk Ohio communities · Varies (Planning grants and project grants; competitive) · Status: verify (Periodic notice of funding opportunity)
Who: Communities, tribes, nonprofits, state/local governments
Federal grants helping at-risk Ohio communities create wildfire protection plans and carry out fuels-reduction and mitigation projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — New Jersey
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NJ
Statewide (FY24 awards: Maurice River Twp., Twp. of Brick) · Varies (NJ awards incl. Maurice River Twp. $117,000 and Brick Twp. $108,750 (FY24)) · Status: verify (verify (periodic national NOFO))
Who: Communities, local governments, tribes, nonprofits
Federal grants help at-risk communities plan and cut wildfire risk; NJ awards funded prescribed fire, firebreaks and hazardous fuel reduction.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) — New Jersey
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NJ
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial + technical assistance; per-practice payments vary) · Status: rolling (Jan 15, 2026 (FY26 ranking cutoff))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest owners
NRCS cost-share for conservation practices including forest health, fuel reduction and prescribed burning on NJ farms and private forestland.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) — New Jersey
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NJ
Statewide · Varies (Annual payments; minimum $1,500/yr floor) · Status: rolling (Jan 16, 2026 (FY26 signup))
Who: Producers and forest managers on working lands
Annual NRCS payments to maintain and enhance conservation on working lands, including forest health and fuel management practices in NJ.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — New Jersey
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NJ
All NJ counties (disaster-triggered) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of restoration cost; $500,000 per-disaster limit) · Status: verify (verify (signup announced per disaster))
Who: Nonindustrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share (up to 75%) helps NJ private forest owners restore forestland damaged by wildfire and other qualifying natural disasters.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) — New Jersey
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NJ
All NJ counties (disaster-triggered) · Cost-share (Up to 75% (90% for underserved); $500,000 per-disaster limit) · Status: verify (verify (signup announced per disaster))
Who: Agricultural producers and farmland owners
FSA cost-share to rehabilitate NJ farmland damaged by natural disasters including fire—debris removal, fencing and restoration practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) — New Jersey
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NJ
Southern NJ / Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain · Varies (FY24 project $422,646 (MD/southern NJ) to reduce wildfire risk on 200+ acres) · Status: verify (verify (annual competitive))
Who: State forestry agencies and partners
Competitive USFS grants for cross-boundary forest restoration; a FY24 award funds native forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction in southern NJ.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Firewise Grant — New Jersey
NJ Forest Fire Service (NJDEP) — State · Community Preparedness · NJ
Statewide · Varies (Grants for hazardous fuel mitigation and Firewise designation) · Status: verify (verify (no active cycle at this time))
Who: Communities and local organizations
NJ Forest Fire Service grants fund hazardous wildland fuel mitigation, tree/brush removal and Firewise Communities USA designation and outreach.
Apply / details · Official source
NJ Pine Barrens Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NJ
Pinelands: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean counties · Cost-share (NRCS practice payments for thinning, hazardous fuel treatments, firebreaks) · Status: verify (verify (last cycle deadline May 31, 2024))
Who: Private landowners in the Pinelands region
NRCS-led partnership funds forest management on private Pine Barrens lands—thinning, hazardous fuel treatments and firebreaks to reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — New York
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NY
Statewide NY (e.g., Suffolk County Pine Barrens) · Up to $10M (Up to $250K for CWPPs; up to $10M for implementation projects; 10–25% non-federal match) · Status: verify (Round 4 not yet announced (Round 3 closed 2025))
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, nonprofits, HOAs, local governments, state forestry agencies
Federal grants to help at-risk communities plan for and reduce wildfire risk; the Central Pine Barrens Commission won $203,500 for a Southampton CWPP.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – New York
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NY
Statewide NY · Cost-share (Up to $300,000 per entity; practice payment rates vary by practice) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; ranked at state batching dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for NY forest landowners to fund forest management, thinning and forest health practices; requires a DEC-approved stewardship plan.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – New York
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NY
Statewide NY · Cost-share (Maintenance + implementation payments; minimum $4,000/yr contract payment) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; ranked at NY batching dates)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS annual payments to NY landowners who maintain and enhance conservation, including forest and fuels-related stewardship activities.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — New York
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · NY
Statewide NY (disaster-designated areas) · Cost-share (Up to 75% of restoration cost; max $500,000 per person/entity per disaster) · Status: rolling (Sign-up periods set locally per disaster designation)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-share to help private forest owners restore forestland damaged by natural disasters such as wildfire; enrolled through local FSA offices.
Apply / details · Official source
Regenerate NY Forestry Cost Share Grant Program
NYS DEC — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NY
Statewide NY (private forests, 5+ acres) · $10K–$1M ($10,000–$49,999 small / $50,000–$1M large projects; 10% match required) · Status: closed (Round 5 closed Mar 30, 2026; awards late 2026/early 2027)
Who: Non-industrial private landowners (<2,500 ac), nonprofits, Tribes, SWCDs
DEC cost-share for private forest landowners to fund forest health thinning, regeneration, invasive control and deer exclosures to restore healthy forests.
Apply / details · Official source
480-a Forest Tax Law Program
NYS DEC — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NY
Statewide NY (50+ contiguous forested acres) · Varies (Property tax exemption up to 80% of assessed value for committed managed forest) · Status: rolling (Rolling enrollment; annual exemption filed with assessor by ~Mar 1)
Who: Private forest landowners with 50+ contiguous forested acres
State forest tax law giving landowners a property tax reduction in exchange for a committed 15-year forest management plan promoting forest health.
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Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) Grant Program
NYS DEC — State · Planning · NY
Statewide NY · $50K–$2.5M ($50,000–$2.5M per applicant; $10M available in Round 17; $3M set aside for small communities) · Status: open (Aug 12, 2026)
Who: Municipalities, nonprofits, Tribes, state agencies
DEC grants funding tree and forested-natural-area inventories, assessments and management plans to build community forest health and resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Establishing Large Forests (ELF) Grant Program
NYS DEC — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NY
Statewide NY (5+ acres unforested land) · $30K–$750K ($30,000–$750,000 per project; no match required) · Status: closed (Bids closed; awards anticipated 2025)
Who: Non-industrial private landowners, land trusts, SWCDs, nonprofits
DEC grants funding tree planting, site prep, invasive treatment and deer fencing to establish new forests on 5+ acres of private unforested land.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grants — Pennsylvania
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · PA
Rural areas / communities under 10,000 population · Up to $15,000 (50% cost-share; max $15,000 (2025 cycle)) · Status: closed (Annual; last window Oct 14–Dec 31, 2025)
Who: Volunteer fire companies
Federal-state cost-share reimbursing rural volunteer fire companies up to $15,000 (50%) for wildfire suppression gear, training, and prevention.
Apply / details · Official source
PA Woodland Resilience Enhancement Network (PWREN)
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Statewide; private woodlands 10–2,500 acres · Up to $25,000 (80–100% reimbursement, up to $25,000) · Status: verify (Waitlist in all 67 counties)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
$5M DCNR program reimbursing private woodland owners 80–100% (up to $25,000) for forest stand improvement, tree planting, and invasive pest treatment.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – Pennsylvania
USDA NRCS Pennsylvania — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Statewide · Cost-share (Practice-based payments per PA payment schedule) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest landowners
NRCS financial assistance for PA forest landowners implementing stewardship-plan practices, including prescribed burning plans and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – Pennsylvania
USDA NRCS Pennsylvania — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Statewide · Varies (Performance-based annual payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous sign-up; periodic ranking periods)
Who: Producers and forestland owners
NRCS pays PA producers and forestland owners for maintaining and enhancing conservation, including improved forest health and stewardship practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) Grants
PA DCNR — State · Planning · PA
Statewide · $50,000–$500,000 (~$50M/year; typical $50k–$500k awards) · Status: verify (Annual: 2nd Monday of January–last business day of April)
Who: Counties, municipalities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits
DCNR's flagship grant (~$50M/yr) funds conservation, community trees, riparian buffers, planning, and recreation projects for local governments and nonprofits.
Apply / details · Official source
PA Community Tree Assistance Program
PA DCNR (USDA Forest Service, Keystone Tree Fund) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Priority/environmental-justice communities statewide · Free (Funded tree-care services; $5,000–$50,000 project value) · Status: open (Rolling; apply via online form)
Who: Municipalities and nonprofits (public land)
DCNR-funded professional tree planting, pruning, and management at no cost for eligible PA communities on public land in priority areas.
Apply / details · Official source
PA Environmental Justice Forests Grant Program
PA DCNR (administered via TreePennsylvania/Penn State Extension) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Designated Environmental Justice areas statewide · Varies ($8,400–$30,000 planting; $2,600–$7,500 site prep) · Status: verify (Announced annually)
Who: Communities in EJ-designated areas
DCNR-funded grants pay for site prep and planting 60–250 bare-root trees plus Tree Tender training in Pennsylvania's environmental justice communities.
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Joint Chiefs' Allegheny Plateau Habitat Restoration Project
USDA NRCS & USFS (Pennsylvania) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Venango, Warren counties · Cost-share ($330,000+ (FY2023) via EQIP practices) · Status: closed (Sign-up closed April 1, 2023)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
NRCS/USFS partnership funding forest thinning, hazardous fuel treatments, and firebreaks on private land across 10 Allegheny Plateau counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) — Pennsylvania
USDA Farm Service Agency — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · PA
Statewide; disaster-declared areas · Cost-share (Up to 75% cost-share; cap $500,000 per disaster) · Status: rolling (Sign-up set after each disaster declaration)
Who: Non-industrial private forest landowners
FSA cost-shares up to 75% for private forest landowners to restore woodland damaged by wildfire and other natural disasters; up to $500,000 per event.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) — Pennsylvania
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · PA
At-risk communities (PA-eligible) · Varies (Competitive grants for CWPP planning and implementation) · Status: verify (Periodic competitive rounds)
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state/local govts
USDA's $1B competitive program funds wildfire protection planning and fuels/mitigation projects for at-risk, low-income communities; PA communities eligible.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Program – Pennsylvania
USDA Forest Service (via PA DCNR) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PA
Statewide; state forest landscapes · Varies (FY2025 PA project awarded $448,320) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle)
Who: State forestry agencies and partners
Competitive USFS grants for cross-boundary forest restoration; a FY2025 PA project ($448,320) reduces wildfire risk on 608 acres and plants 132,000 seedlings.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Capacity (VFA) Program
Maine Forest Service / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · ME
Rural communities (population 10,000 or fewer) · Up to $5,000 (50/50 cash match required ($5,000 grant + $5,000 match)) · Status: verify (Annual (Dec 19, 2025 for 2026 cycle))
Who: Rural fire departments (NIMS compliant)
Federal cost-share grants help rural fire departments buy wildland firefighting equipment, PPE, and water-handling gear to prevent and suppress fires.
Apply / details · Official source
Project Canopy Grants
Maine Forest Service (DACF) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ME
Statewide Maine communities · Up to $200,000 (Planning/Education up to $20K; Planting/Maintenance up to $15K (50% match); IRA UCF up to $200K (no match)) · Status: verify (Annual (Oct 30, 2025 for 2025 cycle))
Who: Municipalities, nonprofits, schools, tribes
Urban and community forestry grants fund tree planting, canopy establishment, climate resilience, and community forest management across Maine.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG)
USDA Forest Service (via Maine Forest Service) — Federal · Community Preparedness · ME
At-risk communities with high/very high wildfire hazard potential · Varies (Up to 25% match; waiver available for underserved communities) · Status: verify (Annual federal NOFO cycle)
Who: State/county/municipal agencies, HOAs, tribes
Funds Community Wildfire Protection Plans and mitigation projects including fuel breaks, prescribed burns, dry hydrants, and fire equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Maine
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ME
Statewide Maine working lands · Cost-share (Financial assistance paid after practices installed to NRCS standards) · Status: rolling (FY2027 Round 1 cutoff Sept 18, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers and forest landowners
Provides cost-share to forest landowners for conservation practices including forest stand improvement and fuel/forest health management.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Maine
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ME
Statewide Maine working lands · Cost-share (Annual payments; minimum $4,000/year eligibility) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup, ranked at set cutoffs)
Who: Agricultural producers and forestland owners
Annual payments reward landowners for maintaining and enhancing conservation, including forestry practices that improve forest health and resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
WoodsWISE (incl. Resilience Program)
Maine Forest Service (DACF) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ME
Statewide Maine woodlands · Cost-share (Cost-share for Woodland Resource Action Plans and eight resilience stewardship practices) · Status: rolling (Contact District Forester)
Who: Private woodland owners
Maine's forest stewardship program provides cost-share for management planning and eight practices designed to enhance forest resilience and health.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grants
USDA Forest Service via NH Division of Forests & Lands — Federal · Fire Department Grants · NH
NH communities under 10,000 population · Cost-share (50/50 match up to $2,499 per department) · Status: open (September 30 (annual))
Who: Rural and volunteer fire departments
50/50 matching grants for wildland fire gear, pumps, hose, hand tools and PPE for small NH volunteer fire departments.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Excess Personal Property Program (FEPP/FFP)
USDA Forest Service via NH Division of Forests & Lands — Federal · Fire Department Grants · NH
NH towns and cities · Free (Equipment free; town pays only transportation) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Municipal and volunteer fire departments
Provides free federal excess vehicles and equipment for wildfire suppression to NH rural fire departments; town covers transport only.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - New Hampshire
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · NH
At-risk communities across New Hampshire · Varies (Funds CWPP development and plan implementation projects) · Status: verify (Verify current round)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state forestry
Federal grants for at-risk communities to write Community Wildfire Protection Plans and carry out risk-reduction projects; NH communities eligible.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - New Hampshire
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NH
Statewide New Hampshire · Cost-share (Payments for implemented conservation/forestry practices) · Status: rolling (Continuous; state ranking dates apply)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest owners
NRCS financial and technical assistance to NH forest owners for forest health and fuels practices; payments made on completed conservation work.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - New Hampshire
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NH
Statewide New Hampshire · Cost-share (5-yr contracts; $4,000 annual minimum payment) · Status: rolling (Continuous; batching/ranking dates apply)
Who: Farmers, ranchers, non-industrial private forest owners
NRCS pays NH forest and farm owners to maintain and add conservation activities, including forest health practices, over five-year contracts.
