Community Wildfire Defense Grants - Funded Proposals

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The Community Wildfire Defense Program assists at-risk communities, including Tribal communities, with planning for and lowering wildfire risks on tribal, state, and privately-managed land. The program comes at a time when the nation faces an ongoing wildfire crisis, and these grants support the Forest Service’s plan to confront the wildfire crisis across all lands.

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Funded Proposals (in Alphabetical order):

Alaska

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Homer Electric Association	$2,630,474	Implementation Implement right-of-way clearing within and abutting Homer Electric Association's ROW easement for its distribution lines to address the growing risk associated with excessive fast-growth trees, vegetation and danger trees. The project will also reduce the risk of danger trees falling on power lines within 3 regions of the service area.
State of Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection	$250,000	Delta Area CWPP Create an updated CWPP for the town and surrounding area of Delta Junction, Alaska. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
State of Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection	$250,000	Tok Area CWPP Create an updated CWPP for the community of Tok, Alaska. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Arkansas

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
101 Gamaliel Fire Protection District	$75,999	Gamaliel Arkansas CWPP Develop a CWPP for Gamaliel Arkansas. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Arizona

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management	$3,721,072	Hualapai Mountain Community Wildfire Protection Continue hazardous fuels mitigation projects to improve defensible space throughout several communities, create shaded fuel breaks and extend fuels reduction into private and public lands. The project will also conduct vegetation management for rights-of-ways and roads to improve evacuation routes.
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management	$178,160	Santa Cruz County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Santa Cruz County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
City of Flagstaff	$250,000	Greater Flagstaff Region CWPP Update Facilitate an update to the Greater Flagstaff Region CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Cochise County Emergency Management	$135,000	Cochise County CWPP Rewrite Update the Cochise County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership Inc.	$250,000	CWPP for Coconino County To develop a CWPP which will include 10 fire districts and six tribal communities in Coconino County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Tucson Audubon Society	$2,364,129	Patagonia Roadside Hazardous Fuels Management Assist the low-income community of Patagonia, AZ, with fuels mitigation projects focused around roadsides and adjacent fire breaks. The project will reduce the hazardous fuel load by removing woody vegetation followed by mowing and brush cutting and strategic chemical application to increase chances of success and reduce opportunities for the spread of wildfire into the homes and properties of residents.

