GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Program: Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG)
Entity: USDA Forest Service
Location: United States
Funding: Up to $250,000 for the development, update, or revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans; Up to $10,000,000 for the implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than 10 years old
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Description:
The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) is to assist at-risk local communities & Indian Tribes with planning for and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, ‘‘An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, & transit programs, & other purposes. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.
Program Goals:
-Restore & Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances, in accordance with management objectives.
-Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations & infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life & property.
-Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making & implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions.
Eligible Applicants:
-Count governments
-State governments
-Nonprofit that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
-Public & State controlled institutions of higher education
-City of township governments
-Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
-Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
-Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
-Special district governments
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