Apply / details · Official source
Vermont Wildland Fire Gear (VWFG) Grant
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation — State · Fire Department Grants · VT
Statewide (rural communities, population under 10,000) · Cost-share (50% reimbursement, up to $3,000 per department) · Status: verify (Annual; 2026 window closed June 1, 2026 (reopens ~May 2027))
Who: Rural volunteer/municipal fire departments
Reimburses rural Vermont fire departments (population under 10,000) for 50% of wildland fire suppression gear costs, up to $3,000 per department.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (Vermont)
USDA Forest Service (via VT Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation) — Federal · Community Preparedness · VT
Statewide (high wildfire hazard, low-income, or disaster-affected areas) · Varies (Competitive; national $1B pool (2022-2026)) · Status: verify (Annual NOFO; confirm current round with USFS/VT ANR)
Who: Communities, Tribes, and eligible nonprofits
Federal grants help Vermont communities and Tribes write Community Wildfire Protection Plans and implement fuels-reduction and wildfire risk projects.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Vermont
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VT
Statewide · Cost-share (Practice-based payment rates; varies by contract) · Status: rolling (Continuous signup; FY2026 ranking opened Jan 15, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share pays Vermont farmers and woodland owners to implement conservation practices, including forest health and forest improvement work on private land.
Apply / details · Official source
Communities Caring for Canopy Grants
Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program (VT FPR / UVM Extension) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VT
Statewide (public ways and places) · $5,000-$10,000 ($5,000-$10,000 grants with 1:1 cost-share match) · Status: verify (Annual; 2026 round closed Jan 30, 2026 (next cycle opens ~fall 2026))
Who: Municipalities and public educational institutions
State cost-share grants of $5,000-$10,000 help Vermont towns plant trees, run tree inventories, and improve community forest health and pest resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant - Vermont
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VT
Statewide (rural nonindustrial private and state forest land) · Cost-share (Up to 50% federal; 50% non-federal match required) · Status: verify (Annual competitive cycle via state forester; confirm with VT FPR)
Who: State forestry agencies, local governments, Tribes, nonprofits, universities
Competitive USFS grants fund landscape-scale forest restoration in Vermont, including wildfire hazard mitigation, on rural private and state forest land.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program - Massachusetts
MA DCR / USDA Forest Service — State · Fire Department Grants · MA
Statewide (communities under 10,000 pop.) · Up to $2,000 (Grants averaging up to $2,000; ~45 awarded annually) · Status: verify (~August (annual))
Who: Rural, call, or 80%+ volunteer fire departments
Federal cost-share via DCR for small rural/volunteer fire departments to buy forest-fire tools, Class A foam, PPE, and suppression gear.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Massachusetts
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MA
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial assistance covering part of practice costs; rates set yearly) · Status: rolling (Jan 15, 2026 batch (continuous signup))
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest owners
NRCS cost-share for conservation practices on MA farms and forests, including invasive control, brush and forest-health management.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Massachusetts
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MA
Statewide · Varies (Annual payments for enhancing existing conservation on working lands) · Status: rolling (Jan 15, 2026 batch (continuous signup))
Who: Producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS payments to advance forest-land stewardship in MA, addressing fire management, pest pressure, and habitat resource concerns.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Massachusetts
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · MA
Statewide (at-risk communities) · Varies (MA award: Cape Cod Cooperative Extension $143,750 to update Barnstable County CWPP) · Status: verify (Competitive rounds; verify next NOFO)
Who: Communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state forestry agencies
Federal grants to create/update Community Wildfire Protection Plans and fund fuels/mitigation work; MA funded Barnstable County's CWPP update.
Apply / details · Official source
MassWildlife Habitat Management Grant Program
MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MA
Statewide (conserved lands) · $5,000-$75,000 (Grants of $5,000 to $75,000 per project; no match required) · Status: verify (Jul 6, 2026 (annual; reopens ~Sept))
Who: Owners of conserved land: municipalities, land trusts, private CR/Ch.61 owners
State grants funding prescribed burning, brush/fuels reduction, and invasive control to restore fire-dependent and early-successional habitat.
Apply / details · Official source
DCR Forest Stewardship Program Cost-Share
MA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation — State · Planning · MA
Statewide · Cost-share (Cost-share to develop a 10-year Forest Stewardship Plan (min. 10 acres)) · Status: rolling (Rolling (contact Service Forester))
Who: Private woodland owners and municipal town forests
DCR cost-share helps landowners fund professional 10-year stewardship plans covering forest health, climate adaptation, and disturbance resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
DCR Climate Stewardship Incentive Program (C-SIP)
MA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MA
Statewide · Cost-share (Reimbursement cost-share for eight climate-informed forestry practices) · Status: verify (Verify annual signup with Service Forester)
Who: Private forest landowners with a stewardship plan
DCR cost-share reimbursing climate-informed practices like invasive control, legacy-tree retention, and soil stabilization to improve forest health.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Capacity (VFA) Grant - Connecticut
CT DEEP Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Fire Department Grants · CT
Statewide (towns under 10,000 pop.) · Up to $2,500 (Awards ~$1,705-$2,500; ~$92,000 distributed to 38 depts in latest cycle) · Status: open (2026-09-10)
Who: Volunteer/rural fire departments in towns under 10,000 population
Federal Cooperative Forestry funds passed through CT DEEP for rural fire departments to buy wildland fire training and equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Connecticut
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Community Preparedness · CT
Wildfire-prone CT communities · Up to $250,000 (plan); up to $10M (project) (10% match for CWPP planning, 25% for implementation; waivers for underserved/tribes) · Status: verify (Announced via Grants.gov)
Who: Local governments, tribes, nonprofits, HOAs, state forestry agencies
BIL-funded USFS grants for CWPP development and fuel-reduction/home-hardening projects; CT communities apply via Grants.gov when open.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban Forest Resilience Grant Program
CT DEEP Urban & Community Forestry (USDA Forest Service) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CT
Statewide (state/municipal land) · Up to $30,000 ($230,000 available; 50:50 non-federal match (cash/in-kind)) · Status: open (2026-08-03)
Who: Connecticut municipalities/local governments (Tree Wardens' Assoc. members)
Cost-share to remove dead/hazardous trees and replant, restoring forest health and canopy against pests like emerald ash borer.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Connecticut
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CT
Statewide · Cost-share (Financial + technical assistance; payment rates vary by practice/state) · Status: rolling (FY2027 Round 1: 2026-09-30)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest landowners
NRCS cost-share for CT forest landowners implementing conservation practices including forest stand improvement and brush/fuel management.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Connecticut
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CT
Statewide · Cost-share (5-year payments; forest-land pools including forestry enhancements) · Status: rolling (Ranking cutoffs set per fiscal-year signup)
Who: Individuals, entities, tribes managing non-industrial private forest land
NRCS payments to CT forest landowners for maintaining and enhancing conservation, including forest-health and stand-improvement activities.
Apply / details · Official source
Service Forestry Technical Assistance for CT Landowners
CT DEEP Forestry Division — State · Planning · CT
Statewide · Free (Up to one full day of no-cost assistance per landowner per year) · Status: rolling (Ongoing)
Who: Private woodlot owners, municipalities, conservation groups
Free on-site visits from CT DEEP service foresters for forest stewardship planning and forest-health/pest management on private woodlands.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant Program - Rhode Island
RI DEM Division of Forest Environment (USDA Forest Service pass-through) — State · Fire Department Grants · RI
Rural RI communities of 10,000 or fewer · $1,000-$3,500 (50/50 match, reimbursement basis) · Status: open (July 31 (annual))
Who: Rural/volunteer fire departments
50/50 match grants of $1,000-$3,500 help rural volunteer fire departments buy wildfire suppression equipment or training.
Apply / details · Official source
Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program - Rhode Island
RI DEM Division of Forest Environment (USDA Forest Service) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · RI
Statewide (municipalities, nonprofits, schools) · $2,000-$10,000 (50% non-federal match required) · Status: verify (Jan 15 (annual; cycle opens November))
Who: Local/state governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public schools
Cost-share grants of $2,000-$10,000 fund community tree programs, forest health, training, and Tree City USA efforts across Rhode Island.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Rhode Island
USDA NRCS Rhode Island — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · RI
Statewide private/working forestland · Cost-share (Practice-based financial assistance) · Status: rolling (FY2026 ranking cutoff Mar 20, 2026; applications accepted continuously)
Who: Forest/woodland landowners, farmers
NRCS financial and technical assistance helps RI woodland owners implement forest health and management practices, including stewardship plans.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Rhode Island
USDA NRCS Rhode Island — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · RI
Statewide working forest and farmland · Cost-share (Annual payments for enhanced conservation) · Status: verify (Annual ranking cutoffs (verify current FY))
Who: Forest landowners, farmers
CSP pays RI forest landowners to maintain and enhance conservation activities, including forest health enhancement and climate resilience.
Apply / details · Official source
Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) - Rhode Island
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Planning · RI
Nationwide, incl. eligible RI at-risk communities · Varies (Up to $250K planning / $10M project (per NOFO)) · Status: verify (Periodic NOFO (verify current window))
Who: At-risk communities, Tribes, nonprofits, state forestry
Competitive federal grants fund Community Wildfire Protection Plans and hazardous-fuels projects; RI communities may apply nationally.
Apply / details · Official source
Rhode Island Forest Health Works RCPP
USDA NRCS Rhode Island & partners — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · RI
Statewide private/tribal forestland under development pressure · Cost-share ($3.9M over 5 years (partnership funding)) · Status: verify (Entity-held easement apps due Apr 24, 2026 (verify))
Who: Private and tribal forest landowners
Partnership-funded program protecting RI private forestland for forest health and connectivity through conservation easements and NRCS assistance.
Apply / details · Official source
Woodland Incentive Program (WIP)
Maryland Forest Service (DNR) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MD
Statewide (private woodlands) · Cost-share (Reimburses up to 65% of eligible practice costs; ~$100,000/yr to 75-100 landowners) · Status: rolling (Rolling; apply through local project forester)
Who: Private landowners with 5-1,000 forest acres
Reimburses up to 65% of costs for prescribed burning, thinning, timber stand improvement and reforestation on private Maryland woodlands.
Apply / details · Official source
Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program
Maryland Forest Service (DNR) — State · Fire Department Grants · MD
Rural communities of 10,000 or fewer · Up to $3,500 (Up to $3,500 per department on a 50/50 match basis) · Status: verify (Annual (2025 cycle closed Sept 15, 2025))
Who: Rural volunteer fire departments
50/50 matching grants up to $3,500 for rural volunteer fire departments to buy wildland firefighting protective gear, tools and training.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Maryland
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MD
Statewide (private ag/forest land) · Cost-share (~50% cost-share (up to 90% for underserved/beginning producers)) · Status: rolling (Continuous; FY26 batching cutoffs Jan 15 & Mar 27, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forest owners
Federal cost-share for conservation practices on private forestland, including prescribed burning and forest stand improvement.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Maryland
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MD
Statewide (working ag/forest land) · Varies (Annual stewardship payments plus enhancement payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Producers and forest owners with existing conservation stewardship
Annual payments to maintain and enhance conservation on working lands, including forest stand improvement and fuel-reduction practices.
Apply / details · Official source
Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Committee (MUCFC) Grant
Maryland Forest Service (DNR) / MUCFC — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MD
Statewide (public lands) · Varies (Grant amounts not published; match/in-kind projects prioritized) · Status: rolling (Rolling; MUCFC and County Forestry Board approval required before work)
Who: Organizations, local governments and nonprofits (projects on public land)
Grants to organizations for community tree planting and forestry education projects on public lands across Maryland.
Apply / details · Official source
Maryland Community Forestry Catalyst Fund
Maryland Forest Service (DNR) (IRA funds) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MD
Statewide (urban/community forests) · $5,000-$200,000 (Awards of $5,000 to $200,000 across multi-year periods) · Status: verify (Cyclical windows (2024 windows closed; IRA funding continuation uncertain))
Who: Local governments, nonprofits, educational institutions
IRA-funded grants of $5K-$200K for urban and community tree canopy projects addressing heat, air quality and flooding.
Apply / details · Official source
Delaware Forest Resiliency Fund
Delaware Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · DE
Statewide (non-industrial private forestland, min. 3 acres) · Cost-share (90% cost-share (100% for priority/underserved); up to $10,000 for prescribed fire and invasives; $1.5M total) · Status: rolling (Rolling, first-come first-served as funding allows)
Who: Private forest owners, HOAs, nonprofits, municipalities, county governments
90-100% cost-share (up to $10K) for prescribed fire, invasive species removal and reforestation on private Delaware forestland.