California

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Butte County Fire Safe Council	$2,745,673	Fire Adapted Butte County: WUI Wildfire Hazard Mitigation, Education and Outreach Bolster Butte County's community wildfire defenses, focusing on implementation of fuels management objectives, defensible space clearance and wildfire mitigation education in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities. Initiatives will improve wildfire emergency response, assist in creating fire adapted communities, and aid in restoring and maintaining landscapes that have previously been impacted by severe disasters.
City of Escondido	$150,000	City of Escondido CWPP Create a CWPP for the City of Escondido. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Clear Lake Environmental Research Center	$8,002,157	Lake County Wildfire Risk Reduction Project Support fuels teams to reduce fuels and restore fire-adapted ecosystems on private lands and roadways. Project will lessen wildfire risk of damage to property while improving firefighter safety and moving our communities to a fire resilient state.
Instituto de Avance Integral Latino	$250,000	Montebello CWPP Development of a new CWPP for the city of Montebello, CA. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Kern Fire Safe Council	$266,213	Greater Tehachapi Region's Safe Road Plan Mitigate threats of wildfire ignitions coming from a roadway that serves as a single point of entry for several communities, while improving the likelihood for ingress and egress in case of emergencies.
Lake County Resource Conservation District	$7,374,392	Fire in Hand, Healing Lands Plan and implement fuel reduction and fire prevention priorities within the Lake County. Fire in Hand, Healing Lands will use a Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) based approach to fuel reduction, which will include Indigenous-lead restoration practices with a focus on beneficial burning. The project will educate the community on TEK for fire safety and fuel reduction and host an annual Lake Prescribed and EcoCultural Fire Training Exchange (TREX) to build the workforce and bolster the ecological, economic sustainability and viability of the County.
Madera County	$534,343	Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Education/Outreach Implementation Project Support a Firewise Coordinator position, form new partnerships with local community-based groups for wildfire prevention/mitigation and education; increase communication and collaboration between various local/state/federal/NGO entities on wildfire mitigation efforts; conduct wildfire resilience and preparedness workshops/events; establish new wildfire preparedness education programs for schools and grow the local volunteer base for established Firewise Communities.
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council	$1,288,379	Firewise Activation Projects and technical support to develop Risk Assessments and Action Plans, stimulate local organization, multiply volunteerism, and sustain a Firewise level of involvement into an embedded habit of wildfire-readiness. The project will also grow Micro-Grant programs to help activate and catalyze communities by starting them off with a significant, impactful initial project.
Northern California Resource Center (NCRC)	$241,752	Scott Valley Fire Safe Council CWPP $241,752 to update and existing CWPP for the Scott Valley Fire Safe Council. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz	$1,197,333	Santa Cruz County Defensible Space Assistance Program Expand access to trained defensible space assessors, provide defensible space educational materials and assistance, increase capacity to assist elderly and/or disabled residents with defensible space clearing, and support no- or low-cost defensible space assistance services. The project will foster community engagement and formation of Firewise Communities and other community actions.
Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District	$250,000	Riverside-Corona Conservation District (RCRCD) CWPP Update CWPPs in multiple communities within Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council	$216,769	Santa Clara County CWPP Update the Santa Clara County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association	$249,569	Cobb Mountain Area CWPP Develop a new CWPP for the Cobb Mountain Area of Lake County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Trinity County Resource Conservation District	$7,949,648	Downriver Trinity Community Wildfire Protection Project Implementation projects including roadside shaded fuel breaks, defensible space improvements, and other strategic fuel breaks. Project also includes education and outreach support intended to improve social resilience of communities by increasing knowledge regarding wildfire safety and building neighborhood connections for mutual aid.
Trinity Public Utilities District	$9,516,078	Trinity PUD Right of Way Wildfire Mitigation Project Reduce fuel buildup in high wildfire risk areas and minimize the probability that TPUD's infrastructure will become the origin of or a contributing source of a wildfire. The project will increase shaded fuel breaks, conduct hazard tree abatement and remove ladder fuels, resulting in reduced wildfire risk.

Colorado

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Allenspark Fire Protection District	$100,000	Allenspark FPD CWPP Update Update the Allenspark Fire Protection District (AFPD) CWPP following several recent fires. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District	$7,010,750	Beulah Fire Fuels Reduction Project Implement a mix of forest thinning, mastication, and fuel break treatments to reduce the fuel loads in Southwest Pueblo County. The project also provides guidance and direction, financial assistance, organization, and implementation assistance to homeowners in the Home Ignition Zone (HIZ), ingress and egress, and thinning needed for protection in the event of wildfire.
Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation (CRGRF)	$250,000	Conejos & Costilla County CWPP $250,000 to develop a new CWPP for Conejos & Castilla County CWPPs. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
The Ember Alliance	$116,966	Red Feather Lakes CWPP $116,966 to update the Red Feather Lakes Area CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Estes Valley Fire Protection District	$555,000	Estes Valley Fire-Thunder Mountain Project Mitigate the risk of wildfire and protect the water supply system in Estes Valley through the treatment of 200 forested acres.
Huerfano County	$180,000	Huerfano County CWPP Development Develop a CWPP for Huerfano County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Larimer County Office of Emergency Management	$9,696,438	Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project To implement wildfire mitigation treatments in open space, along roadways and on private properties; education on home ignition zone concepts and mitigation work to establish or improve defensible space; improvements to evacuation routes, plans and procedures; enhancing of community capacity of dealing with post-treatment woody biomass; improvements to community wildfire preparedness and building of social capital to improve community resilience.
Las Animas County	$197,742	Las Animas County CWPP Project Create a living document that addresses not only fire but ecosystem health and post-fire strategies in Las Animas County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
The Nature Conservancy	$9,878,560	Protecting communities and critical watersheds in Archuleta County, CO Implement priority wildfire risk reduction projects in Archuleta County. The project will also mitigate wildfire risk to critical source watersheds and critical infrastructure of the San Juan-Chama Project (SJCP) that provides water to cities and irrigators in watersheds that provide 50% Santa Fe’s and 90% of Albuquerque’s drinking water.

