Eastern Region State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Competitive Grant Opportunities

The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region provides leadership, technical support, sound science, and financial assistance to help ensure that regardless of ownership, our region’s forests and trees continue to provide clean water, forest products, wildlife habitat, recreation, and other benefits for present and future generations. Our grant programs allow us to directly support forest owners taking local and landscape-scale approaches to protect and manage the region’s forests.

See below for a list of the competitive grant opportunities administered by the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region State, Private, and Tribal Forestry programs. Individual program areas may offer additional funding opportunities.

Highlighted Grants

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Invasive Species Non-Federal Lands

• Eligibility: Varies by program
• Application Period: Varies by program

Cohesive Fire Strategy

• Eligibility: Varies
• Application Period: Closed. Typically November to January.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Cooperative Weed Management

• Eligibility: Organized partnerships that manage invasive plants within a defined area in the Great Lakes Basin.
• Application Period: Closed. Typically late-August to late-October.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Forest Restoration

• Eligibility: States, Tribes, nonprofits, and educational institutions that work within the Great Lakes Basin.
• Application Period: Closed. Typically late-August to late-October.

Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR)

• Eligibility: State agencies, Tribes, nonprofit organizations (501c3), universities, and units of local government.
• Application Period: Closed. Typically late-August to late-November.