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Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant - Delaware
Delaware Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) — State · Fire Department Grants · DE
Statewide (rural fire districts) · Up to $3,500 (Matching grant up to $3,500 on a 50/50 basis) · Status: verify (Annual (verify current window))
Who: Delaware volunteer fire departments
50/50 matching grants up to $3,500 for volunteer fire companies to buy wildland hose, Nomex gear, brush-unit pumps and hand tools.
Apply / details · Official source
Federal Firefighter Property (FFP) Program - Delaware
Delaware Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) / USDA Forest Service — Federal · Fire Department Grants · DE
Statewide · Free (Surplus federal/military property distributed at no cost) · Status: rolling (Continuous (apply via Form 4.24))
Who: Eligible fire departments and agencies
Distributes surplus federal equipment-vehicles, pumps, hoses, generators-at no cost to Delaware fire departments for wildland response.
Apply / details · Official source
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Delaware
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · DE
Statewide (private ag/forest land) · Cost-share (Cost-share for implemented practices; higher rates and 50% advance for underserved) · Status: rolling (Continuous; FY26 cutoffs Jan 15 & Mar 13, 2026)
Who: Agricultural producers and non-industrial private forestland owners
Federal cost-share for conservation practices on private forestland, including forest management and fuel-reduction work.
Apply / details · Official source
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) - Delaware
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · DE
Statewide (working ag/forest land) · Varies (Annual stewardship payments plus enhancement payments) · Status: rolling (Continuous with periodic ranking cutoffs)
Who: Producers and forest owners with existing conservation stewardship
Annual stewardship payments for maintaining and improving conservation on working forest and agricultural lands in Delaware.
Apply / details · Official source
Delaware Urban & Community Forestry Grants
Delaware Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · DE
Statewide (public land / communities) · $500-$50,000 (Annual grant $500-$5,000 (50/50 match); IRA sub-grant up to $50,000 (no match); ash removal up to $9,000; invasive removal up to $7,000) · Status: open (Nov 30, 2026 (site visits by Nov 9, 2026))
Who: Municipalities, HOAs, 501(c)(3) nonprofits
Cost-share and no-match grants for tree planting, hazardous ash removal and invasive tree management on public land in Delaware.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Coconino, Kaibab, Apache-Sitgreaves & Tonto National Forests · $111,150,312 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
One of the 10 initial WCS priority landscapes, treating ponderosa pine forests across northern Arizona to cut catastrophic wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Prescott Basin Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Prescott National Forest · $13,908,216 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape reducing hazardous fuels around Prescott, Arizona to protect communities in the wildland-urban interface.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: San Carlos Apache Tribal Forest Protection Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Apache-Sitgreaves, Coronado & Tonto National Forests · $32,009,200 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape partners with the San Carlos Apache Tribe to protect tribal forests and communities across eastern Arizona.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: North Yuba Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Tahoe & Plumas National Forests · $153,153,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape in California's northern Sierra Nevada, restoring forest health across the North Yuba River watershed.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Stanislaus Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Stanislaus National Forest · $21,082,500 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape treating fuels across the Stanislaus National Forest in California's central Sierra Nevada.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Plumas Community Protection Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Plumas National Forest · $273,930,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape protects communities across the Plumas National Forest with the largest single-landscape investment.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Southern California Fireshed Risk Reduction Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres & San Bernardino National Forests · $10,000,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape reduces fireshed risk across four Southern California national forests near dense urban populations.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Trinity Forest Health & Fire-Resilient Rural Communities Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Shasta-Trinity & Six Rivers National Forests · $15,899,900 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape improves forest health and community resilience across Northern California's Trinity region.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Klamath River Basin Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Modoc, Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity & Fremont-Winema NFs (CA & OR) · $35,400,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this multi-state WCS landscape spans the Klamath River Basin across five national forests in California and Oregon.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Colorado Front Range Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Arapaho-Roosevelt & Pike-San Isabel National Forests · $36,905,208 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape treating forests along Colorado's populated Front Range to protect watersheds and communities.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Nez Perce-Clearwater-Lower Salmon Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests · $34,000,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape reduces wildfire risk across the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and Lower Salmon River area of Idaho.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Enchanted Circle Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Carson National Forest · $9,644,296 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape restoring forest health around the Enchanted Circle region of the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Sierra & Elko Fronts Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NV
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (NV & CA) · $57,375,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape treats the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest along Nevada's Sierra and Elko fronts into eastern California.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Central Oregon Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests · $13,157,706 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape reducing hazardous fuels across the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests in central Oregon.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Mount Hood Forest Health & Fire-Resilient Communities Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Mt. Hood National Forest · $4,500,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape improves forest health and community resilience across the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Central Washington Initiative Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · $39,910,598 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Initial WCS priority landscape treating fuels across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in central Washington.
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Colville Northeast Washington Vision Landscape
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Colville National Forest · $2,160,000 (WCS landscape investment (through FY23)) · Status: verify (Ongoing)
Who: USFS national forests & partners
Added in 2023, this WCS landscape advances forest restoration across the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington.
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CFLRP: Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI)
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab & Tonto National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Apache-Sitgreaves/Coconino/Kaibab/Tonto NFs & 4FRI Stakeholder Group
Large-scale ponderosa pine restoration and hazardous fuels reduction across four northern Arizona national forests.
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CFLRP: Shortleaf Bluestem Community
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Ouachita National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Ouachita National Forest & collaborative partners
Restores shortleaf pine-bluestem woodland habitat using prescribed fire and thinning across the Ouachita landscape.
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CFLRP: Ozark Highlands Ecosystem Restoration
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Ozark-St. Francis National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Ozark-St. Francis NF & Ozark Highlands collaborative
Restores oak woodland and glade ecosystems in the Ozark Highlands through prescribed fire and forest health treatments.
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CFLRP: Dinkey Landscape Restoration Project
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Sierra National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Sierra National Forest & Dinkey collaborative
Restores fire-adapted Sierra Nevada forests around Dinkey Creek through thinning and prescribed burning.
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CFLRP: North Yuba Forest Partnership
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Tahoe & Plumas National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Tahoe/Plumas NFs & North Yuba Forest Partnership
Landscape-scale restoration in the North Yuba watershed reducing wildfire risk across the Tahoe and Plumas forests.
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CFLRP: Western Klamath Restoration Partnership
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Klamath & Six Rivers National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Klamath/Six Rivers NFs & Western Klamath partners
Tribal-led collaborative restoring fire-resilient landscapes and cultural fire practices in the western Klamath Mountains.
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CFLRP: Amador-Calaveras Cornerstone Project
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Eldorado & Stanislaus National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Eldorado/Stanislaus NFs & Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group
Community-based restoration reducing fire risk and building forest economies across the Amador-Calaveras region.
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CFLRP: Burney-Hat Creek Basins
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Lassen National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Lassen National Forest & Burney-Hat Creek collaborative
Restores forest health and reduces fuels in the Burney and Hat Creek basins of the Lassen National Forest.
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CFLRP: Southwest Colorado Restoration Initiative
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
San Juan National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: San Juan National Forest & collaborative partners
Restores fire-adapted forests and reduces wildfire risk across the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado.
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CFLRP: Colorado Front Range
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Arapaho-Roosevelt & Pike-San Isabel National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Arapaho-Roosevelt/Pike-San Isabel NFs & Front Range Roundtable
Reduces wildfire risk to Front Range communities through thinning and prescribed fire in ponderosa forests.
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CFLRP: Uncompahgre Plateau
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: GMUG National Forests & Uncompahgre Plateau collaborative
Restored forest and watershed health across the Uncompahgre Plateau through collaborative landscape treatments.
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CFLRP: Accelerating Longleaf Pine Restoration
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · FL
Osceola National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Osceola National Forest & longleaf collaborative
Accelerated longleaf pine ecosystem restoration and prescribed fire on the Osceola National Forest in north Florida.
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CFLRP: West Central Idaho Initiative
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Boise & Payette National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Boise/Payette NFs & West Central Idaho collaborative
Restores fire-resilient forests and watersheds across the Boise and Payette National Forests in west central Idaho.
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CFLRP: Weiser-Little Salmon Headwaters
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Payette National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Payette National Forest & Weiser-Little Salmon collaborative
Restores headwater forests and reduces wildfire risk in the Weiser and Little Salmon watersheds of the Payette NF.
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CFLRP: Kootenai Valley Restoration Initiative
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Idaho Panhandle National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Idaho Panhandle NF & Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
Collaborative forest and watershed restoration in the Kootenai Valley of northern Idaho's Panhandle forests.
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CFLRP: Selway-Middle Fork Clearwater
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
Nez Perce-Clearwater & Bitterroot National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Nez Perce-Clearwater/Bitterroot NFs & Clearwater Basin Collaborative
Restored forest, aquatic and wildlife habitat in the Selway and Middle Fork Clearwater river landscapes.
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CFLRP: Longleaf Pine Ecosystem & Hazardous Fuels Reduction
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MS
National Forests in Mississippi · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: National Forests in Mississippi & longleaf collaborative
Restores longleaf pine ecosystems and reduces hazardous fuels across the National Forests in Mississippi.
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CFLRP: Missouri Pine-Oak Woodland Restoration
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Mark Twain National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Mark Twain National Forest & collaborative partners
Restores shortleaf pine and oak woodland communities through prescribed fire on the Mark Twain National Forest.
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CFLRP: Southwestern Crown of the Continent
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Flathead, Lolo & Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Flathead/Lolo/Helena-Lewis & Clark NFs & Southwestern Crown collaborative
Restored forest and watershed health across the Southwestern Crown of the Continent landscape in western Montana.
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CFLRP: Rio Chama
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Santa Fe, Carson, Rio Grande & San Juan National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Santa Fe/Carson/Rio Grande/San Juan NFs & Rio Chama partnership
Cross-boundary restoration protecting the Rio Chama watershed through forest thinning and prescribed fire.
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CFLRP: Zuni Mountain
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Cibola National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Cibola National Forest & Zuni Mountain collaborative
Restores ponderosa pine and pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Zuni Mountains of the Cibola National Forest.
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CFLRP: Southwest Jemez Mountains
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NM
Santa Fe National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Santa Fe National Forest & Jemez collaborative
Restored fire-adapted forests and watersheds in the Southwest Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest.
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CFLRP: Pisgah Restoration Initiative
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
National Forests in North Carolina · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: National Forests in NC & Pisgah collaborative
Restores forest health and reduces wildfire risk across the Pisgah landscape of the National Forests in North Carolina.
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CFLRP: Grandfather Restoration Project
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
National Forests in North Carolina · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: National Forests in NC & Grandfather collaborative
Restores southern Appalachian forests through prescribed fire and habitat treatments on the Grandfather district.
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CFLRP: Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Deschutes National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Deschutes National Forest & Deschutes collaborative
Restores fire-resilient ponderosa forests around the Deschutes Skyline near Bend, Oregon through thinning and burning.
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CFLRP: Lakeview Stewardship
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Fremont-Winema National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Fremont-Winema NF & Lakeview Stewardship Group
Long-running collaborative restoring forest health and rural economies on the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
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CFLRP: Northern Blues
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Umatilla & Wallowa-Whitman National Forests · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman NFs & Northern Blues collaborative
Restores dry forests and reduces wildfire risk across the Northern Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon.
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CFLRP: Rogue Basin
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Rogue River-Siskiyou NF & Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative
Reduces wildfire risk and restores forest health across the Rogue Basin of southern Oregon.
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CFLRP: Southern Blues
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Malheur National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Malheur National Forest & Blue Mountains Forest Partners
Restores dry pine forests and supports forest economies on the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon.
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CFLRP: North Central Washington
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Okanogan-Wenatchee NF & North Central Washington collaborative
Restores fire-adapted forests and reduces wildfire risk across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
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CFLRP: Northeastern Washington Forest Vision 2020
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Colville National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: Colville National Forest & NE Washington Forestry Coalition
Restores forest health and supports timber economies on the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington.
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CFLRP: Tapash
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Varies (CFLRP funding allocated) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Okanogan-Wenatchee NF & Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative
Cross-boundary restoration of dry forests in the Tapash landscape of Washington's east Cascades.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Eagle Lake Susan River Watersheds
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Eagle Lake & Susan River watersheds · $1,003,608 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project restoring forest and watershed health across California's Eagle Lake and Susan River watersheds.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: North Idaho Highway 95
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ID
North Idaho / Highway 95 corridor · $1,076,300 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project reducing wildfire risk and improving forest health along the North Idaho Highway 95 corridor.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Ready-Set-Fire in White Oak Woodlands
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IN
Indiana white oak woodlands · $2,698,250 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project using prescribed fire to restore Indiana's white oak woodlands and improve forest resilience.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Healthy Ecosystem of Longleaf Pine
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
Louisiana longleaf pine ecosystem · $1,945,100 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project restoring Louisiana's longleaf pine ecosystem through forest and fire management.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Great Plains Grasslands Biome Demonstration
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Great Plains grasslands (NE & SD) · $1,669,942 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project creating large-scale demonstration sites across the Nebraska and South Dakota Great Plains grasslands biome.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Interconnecting Coastal and Upland Endemic Species Ecosystems
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · PR
Puerto Rico coastal & upland ecosystems · $150,000 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project connecting Puerto Rico's coastal and upland endemic species ecosystems for habitat resilience.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Dynamic Forest Restoration in the Foothills and Mountains
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
South Carolina foothills & mountains · $789,099 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project restoring forests across the foothills and mountains of South Carolina through fire and health treatments.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: East Tennessee Aquatic Habitat for At Risk Species, Phase 2
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TN
East Tennessee watersheds · $1,331,198 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs Phase 2 project improving aquatic habitat for at-risk species across East Tennessee watersheds.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Vernal Municipal Watershed
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · UT
Vernal municipal watershed · $1,204,700 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project protecting Utah's Vernal municipal watershed through forest health and wildfire risk reduction.
