Salvaging success
When a tornado swept through the Sabine National Forest in March 2025, it left behind a trail of broken trees, downed limbs and hundreds of acres of damaged timber. But in just 28 days, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, turned destruction into opportunity by mobilizing resources, assessing the damage and awarding two salvage stewardship sales to help…
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Saving historic Mount Wilson and crucial communications from Eaton Fire
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Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Grants
Logs removed as hazardous fuels from Fremont-Winema National Forest in Oregon being unloaded from a rail car in Hulett, WY. (Image courtesy of Dan Buehler of Neiman Enterprises in Hulett, WY)
Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance grants support projects that remove hazardous fuels from…
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Who Is Eligible to Apply and How?
The Hogback Ridge Fuels Crew is clearing tree brush and loading into a chipper to clear land to prevent a catastrophic wildfire from occurring. This is one of many projects nationwide funded by a Community Wildfire Defense Grant in 2023.
How to Apply for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant ProgramApply now for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant. Notices of funding opportunities are…
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Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program
Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) help communities and Tribes plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.Launched in 2022, the $1 billion five-year competitive grant program funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act prioritizes communities that:Are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard…
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Temporary Water Crossing
A timber sale contractor uses a grapple skidder to drag several trees to a worksite for loading onto trucks, near Lakeside, AZ, on Dec. 6, 2018. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung).
The Forest Service is investing in sustainable forest management by supporting rental or cost sharing programs…