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Wildfire Resilience Block Grants 2022

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · 9041

Eligibility details

Applicants are limited to counties, resource conservation districts, special districts, and 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have the capacity to deliver a forestry based technical and financial assistance program to non-industrial forest landowners. Tribal Government - depending on nature of how land is held in ownership.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required. Higher cost share percentage will receive higher points for grant scoring, but is not required10

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

About this opportunity

Under this grant, the grantee will serve as a sub granting entity to deliver a program offering technical and financial assistance to nonindustrial forestland owners. Eligible Practices: Forest Management Planning, Technical Assistance, RPF Supervision, Site Preparation, Tree Planting, Tree Protection, Timber Stand Improvement, Pruning, Follow Up Slash Treatment Ineligible Practices: Minor Road Upgrading, New Road or Bridge Construction, Fencing, Christmas Treew Planting, Costs for land, water, irrigation or purchase of tools or equipment, projects designed solely for fuel wood production

Funding geography: Projects may only be funded on individual nonindustrial landownerships encompassing 3 to 5000 acres of forest land. Forested lands shall be defined as having more than 10% tree canopy cover of any native tree species. Only for California. Projects that take place within disadvantaged communities or low-income communities receive scoring preference in this grant program.

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