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Joint Chiefs FY2024: Archer Knob
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Archer Knob, Virginia · $899,312 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2024 Joint Chiefs project restoring forest health and reducing wildfire risk in the Archer Knob landscape of Virginia.
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Joint Chiefs FY2025: Chattahoochee Fall Line Restoring Longleaf
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AL
Chattahoochee Fall Line, Alabama · $1,450,750 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2025 Joint Chiefs project restoring longleaf pine along Alabama's Chattahoochee Fall Line through prescribed fire and forest health work.
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Joint Chiefs FY2025: Headwaters of the Colorado
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Upper Colorado River headwaters (CO & WY) · $2,612,692 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2025 Joint Chiefs project improving forest and watershed health across the Colorado River headwaters in Colorado and Wyoming.
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Joint Chiefs FY2025: Blackfoot River Valley Landscape Mosaic
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MT
Blackfoot River Valley, Montana · $979,800 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2025 Joint Chiefs project restoring a resilient landscape mosaic in Montana's Blackfoot River Valley through forest and fire management.
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Joint Chiefs FY2025: Uwharries to Sandhills Phase 2
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NC
Uwharrie to Sandhills region, North Carolina · $1,022,106 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2025 Joint Chiefs Phase 2 project connecting North Carolina's Uwharrie and Sandhills landscapes through forest restoration and fire.
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Joint Chiefs FY2025: Hood River Wildfire & Watershed Resilience
USDA NRCS & Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Hood River watershed, Oregon · $2,147,660 (Joint Chiefs award) · Status: verify (N/A)
Who: NRCS, USFS & local partners
FY2025 Joint Chiefs project strengthening wildfire and watershed resilience across Oregon's Hood River landscape.
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RCPP: Colorado Northern Front Range
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Northern Front Range, Colorado · $13,462,500 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Jefferson Conservation District
Delivers 4,000+ acres of forest treatments and habitat work to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk across Colorado's Northern Front Range.
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RCPP: Enhancing Hawaii's Forests to Reduce Land-Based Pollution
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · HI
Hawaii · $5,178,702 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Restores and manages private forestland with stand improvement, addressing fragmentation from non-native animals and fire on Hawaiian forests.
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RCPP: Western Oregon Cascades Climate-Smart Reforestation & Recovery
USDA NRCS — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · OR
Western Oregon Cascades · $5,000,000 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Sustainable Northwest
Addresses forest health, fuel accumulation, erosion and habitat on lands affected by Oregon's 2020 wildfires via climate-smart reforestation.
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RCPP: Working Forests for Wildlife & Climate in Western Maine
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ME
Western Maine · $1,500,000 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: New England Forestry Foundation
Improves forest productivity and restores fish, bird and wildlife habitat across working forestlands in western Maine.
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RCPP: Little Colorado River Watershed Restoration
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AZ
Little Colorado River Watershed, Arizona · $454,545 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
Treats private forestlands in the Little Colorado River watershed to reduce fuel loads and the risk of catastrophic wildfire.
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RCPP: Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape, Texas · $8,571,429 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Supports landowners around the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape in addressing increased drought, flood and wildfire risk on working lands.
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RCPP: Rhode Island Forest Health Works
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · RI
Rhode Island · $3.9M (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: RI DEM, Division of Forest Environment
Protects 1,300+ acres of private forestland via easements and management plans to combat fragmentation and boost forest resilience statewide.
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RCPP: Building Fire Resiliency in CA Coast Range
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
California North Coast Range (7 counties) · $4,922,216 (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Rebuild North Bay Foundation
Helps landowners across seven counties use vegetation management and prescribed burning to minimize wildfire impacts in the WUI.
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RCPP: Lomakatsi West Bear All Lands Forest Restoration
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OR
Jackson County, Oregon · Varies (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Uses ecological fuel reduction across a 27,000-acre WUI landscape to cut severe wildfire risk to communities while restoring habitat.
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RCPP: Fuel Break & Forest Resilience Partnership
USDA NRCS — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · WA
Wenatchee Subbasin, Eastern Washington · Varies (NRCS RCPP award) · Status: closed (N/A)
Who: Cascadia Conservation District
Applies forest restoration in the Wenatchee Subbasin, ranked the highest-risk community for catastrophic wildfire in WA and OR, to build resilience.
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Urban and Community Forestry Program – Inflation Reduction Act Grants
USDA Forest Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · $1 billion (Varies) · Status: closed (2023-06-01 (closed))
Who: Nonprofits, Tribes, state & local governments, universities, community organizations
One-time Inflation Reduction Act competition delivering $1B in Forest Service grants for tree planting and urban forest health in disadvantaged communities.
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Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program
U.S. Department of Defense — Federal · Community Preparedness · US
Nationwide · Varies (Varies) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: States, local governments, Tribes, land trusts and conservation organizations partnering with military installations
DoD program funding land buffers and landscape resilience, including wildfire risk reduction, around military installations via partnerships and the REPI Challenge.
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Private landowners, Tribes, nonprofits, schools, corporations
USFWS delivers free technical and financial assistance to private landowners for habitat restoration, including prescribed fire and longleaf/shortleaf pine planting.
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Working Lands for Wildlife
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
Nationwide · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Agricultural producers, private forest and rangeland owners
National NRCS framework funding conservation practices such as prescribed fire, brush and invasive removal, and forest/grassland restoration via EQIP.
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Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO / PL-566)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — Federal · Post-Fire Recovery · US
Nationwide · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: State, local and Tribal governments and other public project sponsors
NRCS PL-566 program funds watershed protection, land treatment and flood/erosion recovery projects sponsored by state, local and Tribal governments.
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Smoky Hills Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Saline, Ellsworth, Ottawa, Dickinson, Lincoln & McPherson Counties, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in the Smoky Hills where members share drip torches, equipment, burn crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Gypsum Hills Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Gypsum Hills / Red Hills region, south-central KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members pool labor, equipment and trained burn crews to safely apply prescribed fire for cedar control and rangeland health in the Gypsum Hills.
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East Kansas Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Eastern Kansas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in eastern Kansas sharing volunteer burn crews, drip torches, equipment and training so members can burn each other's land safely.
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Jewell County Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Jewell County, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
County PBA where neighbors share equipment, labor and burn crews to conduct prescribed fire on grasslands and pasture in Jewell County.
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Sumner County Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Sumner County, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led burn cooperative in Sumner County pooling equipment, volunteer crews and training to help members prescribe-burn their own land.
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Cloud County Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Cloud County, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in Cloud County share drip torches, equipment, burn crews and burn-plan help to conduct prescribed fire on one another's property.
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Cherokee Strip Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Cherokee Strip region, south-central KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative sharing equipment, labor and trained crews for prescribed burning across the Cherokee Strip area of southern Kansas.
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Route 36 Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
US-36 corridor, north-central KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Northern Kansas PBA along the Route 36 corridor where members share burn crews, equipment and training to apply prescribed fire on their land.
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Phillips County Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Phillips County, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
County burn cooperative pooling volunteer labor, drip torches and equipment so Phillips County landowners can conduct prescribed fire safely.
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Ninnescah Valley Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Ninnescah River valley, south-central KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in the Ninnescah Valley sharing equipment, crews and training to burn grassland and control brush on members' land.
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Alan Sleeper Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Central Kansas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Kansas landowner burn cooperative where members share equipment, volunteer crews and burn-plan assistance to conduct prescribed fire.
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Little Mule Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Central Kansas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA pooling drip torches, equipment, labor and training so neighbors can safely apply prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Kansas Sandhills, south-central KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in the Kansas Sandhills share crews, equipment and training to conduct prescribed fire for rangeland and wildlife habitat management.
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Kansas Prescribed Burn Association (statewide)
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council / KGLC — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Statewide, Kansas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Statewide landowner association coordinating local Kansas PBAs, sharing equipment, volunteer burn crews, training and burn-plan help among members.
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Pawnee County Prescribed Burn Association
Pawnee County, Kansas — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · KS
Pawnee County, KS · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
County-supported PBA where Pawnee County landowners share equipment, drip torches, volunteer burn crews and training to conduct prescribed fire.
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Central Nebraska Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Greeley, Howard & Sherman Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA sharing equipment, labor and training; members attend a burn workshop and help conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Custer Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Custer & Valley Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in Custer and Valley Counties share equipment and volunteer crews and complete burn training to conduct prescribed fire on their land.
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Northeast Nebraska Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Cedar, Dixon, Knox, Pierce & Wayne Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative across five northeast Nebraska counties sharing equipment, labor and training to safely apply prescribed fire.
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Tri-County Prescribed Burn Association (Nebraska)
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Lancaster, Saline & Seward Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in Lancaster, Saline and Seward Counties pool crews, equipment and training to conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Elkhorn Valley Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Colfax, Cuming, Dodge & Wayne Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Elkhorn Valley landowners share drip torches, equipment, volunteer crews and training to burn grassland and control woody encroachment.
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Oregon Trail Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Banner, Morrill & Scotts Bluff Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Panhandle PBA where members share equipment, labor and training to conduct prescribed fire across Banner, Morrill and Scotts Bluff Counties.
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Bohemian Alps Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Butler & Saunders Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in the Bohemian Alps sharing burn crews, equipment and training to apply prescribed fire on members' land.
Apply / details · Official source
Buffalo/Sherman Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Buffalo & Sherman Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in Buffalo and Sherman Counties share equipment, volunteer crews and training to safely conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
Apply / details · Official source
South Central Nebraska Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Adams, Franklin, Harlan & Webster Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA across four south-central counties sharing equipment, labor and training to apply prescribed fire on member land.
Apply / details · Official source
Southwestern Nebraska Prescribed Burn Association
Nebraska Pheasants Forever / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock & Red Willow Counties, NE · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in southwest Nebraska pool crews, equipment and training to conduct prescribed fire for cedar control and grassland health.
Apply / details · Official source
Loess Canyons Rangeland Alliance
Loess Canyons landowners / Nebraska Prescribed Fire — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · NE
Loess Canyons region, south-central NE (Lincoln County area) · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led alliance combining resources and labor to reclaim rangeland through prescribed fire and cedar removal in Nebraska's Loess Canyons.
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Alfalfa County Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Alfalfa County, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Local PBA where Alfalfa County landowners share equipment, drip torches, volunteer burn crews and training to conduct prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Beaver County Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Beaver County, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Panhandle landowner cooperative sharing equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire on rangeland in Beaver County.
Apply / details · Official source
Roger Mills Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Roger Mills & Beckham Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in western Oklahoma sharing equipment, labor and training so members can safely conduct prescribed fire on their land.
Apply / details · Official source
Canadian Rivers Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Blaine & Canadian Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members share drip torches, equipment and volunteer burn crews to apply prescribed fire across Blaine and Canadian Counties.
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Caddo/Grady Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Caddo & Grady Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in Caddo and Grady Counties pooling equipment, crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on member land.
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Arbuckle Rangeland Restoration Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Carter, Love & Murray Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Rangeland restoration burn association in the Arbuckle region sharing equipment, labor and training for prescribed fire on members' land.
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Land Run Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Cleveland, McClain & Oklahoma Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Central Oklahoma PBA where members share equipment, volunteer crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
Apply / details · Official source
Pontotoc Ridge Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pottawatomie & Seminole Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Multi-county south-central Oklahoma PBA sharing equipment, crews and training so members can safely apply prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Comanche, Kiowa & Tillman Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Southwest Oklahoma landowner cooperative sharing drip torches, equipment and burn crews to conduct prescribed fire on rangeland.
Apply / details · Official source
Indian Territory Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Craig, Delaware, Mayes & Rogers Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Northeast Oklahoma PBA where members share equipment, labor and training to apply prescribed fire on each other's land.
Apply / details · Official source
K-O Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Kay & Osage Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members in Kay and Osage Counties pool equipment, volunteer crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on tallgrass rangeland.
Apply / details · Official source
Northwest Range Fire Management Association, Inc.
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Dewey, Ellis & Woodward Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Incorporated northwest Oklahoma burn association sharing equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire on member rangeland.
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Cimarron Range Preservation Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Harper, Woods & Woodward Counties, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in northwest Oklahoma sharing equipment, labor and training to conduct prescribed fire for rangeland preservation.
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Harper County Prescribed Burn Association
Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · OK
Harper County, OK · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
County PBA where Harper County landowners share drip torches, equipment, volunteer crews and training to apply prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
East Central Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Franklin, Gasconade, St. Louis, Warren & Washington Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in east-central Missouri sharing equipment, volunteer burn crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on member land.
Apply / details · Official source
Foothills Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Perry, Bollinger & surrounding Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Southeast Missouri burn cooperative where members share equipment, crews and training to safely apply prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Mark Twain Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Monroe, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Ralls, Audrain & Randolph Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Northeast Missouri PBA pooling equipment, labor and training so members can conduct prescribed fire across seven counties.
