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Regional Wildfire & Landscape Resilience Grants

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · 171582

Eligibility details

Per the Climate Bond (PRC §90110), an eligible applicant is a public agency, local agency, nonprofit organization, special district, joint powers authority, tribe, public utility, local publicly owned utility, or mutual water company. Review CAL FIRE’s sample terms and conditions of a grant agreement prior to submitting a grant application to ensure they understand and are able to meet these terms should they be awarded a grant.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required. Match is not required but projects will be scored higher if they leverage CAL FIRE funds with other state, federal, local, and/or private/philanthropic investments to produce the greatest public benefit including projects that align program funding across Climate Bond programs.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

The program will follow a two-phase application process, with concept proposals due by 3 p.m. PDT on June 30, 2026. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES A. Regionally appropriate landscape resilience B. Community hazardous fuels reduction or modification C. Prescribed and cultural fire D. Pest management E. Reforestation and revegetation F. Biomass Utilization G. Maintenance of and/or improvements to previously established and completed wildfire and landscape resilience projects. H. Planning: Up to 10% of total funds or $1 million (whichever is less). I. Workforce Education & Training that is appropriately scaled to the overall project and clearly aligned with its primary objectives. FUNDING PRIORITIES A. Multi-benefit projects that have been identified as a regional priority using a transparent prioritization process that integrates data-driven analysis, practitioner expertise, and community input. P B. Applicants that have demonstrated sufficient administrative, technical, and operational capacity to successfully manage and deliver large, multi-partner projects. C. Projects that leverage CAL FIRE funds with other state, federal, local, and/or private/philanthropic investments including projects that align program funding across Climate Bond programs. D. Projects that advance regional capacity to develop, prioritize, and implement wildfire and landscape resilience projects. E. Projects that have broad involvement from regional stakeholders, including tribes. F. Projects that enlist the services of the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, or tribal corps. G. Projects that provide meaningful and direct benefits to disadvantaged communities, severely disadvantaged communities, or vulnerable populations. H. Projects that advance the State’s strategic goals and priorities. I. Projects that have environmental compliance completed or have environmental compliance completed for a majority of the sub-projects.

Funding geography: Projects are encouraged to occur across multiple landownerships.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.