2025 Forest Service Eastern Region Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy NOFO
- Posted
- November 15, 2024
- Closed
- January 15, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $300,000
- Award floor
- $25,000
- Expected awards
- 25
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 10.698
- Archives
- February 14, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 10.698 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $46.3M
- FY2026 obligated
- $19.6M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 294
Top recipients: The Nature Conservancy, Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Pennsylvania, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The U.S. Forest Service supports moving toward shared stewardship across Landscapes as part of a conceptual framework for making strategic investments across landscapes to co-manage wildfire risk and achieve positive outcomes at the most appropriate scale. Within this framework, Eastern Region Cohesive Fire Strategy Competitive Request for Applications is designed to support and carry out the first two goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (NCS) across the Midwestern and Northeastern States as well as meet the intent of the current year budget direction. These first two national goals are:
- Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances in accordance with management objectives.
- Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property.
Who can apply
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- County governments
- State governments
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Forest Fire Compacts
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