Apply / details · Official source
Niangua Basin Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Camden, Dallas, Laclede & Hickory Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in the Niangua Basin sharing equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire on member land.
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Ozark Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Oregon, Shannon, Reynolds, Wayne, Butler, Carter & Ripley Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Southern Missouri Ozarks PBA where members share equipment, volunteer crews and training to conduct prescribed fire on woodland and glade.
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Rivers North Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Clay, Caldwell, Carroll & Ray Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Northwest Missouri landowner cooperative sharing equipment, labor and training to safely apply prescribed fire on member land.
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Springfield Plateau Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Greene, Polk & Webster Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Members on the Springfield Plateau share drip torches, equipment and burn crews to conduct prescribed fire on prairie and glade.
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St. Francois Mountains Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
St. Francois, Iron, Madison & Reynolds Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Southeast Missouri PBA in the St. Francois Mountains sharing equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire on members' land.
Apply / details · Official source
Twin Rivers Prescribed Burn Association (Missouri)
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike & St. Charles Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Eastern Missouri landowner cooperative sharing equipment, labor and training to conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
Apply / details · Official source
Upper Meramec Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Crawford, Dent & Phelps Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
PBA in the upper Meramec watershed where members share equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire on member land.
Apply / details · Official source
West Central Missouri Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis & Saline Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
West-central Missouri PBA sharing equipment, volunteer crews and training to conduct prescribed fire across six counties.
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White River Prescribed Burn Association
Missouri Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MO
Christian, Stone & Taney Counties, MO · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Southwest Missouri landowner cooperative sharing equipment, crews and training to safely apply prescribed fire on member land.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association (SIPBA)
Illinois Prescribed Fire Council / Shawnee RC&D — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IL
Southern Illinois · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA providing trained crews, equipment and resources so members can conduct safe prescribed fire and restore native habitat.
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Great Rivers Prescribed Burn Association
Illinois Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · IL
Northern Illinois (Lee County area) · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Illinois landowner cooperative where members pool expertise, equipment and labor to help one another conduct prescribed burns.
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Minnesota Prescribed Burn Association
Minnesota Pheasants Forever / MN Prescribed Fire Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · MN
Statewide, Minnesota · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Grassroots statewide association (newly forming) where members share knowledge, labor and equipment to implement prescribed fires, neighbors helping neighbors.
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Southeast Dakota Prescribed Burn Association (SEDPBA)
Dakota Conservation Network / NRCS — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Missouri, James & Vermillion River watersheds, southeast SD · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in southeast South Dakota providing shared equipment, fire assistance and training; members help conduct each other's burns.
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Mid-Missouri River Prescribed Burn Association
Mid-Missouri River PBA (SD) — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SD
Missouri River corridor, south-central SD (Gregory area) · $25/yr (Membership dues) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led SD burn association using prescribed fire to fight cedar encroachment; $25 dues, though some burns are paused pending state land agreements.
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North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative
The Nature Conservancy / ND partners — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · ND
Statewide, North Dakota · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Landowners
Cooperative of agencies, nonprofits and landowners offering live-fire workshops, burn-plan help, drip torches, equipment and crews to conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Coastal Bend Prescribed Burn Association
Coastal Bend Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Coastal Bend region (12 counties), TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in the Texas Coastal Bend; members pool equipment, trained crews and labor to burn on each other's land.
Apply / details · Official source
Post Oak Savannah Prescribed Burn Association
Post Oak Savannah Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Post Oak Savannah region, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
PBAT member association whose landowners share fire crews, equipment and training to conduct prescribed burns across the Post Oak Savannah.
Apply / details · Official source
South Texas Prescribed Burn Association
South Texas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
South Texas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner cooperative in South Texas; members trade labor, equipment and burn crews to safely apply prescribed fire on member lands.
Apply / details · Official source
Southern Rolling Plains Prescribed Burn Association
Southern Rolling Plains Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Southern Rolling Plains (Sweetwater area), TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Sweetwater-area PBA where member ranchers and landowners share crews, equipment and training to conduct prescribed burns.
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Southwest Texas Prescribed Burn Association
Southwest Texas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Kinney, Medina, Uvalde & Zavala counties, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
PBAT chapter serving Kinney, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala counties; landowners help each other burn with shared labor and equipment.
Apply / details · Official source
North Central Texas Prescribed Burn Association
North Central Texas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
North Central Texas (Wise County area) · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner-led PBA in North Central Texas; members share equipment, labor and trained burn crews to apply prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Trans-Pecos Prescribed Burn Association
Trans-Pecos Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Trans-Pecos / far West Texas · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
West Texas PBA where members pool crews and equipment to conduct prescribed burns across the vast Trans-Pecos region.
Apply / details · Official source
Cross Timbers Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Hamilton, Coryell & nearby counties, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Edwards Plateau PBA chapter serving Hamilton and Coryell counties; landowners share labor, equipment and crews to burn.
Apply / details · Official source
Concho Valley Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Concho Valley, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Concho Valley chapter of the Edwards Plateau PBA; member landowners share trained crews, equipment and labor for prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Gillespie Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Gillespie County area, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Edwards Plateau PBA chapter around Gillespie County; landowners cooperate to share equipment and burn crews on member lands.
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Burnet-Lampasas Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Burnet & Lampasas counties, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Edwards Plateau PBA chapter serving Burnet and Lampasas counties with shared burn crews, equipment and training.
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Central Basin Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Mason County area, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Mason-area chapter of the Edwards Plateau PBA; members pool labor and equipment to conduct prescribed burns on each other's land.
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Cinco Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Crockett, Edwards, Sutton, Schleicher & Val Verde counties, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Five-county Edwards Plateau PBA chapter; landowners share crews and equipment to apply prescribed fire across West Texas rangeland.
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Heart of Texas Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
McCulloch County, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Edwards Plateau PBA chapter centered on McCulloch County; members trade labor and equipment to conduct prescribed burns.
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Mills County Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Mills County, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Mills County chapter of the Edwards Plateau PBA; landowners share trained burn crews and equipment for prescribed fire.
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Menard County Chapter Prescribed Burn Association (Edwards Plateau PBA)
Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · TX
Menard County, TX · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Menard County chapter of the Edwards Plateau PBA; member landowners pool labor and equipment to burn on each other's land.
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Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative
Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · GA
Chattahoochee Fall Line region, west-central GA · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner burn cooperative in Georgia's Chattahoochee Fall Line; members share equipment, crews and training to apply prescribed fire.
Apply / details · Official source
Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association
Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · AR
Statewide, AR · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Statewide landowner-led association (est. 2024) helping members access shared equipment, labor and training to conduct prescribed burns.
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Southeast Virginia Prescribed Burn Association (SEVA PBA)
Southeast Virginia Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · VA
Isle of Wight, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry & Sussex, VA · Free (Shared labor & knowledge) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
No-dues landowner PBA in southeast Virginia; members share knowledge, labor and equipment to help each other apply prescribed fire.
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Piedmont Prescribed Fire Cooperative (SC)
Piedmont Prescribed Fire Cooperative — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg & Union counties, SC · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
South Carolina Piedmont burn co-op; landowners share tools, expertise and labor to conduct prescribed fire on each other's land.
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Broad River Burn Cooperative (SC)
Broad River Burn Cooperative — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster & York counties, SC · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner burn cooperative in SC's Broad River area; members share equipment, experience and crews to apply prescribed fire.
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Chesterfield Prescribed Fire Cooperative (SC)
Chesterfield Prescribed Fire Cooperative — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Chesterfield County area, SC · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Landowner prescribed fire co-op in Chesterfield County, SC; members share tools, training and labor to burn on member lands.
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Aiken Prescribed Fire Cooperative (SC)
Aiken Prescribed Fire Cooperative — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · SC
Aiken County, SC · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: verify (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Aiken County burn cooperative (recently forming) where landowners share equipment, labor and expertise to apply prescribed fire.
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Piney Woods Prescribed Burn Association
Piney Woods Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · LA
North-central Louisiana parishes · Free (Shared equipment & crews) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Member landowners
Newly formed landowner PBA in north-central Louisiana; members share crews, equipment and knowledge to conduct prescribed burns.
Apply / details · Official source
Defensible Space Cost-Share Program
Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Yuba County foothill districts (Camptonville, Dobbins-Oregon House, Loma Rica), CA · 50% up to $2,000 (Reimburses 50% of eligible defensible space work, max $2,000) · Status: open ()
Who: Homeowners
Reimburses Yuba foothill homeowners 50% (up to $2,000) for defensible space work after a free wildfire mitigation review; excludes large tree removal.
Apply / details · Official source
Residential Chipper Program
Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Yuba County foothills, CA · Free (Free chipping, first 3 hours per property) · Status: open ()
Who: Yuba County residents
Grant-funded free chipping of defensible space slash (up to 4 in) for Yuba County foothill residents, free for the first 3 hours per property.
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Defensible Space Special Assistance Program (DSSAP)
Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Yuba County, CA · Free (Free contractor brush/tree thinning and chipping for qualifying residents) · Status: rolling (First-come as funds allow)
Who: Low-income seniors and disabled residents
Free professional defensible space thinning and chipping for low-income senior or disabled Yuba County residents unable to do the work themselves.
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Free Defensible Space & Home Hardening Evaluations
Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, CA · Free (Free on-site defensible space and home hardening evaluation) · Status: open (Summer season)
Who: Property owners in Mammoth Lakes
MLFD conducts free defensible space and home hardening evaluations for structures in the Town of Mammoth Lakes during summer months on request.
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Community Directed Grant Program
Whitebark Institute — Nonprofit · Community Preparedness · CA
Inyo & Mono Counties (SCE service area), CA · Up to $5,000 (Up to $5,000 per project for defensible space, home hardening materials, fuels work) · Status: closed (Annual cycle; reopens 2027)
Who: Tribes, FSCs, Firewise communities, fire districts, CSDs, HOAs, nonprofits
Annual grants up to $5,000 to Eastern Sierra community groups in Inyo/Mono for wildfire mitigation, defensible space, home hardening and equipment.
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Biomass Pile / Fuels Reduction Program
Alpine County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Alpine County (Turtle Rock Park, Markleeville), CA · Free (Free drop-off disposal of vegetation/slash from defensible space work) · Status: open (Seasonal (spring and fall))
Who: Alpine County residents
Free seasonal biomass/slash drop-off at Turtle Rock Park lets Alpine County residents dispose of vegetation from defensible space and fuels reduction work.
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Lassen Countywide Defensible Space Program
Lassen Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Lassen County, CA · Free (No-cost assessment & vegetation treatment on eligible parcels) · Status: open (2029-03-15)
Who: Residents; priority low-income, seniors, disabled, veterans
CAL FIRE-funded program offering no-cost defensible space assessments and vegetation treatment on eligible Lassen County properties; landowner signups open.
Apply / details · Official source
Chipper & Defensible Space Program
Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Siskiyou County, CA · Free (Free chipping, inspections, special-needs assistance) · Status: verify ()
Who: County residents; vulnerable/special-needs prioritized
Offers free chipper programs, defensible space inspections and special-needs assistance to Siskiyou County residents to reduce wildfire risk.
Apply / details · Official source
West Mt. Shasta Defensible Space Program
Shasta Valley RCD — Local · Defensible Space · CA
West Mt. Shasta area, Siskiyou County, CA · Free (No-cost defensible space treatment, 0-100 ft zones) · Status: open ()
Who: Homeowners within the project area
Part of the state CWMP: free defensible space treatment across the 0-100 ft zones around homes in the West Mt. Shasta wildland-urban interface.
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Stay Ready Shasta Defensible Space Readiness Program
Western Shasta RCD — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Shasta County, CA · Free (Free contractor brush, ladder-fuel and dead-tree removal) · Status: open ()
Who: Income-eligible, disabled, elderly or veteran residents who failed inspection
Free contractor brush/ladder-fuel removal and dead-tree cutting for income-eligible, elderly, disabled or veteran Shasta County residents who failed inspection.
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WUI Fuels Reduction Program
Fall River RCD — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Intermountain area (Fall River/Big Valley, eastern Shasta County), CA · Free (Grant-funded thinning & mastication on enrolled parcels) · Status: verify ()
Who: Landowners in WUI project areas
Grant-funded hand-thinning and mastication fuels work for landowners in Intermountain WUI project areas; enroll via project questionnaire.
Apply / details · Official source
Residential Chipping & Defensible Space Program
Modoc Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Modoc County, CA · Free (Free residential chipping; defensible space assistance) · Status: open (Annual Jun 1-Oct 31)
Who: Modoc County residents
Free residential chipping open annually June-October, plus a county Defensible Space Program helping Modoc residents clear wildfire fuels around homes.
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Free Chipper Program
Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Southern Humboldt County, CA · Free (Free neighborhood chipping of stacked debris piles) · Status: open ()
Who: Southern Humboldt residents in listed communities
Grant-funded free chipper crews visit SoHum neighborhoods to chip stacked vegetation debris up to 8 in diameter at no charge; sign up online.
Apply / details · Official source
Eastern Madera Fire Prevention Assistance Program
Coarsegold Resource Conservation District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Eastern Madera County Firewise communities, CA · Free (Contractor crews chip and haul brush piles) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Homeowners in established Firewise communities
Contractor crews chip and haul brush piles homeowners collect from their defensible space in eastern Madera County Firewise communities; CAL FIRE-funded.
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Fire Resilient Madera
Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation & Development Council — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Eastern Madera County foothill communities, CA · Free (Funded fuel breaks, thinning, chipping, pile burning) · Status: open ()
Who: Foothill communities and landowners near projects
Multi-year funded fuel breaks, thinning, chipping and pile burning to protect structures, plus Firewise community support in eastern Madera County.
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Defensible Space Assistance & Community Fuel Breaks
Highway 168 Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Eastern Fresno County / Highway 168 corridor (Prather, Tollhouse, Shaver Lake), CA · Free (Defensible space assistance as funding allows; community fuel breaks) · Status: verify ()
Who: Seniors, disabled and low-income residents; corridor communities
Helps senior/disabled residents with defensible space as funding allows and builds community fuel breaks along the Hwy 168 corridor in eastern Fresno County.
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Creek Fire Impacted Properties Assistance
Highway 168 Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Post-Fire Recovery · CA
Highway 168 corridor, eastern Fresno County (Creek Fire area), CA · Cost-share (Grant funding for recovery and hazard-reduction work) · Status: verify ()
Who: Owners of Creek Fire-impacted properties
Grant funding to help owners of Creek Fire-impacted properties in the Highway 168 corridor with recovery and hazard-reduction work.
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Forest Landowner Assistance (RCPP / Balch-Blue Ridge)
Tulare County Resource Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Tulare County Sierra foothills (Balch Park/Blue Ridge, Springville), CA · Cost-share (Funded fuels-reduction and forest-health work) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Forest landowners
Enrolls Tulare foothill landowners (Balch Park/Blue Ridge) in funded fuels-reduction and forest-health work via the RCPP Sierra Nevada program.
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Community Chipping & Defensible Space Assistance
Three Rivers Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Three Rivers, Tulare County, CA · Free (Chipping days, free HIZ assessments, volunteer crews) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Residents; older, disabled and low-income homeowners
Community chipping days, free Home Ignition Zone assessments, and volunteer defensible-space crews for older, disabled and low-income Three Rivers residents.
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Defensible Space & Tree Removal Cost-Share
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Mountain Center & San Jacinto Mtn communities, Riverside County, CA · Cost-share (Grant-funded cost-share for abatement, dead-tree removal & home hardening) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Landowners
Grant-funded cost-share helps San Jacinto Mountain landowners with defensible-space abatement, dead/dying tree removal and low-cost home-hardening retrofits.
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Free Home Assessment & Forestry Program
Inland Empire Resource Conservation District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
San Bernardino Mountains & adjacent foothill communities, CA · Free (Free home-hardening/defensible-space assessments; free GSOB tree inspections) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Landowners
Offers free recommendation-based home-hardening assessments plus free Goldspotted Oak Borer tree inspections for San Bernardino Mountain landowners.
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Community Chipper Program
San Diego County Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Unincorporated San Diego County backcountry, CA · Free (Free community drop-off vegetation chipping events, May-Oct) · Status: open (Seasonal (May-Oct))
Who: Residents
Free community chipping events let backcountry residents drop off hazardous vegetation to be chipped and hauled away, helping build defensible space.
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Wildfire Resilience Assistance
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Unincorporated & backcountry San Diego County, CA · Free (Free home wildfire assessments plus referrals to no-cost assistance) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Residents / homeowners
Runs free home wildfire assessments and connects residents to no-cost defensible-space assistance and community chipping across San Diego County.
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Chipping & Defensible Space Assistance
Julian Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Julian & Cuyamaca backcountry, San Diego County, CA · Free (Free chipping, DSAP assistance & home wildfire assessments) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Homeowners
Free wood chipping, defensible-space assistance for residents facing barriers, and free home wildfire assessments for the Julian-Cuyamaca backcountry.
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Free Roadside Chipping
Alpine/Viejas Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Alpine, Viejas & greater Alpine, San Diego County, CA · Free (Free roadside/curbside chipping of cleared vegetation) · Status: rolling (Seasonal chipping calendar)
Who: Homeowners
Free curbside chipping of cleared brush (branches under 8 in) for Alpine and Viejas homeowners to help create fire-safe defensible space.
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Neighborhood Chipping
Deer Springs Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Hidden Meadows, Jesmond Dene, Champagne Village & inland north San Diego County, CA · Free (Free grant-funded neighborhood chipping of cleared vegetation) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Homeowners
Grant-funded neighborhood chipping chips residents' cleared brush at no charge across Hidden Meadows and inland north San Diego County communities.
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Free Wildfire Preparedness Inspections
Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch & RSFFPD service area, San Diego County, CA · Free (Free on-site wildfire-preparedness / defensible-space inspections) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Property owners
The Fire Prevention Bureau provides free on-site wildfire-preparedness inspections flagging property hazards and needed defensible-space improvements.
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Home Hardening Assistance Program (HHAP)
Montecito Fire Protection District — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Montecito, Santa Barbara County, CA · Up to $10,000 (Reimbursement up to $10,000 per property for eligible home-hardening work) · Status: open ()
Who: Property owners within the Montecito FPD
Reimburses Montecito FPD owners up to $10,000 for home-hardening upgrades (Zone 0, ember-resistant vents, Class A roofing) after a defensible space inspection.
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Neighborhood Chipping Program
Montecito Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Montecito, Santa Barbara County, CA · Free (Free curbside chipping of resident-cut shrub and tree-limb material) · Status: open (Seasonal Feb-Jun)
Who: Residents in scheduled Montecito neighborhoods
Montecito Fire's annual free curbside chipping: residents cut brush and stack it roadside on their neighborhood's scheduled week for no-cost chipping.
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WFSAD Defensible Space Chipping Project
Santa Barbara City Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Barbara foothill/extreme-foothill fire zones, CA · Free (Free chipping of cut vegetation; mulch returned to homeowners) · Status: rolling (Annual spring (Mar-Jun))
Who: Property owners in the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District
Free chipping of cut vegetation for property owners in Santa Barbara's foothill high-fire zones, with mulch returned to homeowners each spring.
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Defensible Space Evaluations
Santa Barbara City Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Santa Barbara Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District, CA · Free (Free voluntary home inspection identifying ember/defensible-space vulnerabilities) · Status: open (By request)
Who: Members of the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District
Free voluntary defensible-space and ember-vulnerability home inspections for Santa Barbara Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District residents.
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Home Wildfire Assessments
City of Malibu — Local · Home Hardening · CA
Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA · Free (Free home hardening assessment by City staff and certified volunteers) · Status: open (By appointment)
Who: Malibu residents in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Free, no-obligation home wildfire assessments by City staff and certified volunteers giving Malibu WUI residents home-hardening recommendations.
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Free Chipping for Cambria Residents
Cambria Community Services District Fire Department — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, CA · Free (Free chipping of limbs and brush (under 5 in) placed roadside) · Status: verify (Seasonal)
Who: Cambria residents
Free community chipping of limbs and brush placed roadside for Cambria residents, run by the CSD Fire Department with CERT and local partners.
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Wildfire Home Assessment
MySafe:LA (The Safe Community Project) — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · CA
Los Angeles County (WUI), CA · Free (No-charge home wildfire/home-hardening assessment) · Status: open (First-come)
Who: Single-family homeowners in Los Angeles County
MySafe:LA provides no-charge wildfire home assessments to LA County single-family homeowners, mapping realistic home-hardening steps and timelines.
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Ventura County Prescribed Burn Association
Ventura County Resource Conservation District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Ventura County, CA · Cost-share (Volunteer-based prescribed and pile burns plus training) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Private landowners and volunteers
Volunteer-driven prescribed and pile burns plus training helping Ventura County landowners reduce fuels and restore habitat; join via interest form.
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Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association
Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CA
Monterey, San Benito & Santa Cruz Counties, CA · Cost-share (Rx burn planning, site consults, trainings and pile-burn work parties) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Private landowners
Landowner prescribed-burn planning, trainings and pile-burn/defensible-space work parties across Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.
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Contra Costa County Wildfire Mitigation Program
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Contra Costa County, CA · Free (Measure X-funded; no cost to approved neighborhoods) · Status: rolling ()
Who: Firewise communities / neighborhoods of 10+ homes
Measure X-funded Con Fire program offering community chipping days, dead-tree removal, shaded fuel breaks and fuels reduction to qualifying neighborhoods.
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Neighborhood Chipper Program
Yolo County Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
High-fire areas of Yolo County (Capay Valley, Esparto, Winters, Dunnigan), CA · Free (Free curbside chipping of stacked vegetation) · Status: open ()
Who: Residents in high fire-hazard zones
Free 'you cut, we chip' service for Yolo County high-fire-zone residents; crews chip stacked brush up to 6 inches after you create defensible space.
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Defensible Space Assessment Service
Yolo County Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · CA
Western Yolo County (Capay Valley, Winters), CA · Free (Free trained-volunteer home wildfire assessment) · Status: open ()
Who: Residents in high fire-risk areas
Trained Fire Safe Council members walk the first 100 feet around your home to review defensible space and home-hardening actions for wildfire survival.
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Chipper Days
Tiburon Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CA
Tiburon & Belvedere (Marin County), CA · Free (Free drop-off vegetation chipping) · Status: open (2nd Saturday monthly, May-Sept)
Who: Tiburon and Belvedere residents
Free monthly (May-Sept) chipper days at Blackie's Pasture where Tiburon and Belvedere residents drop off vegetation cuttings; no registration needed.
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Neighborhood Chipper Program
Fire Safe San Mateo (FSC of San Mateo County) — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
San Mateo County select WUI neighborhoods, CA · Free (No-cost neighborhood chipping) · Status: open ()
Who: Homeowners in select high-risk neighborhoods
No-cost 'you cut, we chip' program (with Woodside FPD, CAL FIRE and South Skyline FSC) helping San Mateo County neighborhoods maintain defensible space.
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Chipping & Cost-Share Program
South Skyline FireSafe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Skyline/Santa Cruz Mtns (San Mateo, Santa Clara & Santa Cruz counties), CA · Free (Free chipping days; partial reimbursement where grants unavailable) · Status: open (Twice yearly)
Who: Residents in the South Skyline area
Holds free chipping days twice a year and offers partial cost-share reimbursement, plus shaded fuel breaks along Skyline-area roads.
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Home & Chipping Assistance
Bonny Doon Fire Safe Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
Bonny Doon (Santa Cruz County), CA · Free (Free home ignition-zone consulting and neighborhood chipping) · Status: open ()
Who: Bonny Doon property owners
Provides free home ignition-zone consulting to help harden homes, neighborhood chipping on shared private roads, and shaded fuel-break projects.
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Chipping Program
Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CA
High-fire-risk areas of Santa Cruz County, CA · Free (No-cost chipping, grant/donation funded) · Status: open ()
Who: Residents in high-fire-risk areas
Coordinates no-cost chipping across Santa Cruz County high-fire zones via regional councils, funded through grants and private donations.
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Routt Resident Rebates
Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · CO
Routt County, CO · Cost-share (Reimbursement for Zone 1 home-hardening work) · Status: open (Rolling (accepting applications))
Who: Routt County homeowners and renters
Financial assistance for non-combustible fencing, vent screening/replacement, and Zone 1 home-hardening in the Home Ignition Zone for Routt County residents.
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Routt Community Chipping Program
Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CO
Routt County, CO · Free (Free grant-funded chipping) · Status: open (Rolling (seasonal registration))
Who: Routt County homeowners
Grant-funded free chipping program helping Routt County homeowners reduce hazardous fuels and slash piles on their properties.
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Routt Home Ignition Zone Evaluations
Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CO
Routt County, CO · Free (Free professional home assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (scheduling available))
Who: Homeowners and property managers
Free professional Home Ignition Zone assessments giving Routt County property owners building-hardening and landscaping mitigation recommendations.
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Timberline Fire Free Property Assessment
Timberline Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Timberline FPD (Gilpin/Boulder counties), CO · Free (Free home site evaluation) · Status: open (Rolling (registration))
Who: District property owners
Free home-site wildfire evaluation identifying Home Ignition Zone mitigation needs for property owners in the Timberline Fire Protection District.
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Timberline Fire Defensible Space Program
Timberline Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Timberline FPD (Gilpin/Boulder counties), CO · Cost-share (Discounted mitigation-crew rates after assessment) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: District residents
District mitigation team performs Home Ignition Zone defensible space work at discounted rates after a property assessment; residents may also do it themselves.
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Timberline Fire Community Chipping Events
Timberline Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Timberline FPD neighborhoods (Gilpin/Boulder), CO · Free (Community chipping of vegetation debris) · Status: open (Scheduled seasonal events)
Who: Residents in participating neighborhoods
Scheduled neighborhood chipping events (Missouri Lakes, Dory Lakes, Rollinsville Heights and more) let Timberline-district residents dispose of slash for free.
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Estes Valley Fire Free Property Assessments
Estes Valley Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Estes Valley (Larimer County), CO · Free (Free ~2-hour home wildfire assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (email to schedule))
Who: Residential property owners in the Estes Valley
Free individual home wildfire-risk assessments (about two hours) for Estes Valley property owners, plus a self-assessment form option.
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Conifer Wildland Division Wildfire Prepared Home Assessment
Conifer Wildland Division (Elk Creek & Conifer Fire Protection Districts) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Conifer / Elk Creek FPD area (Jefferson County), CO · Free (Free exterior home & property evaluation) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Residents
Free professional exterior home and property evaluation determining wildfire susceptibility and defensible-space actions for the Conifer/Elk Creek area.
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Town of Vail Community Assistance Program (Fire Free Five)
Town of Vail Fire Department — Local · Home Hardening · CO
Incorporated Town of Vail (Eagle County), CO · 75% up to $2,000-$10,000 (75% cost-share reimbursement (25% owner match)) · Status: open (Rolling; receipts within 90 days of approval)
Who: Property owners and HOAs within Town of Vail (renters ineligible)
Vail reimburses 75% of costs (up to $2,000 single-family, more for multifamily/commercial) to create a five-foot non-combustible 'Fire Free Five' zone around buildings.
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SPAWP Free Home Ignition Zone Assessments
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CO
Huerfano, Las Animas, Costilla, Pueblo, Custer, Teller & Fremont Counties, CO · Free (Free written HIZ action plan (grant-funded)) · Status: open (2026 cycle open; accepting applications)
Who: Property owners in the 7 service counties
A trained SPAWP specialist walks your property and delivers a personalized written Home Ignition Zone action plan at no cost across seven southern Colorado counties.
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SPAWP Slash Site & Burn Pile Program
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CO
Spanish Peaks region (Huerfano/Las Animas), CO · Free (Slash disposal site) · Status: open (Rolling (seasonal))
Who: Area residents with wildfire fuels/slash
Provides residents a safe slash and burn-pile disposal site for wildfire fuels in the Spanish Peaks region, supporting USFS-led training burns.
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Boulder Mountain Fire Fuel Break Funding
Boulder Mountain Fire Protection District — Local · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Boulder Mountain FPD (Boulder County), CO · Cost-share (Offsets cost of 1+ acre treatments (county/state/federal grant funds)) · Status: open (Rolling (free site assessment first))
Who: District residents with larger properties; community projects
District grant funding offsets larger (1+ acre) mitigation treatments, community protection projects and evacuation-route fuel breaks for BMFPD residents.
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Grand Fire Community Wildfire Assessments
Grand Fire Protection District No. 1 — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Grand Fire District (Grand County), CO · Free (Free property wildfire risk assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (by request))
Who: District property owners
Grand Fire's Wildland Team provides free property wildfire-risk assessments and roadside mitigation work for residents in the Grand Fire district.
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Crested Butte Fire Wildfire Assessments
Crested Butte Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Crested Butte FPD (Gunnison County), CO · Free (Free home wildfire risk assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (by request))
Who: District residents
Crested Butte FPD's Community Risk Reduction office offers residents free home wildfire-risk assessments and a wildfire risk & mitigation guide.
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Black Forest Fire Wildfire Assessments & Pine Needle Disposal
Black Forest Fire Rescue — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Black Forest (El Paso County), CO · Free (Free assessments; grant-funded needle/slash disposal events) · Status: open (Rolling; disposal events seasonal)
Who: Black Forest residents
Free rapid wildfire risk assessments and on-site consultations plus grant-funded community pine-needle disposal events to cut fuels in Black Forest.
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Wildfire Resilience Assistance Program (WRAP)
City of Boulder / Boulder Fire-Rescue — Local · Home Hardening · CO
City of Boulder Wildland-Urban Interface (Boulder County), CO · Up to $2,000 (Rebate per property (partial upfront for low-income)) · Status: open (2026 cycle first-come; deadline Oct 1, 2026)
Who: Property owners/businesses in the city WUI; renters benefit if owner applies
City of Boulder rebate of up to $2,000 for home-hardening and vegetation work identified in a Boulder Fire-Rescue home assessment; low-income advance available.
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Blue River Defensible Space & Mitigation Grants
Town of Blue River (with Summit County Wildfire Council) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Town of Blue River (Summit County), CO · 50% cost-share + $100 (50/50 cost-share plus $100 town incentive) · Status: closed (2026 closed; reopens 2027 cycle)
Who: Blue River homeowners
Reimburses Blue River homeowners 50% of defensible-space work (vegetation/tree thinning, fuel reduction) plus a $100 town incentive, via approved contractors.
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Forest Restoration & Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) Grant
Colorado State Forest Service — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado wildland-urban interface (statewide, per Colorado Forest Atlas) · ~$7.04M/cycle (Competitive grant; 1:1 match (25% for under-resourced areas)) · Status: verify (2026-27 cycle opens Aug 3, 2026, closes Oct 8, 2026)
Who: Local groups/HOAs, governments, fire districts, utilities, nonprofits, tribes (individuals only via collaborative community-benefit projects)
Colorado's flagship state grant (~$7M/cycle) funding WUI fuels reduction, defensible space, prescribed fire and capacity building; also seeds many local FSC/council programs.
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Genesee Fire Defensible Space & Home Hardening Assessment
Genesee Fire Rescue (Genesee Fire Protection District) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Genesee Fire Protection District (Jefferson County), CO · Free (Free professional property assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (request online))
Who: District property owners
Free professional defensible-space and home-hardening assessment evaluating a property's wildfire vulnerability with improvement recommendations for Genesee-district owners.
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South Metro Fire Neighborhood Assessment Days
South Metro Fire Rescue (Community Risk Reduction & Wildland Team) — Local · Defensible Space · CO
South Metro Fire Rescue district (Douglas/Arapahoe counties), CO · Free (Free neighborhood wildfire risk assessment) · Status: open (Rolling (request via form))
Who: Neighborhoods/HOAs in the SMFR district
Residents can invite South Metro Fire's Community Risk Reduction and Wildland Team to assess their neighborhood's wildfire risk and suggest mitigation opportunities.
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Coal Creek Canyon Slash Drop-Off & Burn Program
Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Coal Creek Canyon (Boulder/Gilpin/Jefferson counties), CO · Free (Free slash disposal + burn permits) · Status: open (Seasonal drop-off events)
Who: Coal Creek Canyon residents
Free slash drop-off (via Nederland Sort Yard, Gilpin Transfer Station, Jeffco Slash days) plus slash-burn permits and guidance for Coal Creek Canyon residents.
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Genesee Foundation Defensible Space Cost-Share Grant
Genesee Foundation (Genesee Fire Safe Council) — Nonprofit · Defensible Space · CO
Genesee community (Jefferson County), CO · Cost-share (State-funded partial offset of certified defensible-space plan work) · Status: closed (No active cycle; contact for future rounds)
Who: Genesee property owners with a certified defensible space plan
State cost-share grant offsetting part of certified defensible-space work on private Genesee property; currently between funding cycles — inquire for the next round.
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Action, Implementation & Mitigation (AIM) Grant
Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc. (COCO) — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · US
National (high-risk communities near public lands) · $10,000-$75,000 (Per award; 1-yr term; 100% match required) · Status: verify (Annual RFP (Fall cycle; concept papers ~late Oct))
Who: 501(c)(3)s, conservation districts, collaboratives, Fire Safe Councils, fire departments, tribes, city/county govts (not HOAs) — open RFP
COCO's competitive grant funds wildfire capacity-building, planning and risk-reduction work on non-federal lands nationwide; $10K-$75K to organizations via a two-stage RFP.
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Arvada Fire Free Wildfire Assessment
Arvada Fire Protection District — Local · Defensible Space · CO
Arvada Fire district (Jefferson/Adams counties), CO · Free (Free certified home evaluation) · Status: open (Rolling (schedule online))
Who: Homeowners in the district
Arvada Fire's trained, certified personnel conduct a free evaluation of your home to help homeowners understand wildfire risks and the steps to mitigate them.
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FACO Wildfire Resilience Opportunity Fund
Fire Adapted Colorado (via National Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network) — Nonprofit · Philanthropic Funding · CO
Statewide Colorado (FACO member service areas) · Up to $3,000 (Per award (matching mini-grant)) · Status: verify (Annually in January)
Who: FAC Net affiliate members and/or active Fire Adapted Colorado members
Small matching mini-grants (up to $3,000, annually in January) helping FACO/FAC Net member orgs fund fuels-reduction projects, field supplies, outreach and research.
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Arapahoe Ranch Fuels Reduction Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Boulder County, CO · $118,250 (CYCA conservation-corps crew time (10 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Boulder Watershed Collective
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Boulder Watershed Collective received $118,250 via cyca conservation-corps crew time (10 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Bailey Evacuation Routes Mitigation (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Bailey / Park County, CO · $300,000 (Cash grant for mitigation) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Platte Canyon Fire Protection District
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Platte Canyon Fire Protection District received $300,000 via cash grant for mitigation. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Berrian Park Mitigation Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Evergreen / Jefferson County, CO · $177,250 (CYCA crew time (15 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Evergreen Fire Protection District
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Evergreen Fire Protection District received $177,250 via cyca crew time (15 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Big Elk Meadows Wildfire Mitigation (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Big Elk Meadows / Larimer County, CO · $186,000 (Cash grant for mitigation) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk received $186,000 via cash grant for mitigation. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Big Thompson Community Wildfire Mitigation Expansion (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Big Thompson Canyon / Larimer County, CO · $198,250 (CYCA crew time (18 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Big Thompson Watershed Coalition received $198,250 via cyca crew time (18 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Button Rock Watershed Protection Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Button Rock / Boulder County, CO · $212,650 (CYCA crew time (18 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: City of Longmont
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; City of Longmont received $212,650 via cyca crew time (18 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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City of Pueblo Mitigation (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Pueblo County, CO · $65,016 (DOC-SWIFT crew time (6 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: City of Pueblo
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; City of Pueblo received $65,016 via doc-swift crew time (6 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Crescent Meadows Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · $100,000 (Cash grant for independent corps) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: TEENS Inc
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; TEENS Inc received $100,000 via cash grant for independent corps. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Cub Creek Brook Forest Road Roadside Mitigation (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Evergreen / Jefferson County, CO · $165,450 (CYCA crew time (14 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Evergreen Fire Protection District
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Evergreen Fire Protection District received $165,450 via cyca crew time (14 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Delta Fire Fuels Mitigation (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Delta County, CO · $212,400 (CYCA crew time (18 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Delta County
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Delta County received $212,400 via cyca crew time (18 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Evergreen Fire Rescue 103 Roadside Mitigation & Mastication (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Evergreen / Jefferson County, CO · $146,343 (DOC-SWIFT crew time + cash grant (7 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Evergreen Fire Protection District
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Evergreen Fire Protection District received $146,343 via doc-swift crew time + cash grant (7 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Game Trail and Trail West Shaded Fuelbreaks (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · $295,000 (CYCA crew time (25 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Colorado Firecamp
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Colorado Firecamp received $295,000 via cyca crew time (25 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Game Trail and Trail West Shaded Fuelbreaks - Training (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Community Preparedness · CO
Colorado · $72,208 (Cash grant for training) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Colorado Firecamp
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Colorado Firecamp received $72,208 via cash grant for training. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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GCWC Fuel Reduction Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Grand County, CO · $409,000 (Cash grant for mitigation) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Grand County Wildfire Council
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Grand County Wildfire Council received $409,000 via cash grant for mitigation. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Genesee Restoration and Roadside Thinning (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Genesee / Jefferson County, CO · $94,650 (CYCA crew time (8 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Genesee Foundation
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Genesee Foundation received $94,650 via cyca crew time (8 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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GMF Healthy Forest Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Green Mountain Falls / Teller & El Paso counties, CO · $177,250 (CYCA crew time (15 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Town of Green Mountain Falls
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Town of Green Mountain Falls received $177,250 via cyca crew time (15 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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La Plata County Safe Routes (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
La Plata County, CO · $186,258 (DOC-SWIFT crew time (10 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: La Plata County
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; La Plata County received $186,258 via doc-swift crew time (10 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Lake County Community WUI Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Leadville / Lake County, CO · $463,725 (DOC-SWIFT crew time (25 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Lake County
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Lake County received $463,725 via doc-swift crew time (25 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Maintaining Effective Treatments (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Jefferson County, CO · $88,250 (CYCA crew time (8 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Jefferson Conservation District
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Jefferson Conservation District received $88,250 via cyca crew time (8 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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NoCo TREX (Prescribed Fire Training Exchange) (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Community Preparedness · CO
Northern Colorado · $100,000 (Cash grant for training) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: The Ember Alliance
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; The Ember Alliance received $100,000 via cash grant for training. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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NoFloCo Fire Mitigation Posse Training (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Community Preparedness · CO
Northern Colorado · $40,865 (Cash grant for training) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Indian Creek Property Owners Association
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Indian Creek Property Owners Association received $40,865 via cash grant for training. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Protecting Critical Infrastructure in Riparian WUI - Grand Junction (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Grand Junction / Mesa County, CO · $185,000 (Cash grant for mitigation) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: City of Grand Junction
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; City of Grand Junction received $185,000 via cash grant for mitigation. Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Railroad Bridge Fuels Reduction & Habitat Improvement Project (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado · $212,400 (CYCA crew time (18 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: National Forest Foundation
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; National Forest Foundation received $212,400 via cyca crew time (18 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Reduce Fuel Load on La Plata River (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
La Plata County, CO · $118,250 (CYCA crew time (10 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: Fort Lewis College
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; Fort Lewis College received $118,250 via cyca crew time (10 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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SCC at Edgemont (COSWAP award)
Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) — Workforce Development — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Edgemont / La Plata County, CO · $92,100 (CYCA crew time (8 wks)) · Status: closed (Awarded FY2025 (next COSWAP round 2027))
Who: La Plata County
COSWAP FY2025 award funding on-the-ground fuels/mitigation work; La Plata County received $92,100 via cyca crew time (8 wks). Awarded — next application round 2027.
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Conservation Service Corps Grant
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) — State · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Statewide Colorado (municipal, county, land-trust & CPW lands) · Crew time (min 2 weeks) (Certified conservation-corps crew time; 10% match) · Status: verify (Annually in summer)
Who: Cities, counties, special districts, land conservation orgs, CPW
GOCO funds certified conservation-corps crews (chainsaw/chipper work) for fire-fuels mitigation and forest-health projects on public and protected lands; 10% match.
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RESTORE Colorado (Restoration & Stewardship of Outdoor Resources)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — Nonprofit · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · CO
Colorado (private and public lands) · $100,000-$400,000 (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annually in the fall)
Who: 501(c)(3) nonprofits, local/tribal governments, educational institutions
NFWF grants ($100K-$400K) for Colorado forestry projects with a watershed-health/wildlife nexus, including dry-conifer and aspen restoration toward natural fire regimes.
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Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Grant
U.S. Bureau of Land Management — Federal · Prescribed Fire & Forest Health · US
BLM public lands (nationwide) · $5,000-$1,500,000 (Per grant) · Status: verify (Annually in the fall)
Who: Nonprofits, tribes, universities, city/county/state/tribal governments
BLM grants ($5K-$1.5M) for forest and woodland health, fire resiliency, biomass utilization and post-fire recovery on public lands.
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Ember-Zero Home Retrofit Micro-Grant
Cascade Ridge Fire Safe Alliance — Nonprofit · Home Hardening · MT
Northern Rockies foothills, MT · Varies (Reimbursement (verify)) · Status: verify (Verify with program)
Who: Homeowners in participating foothill communities
A small home-hardening reimbursement for ember-resistant vents, gutter guards, and Zone 0 work in foothill communities; contact the alliance to confirm current availability.
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FEMA SAFER Grant (Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response)
FEMA / U.S. Department of Homeland Security — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · Varies (Varies by award) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: Fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations
Funds firefighter hiring plus a Recruitment & Retention track for volunteer departments to meet NFPA staffing standards; applied via FEMA GO.
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National Fire Academy Training (USFA)
U.S. Fire Administration / FEMA — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide (Emmitsburg MD, online, in-state) · Free (Tuition-free) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Firefighters and fire service personnel
Free fire-service training delivered on campus, online and in your state; travel reimbursement available for on-campus resident students.
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Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act (VRIPA)
U.S. Congress / IRS (federal tax exclusion) — Federal · Fire Department Grants · US
Nationwide · Up to $600/year (up to $600/yr tax-exempt) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Volunteer firefighters and EMS responders
Permanent federal exclusion letting volunteer firefighters/EMS receive up to $600/year in recruitment and retention benefits free of federal income tax.
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Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grants
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
United States (nationwide) · Up to $40,000 per request (Up to $40K) · Status: open (Quarterly windows)
Who: Fire departments, EMS, and public safety/first responder organizations
Awards grants for lifesaving equipment, training and disaster relief to fire departments and first responders, up to $40,000 per quarterly request.
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FM Fire Prevention Grant Program
FM (formerly FM Global) — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
United States and international · Varies (Grants) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Fire departments/brigades and community organizations
Funds fire departments and organizations for pre-incident planning, fire prevention education and training, and arson prevention and investigation.
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Leary Firefighters Foundation Grants
Leary Firefighters Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
United States (nationwide) · In-kind (Equipment/Training) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: Fire departments
Provides fire departments with equipment, vehicles, technology and state-of-the-art training facilities to advance firefighter education and safety.
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Gary Sinise Foundation First Responder Support
Gary Sinise Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
United States (nationwide) · Varies (Grants/Equipment) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: Fire, police and EMS departments and individual first responders
Awards equipment and training grants plus emergency relief to underfunded first responder departments, having donated over 21,000 pieces of gear.
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Wildland Firefighter Foundation Assistance
Wildland Firefighter Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
United States (nationwide) · Varies (Direct aid) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Injured wildland firefighters and families of fallen firefighters
Operates a fund providing critical assistance to injured wildland firefighters and the families of those killed or hurt in the line of duty.
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California Fire Foundation Firefighter & Community Relief
California Fire Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · CA
California · Varies (SAVE cards $250) (Grants/Direct aid) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Firefighters, families of fallen firefighters, and disaster-affected communities
Provides financial assistance to firefighters and fallen firefighters' families plus SAVE $250 cards and disaster-relief grants across California.
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MSA Globe Gear Giveaway
MSA Safety, Globe, DuPont & NVFC — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US & Canada · In-kind (4 sets turnout gear + helmets) · Status: closed (Annual)
Who: Volunteer fire departments (50%+ volunteer, pop. 25,000 or fewer, 1+ NVFC member)
Awards four sets of Globe turnout gear and MSA Cairns helmets to selected small volunteer fire departments each year; 2026 cycle now closed.
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State Farm Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program
State Farm & National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US · $10,000 ($10,000 per department) · Status: closed (Annual)
Who: Volunteer fire departments (50%+ volunteer, pop. 25,000 or fewer, revenue $250,000 or less)
$10,000 grants to resource-limited volunteer fire departments for equipment; 2026 delivered $1.5M to 150 departments, applications now closed.
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State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Grants
State Farm — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Varies)
Who: 501(c)(3) nonprofits, government entities, and 501(c)(4) volunteer fire companies
Corporate grants in safety, community development and education; funds volunteer fire companies mainly by invitation, with an open support-request form.
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Motorola Solutions Foundation Annual Grants
Motorola Solutions Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US & international · Varies (Varies) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: Nonprofits serving first responders (mental wellness, safety, leadership) and STEM education
Funds first-responder programming like mental wellness, school safety and leadership; awarded $10M across 187 grants in 2025.
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Enbridge Safe Community First Responder Program
Enbridge — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US & Canada near Enbridge operations · Varies (avg ~$7,650) (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Fire, EMS, rescue, 911 and law enforcement within 10 mi (US)/20 km (Canada) of Enbridge operations
Grants for safety equipment, training and safety education for first responders near Enbridge infrastructure; distributed US$2.5M to 326 orgs in 2025.
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IAFC VCOS Scholarship Programs
IAFC Volunteer & Combination Officers Section (VCOS) — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US · Up to $1,500 (Up to $1,500 + registration) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: Volunteer/combination fire officers and firefighters
Scholarships (Bettenhausen, Byrne, Seavey, Emerging Leader) covering registration, travel and stipends for fire officers to attend the VCOS Symposium.
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MSA Cairns 1836 Fire Helmet Giveaway
MSA Safety & NVFC — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
US & Canada · In-kind (MSA Cairns helmets) · Status: open (Varies (multiple 2026 rounds))
Who: Volunteer fire departments
NVFC/MSA giveaway of Cairns 1836 fire helmets to volunteer fire departments, with multiple 2026 application rounds (April, June, August, November).
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CSX Pride in Service Grants
CSX — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
CSX service territory (Eastern US) · $2,500–$25,000 ($2.5K–$25K) · Status: verify (Varies)
Who: Fire/rescue departments and first responder organizations
Grants honoring first responders; municipal fire/rescue departments qualify for safety, mental-health and workforce projects across CSX's Eastern US footprint.
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Walmart Spark Good Local Grants
Walmart / Sam's Club — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
National (US, near Walmart/Sam's Club) · $250–$5,000 ($250–$5K) · Status: rolling (Rolling (cycles))
Who: 501(c)(3) nonprofits and government entities incl. municipal fire departments
Local cash grants of $250–$5,000; municipal government fire departments are eligible applicants (501(c)(4) volunteer fire companies excluded).
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Union Pacific Community Ties Local Grants
Union Pacific Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
Union Pacific 23-state footprint · Varies (Varies) · Status: verify (Annual)
Who: 501(c)(3) emergency response orgs incl. volunteer fire departments
Local grants in a Safety focus area; independent nonprofit and volunteer fire departments are eligible for emergency-preparedness funding.
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IAFF Foundation Disaster Relief Fund
International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
National (US & Canada) · Varies (Varies) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Active IAFF-member firefighters displaced by disasters
Emergency financial aid to IAFF-member firefighters displaced from their homes by fires, floods, hurricanes and other disasters.
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First Responders Children's Foundation Financial Assistance
First Responders Children's Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
National (US) · Up to $2,500 (Up to $2,500) · Status: open (Rolling)
Who: Individual firefighters/first responders in financial hardship
Emergency hardship grants up to $2,500 to firefighters and other first responders facing housing, childcare or disaster-related need.
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NFFF Fallen Firefighter Family Scholarships
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
National (US) · Varies (Scholarship) · Status: verify (Annual (Jan 1–Mar 1))
Who: Spouses/partners and children of firefighters lost in the line of duty
Scholarships for education, certification and job training to survivors of fallen firefighters; applications open Jan 1–Mar 1 annually.
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Kidde Cause for Alarm Smoke Alarm Donations
Kidde — Nonprofit · Fire Department Grants · US
National (US) · In-kind (Smoke/CO alarms) · Status: rolling (Rolling)
Who: Fire departments and community safety partners
Kidde donates smoke and CO alarms to fire departments and nonprofits for community distribution through its Cause for Alarm partnership program.
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Volunteer Firefighters' and Ambulance Workers' Credit
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance — State · Fire Department Grants · NY
New York · $200 ($400 married filing jointly) ($200 tax credit) · Status: rolling (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Active volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers (NY residents)
Refundable NY income tax credit of $200 ($400 for eligible joint filers) for active volunteer firefighters, claimed on Form IT-245.
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Volunteer Firefighter Tax Incentive Program (Act 172)
Pennsylvania Office of the State Fire Commissioner — State · Fire Department Grants · PA
Pennsylvania · Varies (Up to 100% real estate / EIT credit) · Status: rolling (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Active volunteer firefighters and EMS members
Act 172 lets PA municipalities grant active volunteer firefighters real estate and earned income tax credits, up to 100% of residential property tax.
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Volunteer Firefighter Income Tax Deduction
Louisiana Department of Revenue — State · Fire Department Grants · LA
Louisiana · $500 ($500 tax deduction) · Status: rolling (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Active volunteer firefighters
Louisiana grants a $500 income tax deduction to volunteer firefighters who complete 24 hours of continuing education and meet state roster requirements.
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Volunteer Firefighter Income Tax Deduction (VIP)
South Carolina Department of Revenue / Office of State Fire Marshal — State · Fire Department Grants · SC
South Carolina · $6,000 ($6,000 tax deduction) · Status: rolling (Annual (tax filing); certification by Jan 31)
Who: Certified volunteer firefighters, rescue squad and HazMat members
SC's Volunteer Incentive Program certifies volunteers who earn 70+ points for a $6,000 state income tax deduction, verified by the Office of State Fire Marshal.
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Volunteer Fire, Rescue & EMS Subtraction Modification
Comptroller of Maryland — State · Fire Department Grants · MD
Maryland · $3,500 ($7,000 joint if both qualify) ($3,500 income subtraction) · Status: rolling (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Qualifying active volunteer fire, rescue and EMS members
Maryland allows a $3,500 income tax subtraction ($7,000 joint) for active volunteer fire, rescue and EMS members meeting annual points requirements.
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Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP)
NJ Dept. of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services — State · Fire Department Grants · NJ
New Jersey · Up to $1,150 per year of service (Up to $1,150/yr contribution) · Status: rolling (Set by local unit (annual points))
Who: Active volunteer firefighters, first aid and rescue members
NJ LOSAP is a tax-deferred award letting local governments contribute up to $1,150 per year of active service to qualifying volunteers, vesting at 5 years.
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Volunteer Firefighter/EMS/Reserve Peace Officer Tax Credit
Iowa Department of Revenue — State · Fire Department Grants · IA
Iowa · $250 (Up to $250 income tax credit) · Status: open (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Volunteer firefighters, EMS personnel and reserve peace officers
Iowa gives active volunteer firefighters, EMS personnel and reserve peace officers a state income tax credit of up to $250 for a full year of service.
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Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit
Delaware Division of Revenue — State · Fire Department Grants · DE
Delaware · $1,000 (Up to $1,000 income tax credit) · Status: open (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Active volunteer firefighters, auxiliary and rescue squad members
Delaware offers active members of volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue companies a personal income tax credit of up to $1,000 per year.
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West Virginia Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit
West Virginia State Tax Division — State · Fire Department Grants · WV
West Virginia · $1,000 (Up to $1,000 income tax credit) · Status: open (Annual (tax filing))
Who: Certified active volunteer firefighters
West Virginia provides certified active volunteer firefighters a personal income tax credit of up to $1,000 per year for qualifying service.
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Statewide Volunteer Firefighter (SVF) Retirement Plan
Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) — State · Fire Department Grants · MN
Minnesota · Varies (Pension benefit (funded by fire state aid)) · Status: rolling (Rolling (department enrollment))
Who: Volunteer firefighters
Minnesota's PERA-run SVF Plan is a state retirement program giving volunteer firefighters a lump-sum pension benefit funded entirely by state fire aid.
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Volunteer Firefighter Pension Fund
Colorado Division of Local Government (DLG) — State · Fire Department Grants · CO
Colorado · Varies (State matching pension contribution) · Status: open (October 31 (annual application))
Who: Volunteer fire departments and their firefighters
Colorado's DLG provides state matching funds to help local governments pay retirement pensions that recruit and retain volunteer firefighters.
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