Florida

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
City of Jacksonville	$250,000	City of Jacksonville CWPP Develop a CWPP for the City of Jacksonville. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Sarasota County	$250,000	Sarasota County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Sarasota County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Georgia

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Camden County Board of Commissioners	$210,000	Camden County CWPP Develop and implement a comprehensive CWPP for Camden County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D Council	$248,631	McIntosh County CWPP Develop a CWPP for McIntosh County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D Council	$240,943	Towns County, Georgia CWPP Develop a comprehensive CWPP for Towns County, Georgia. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D Council	$240,943	Union County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Union County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D Council	$248,636	Ware County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Ware County Georgia. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Hawaii

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Hawaii Fire Department	$128,112	Puna, Hawaii Island CWPP Develop a CWPP for the area encompassing the Puna District, Hawaii County, Hawaii Island. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$134,709	Central Oahu CWPP Develop a CWPP for the Island of Oahu. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$125,659	Hawaii Fire Department, Hilo CWPP Update the Islands CWPP which includes Hilo and the surrounding areas. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$140,155	Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization, Molokai CWPP Update the Molokai CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$97,984	Lanai CWPP Develop a new CWPP for Lanai HI. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$130,309	Upcountry Maui CWPP Update the Upcountry Maui CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$135,809	Western Oahu CWPP Update the Western Oahu CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization	$131,629	Windward Oahu CWPP Create a CWPP for Windward Oahu, HI. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
University of Hawaii	$4,621,258	Provisioning plant materials for fire risk mitigation to underserved communities of Hawaii Increase and improve availability of native and non-native, non-invasive seeds needed to support fuels conversion for fire risk reduction, mitigate post-fire impacts such as post-fire erosion and restore native ecosystems after fire. Project will also establish seed sharing protocols and educational resources for community-based projects in collection, cultivation, processing, and storage to increase seed supplies.

Illinois

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission	$58,950	Jackson County CWPP Establish a CWPP in Jackson County, IL. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Indiana

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Indiana Department of Natural Resources	$50,000	Monroe County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Monroe County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Kansas

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Kansas State University, Kansas Forest Service	$113,400	Butler County CWPP Create a CWPP for County of Butler. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Kansas State University, Kansas Forest Service	$113,400	Chase County CWPP Create a CWPP for Chase County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Kansas State University, Kansas Forest Service	$113,400	Leavenworth County CWPP Create a CWPP for Leavenworth County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Kentucky

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
City of Harlan Kentucky Fire Department	$250,000	City of Harlan CWPP Update Update the CWPP for the City of Harlan, Kentucky. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Kentucky River Area Development District	$249,540	Kentucky River Area Development District Multi-Jurisdictional CWPP Develop an eight-county regional risk assessment overview and eight individualized county CWPPs in the Kentucky River Area Development region. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
London / Laurel County Kentucky	$248,900	London/Laurel CWPP Establish a new CWPP for London and Laurel County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Louisiana

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
City of Leesville, Louisiana	$85,661	City of Leesville, LA Inaugural CWPP Develop the inaugural City of Leesville Community Wildfire Protection Plan. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Maine

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Maine Forest Service	$141,015	Katahdin CWPP Develop a CWPP for the community of Katahdin, ME. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Maine Forest Service	$117,236	Southeast Washington County CWPP Create a CWPP for the towns of Whiting and Dennysville to include the surrounding Unorganized Territory's. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Missouri

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District	$250,000	Pulaski County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Pulaski County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Mississippi

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Uncle Jerry’s Farm, Inc.	$250,000	Attala County CWPP Create a CWPP for Attala County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Montana

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Missoula County	$4,826,018	Community Wildfire Resilience An education/outreach and fuels reduction project with a focus on low-income and disadvantaged communities within Missoula County, including the communities of Missoula, East Missoula, Bonner-West Riverside, Potomac, and Condon.
Missoula County	$100,000	Missoula County CWPP Update + Modernization Update the CWPP for Missoula County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Park County	$250,000	Park County CWPP Revision Update the existing Park County CWPP to collectively identify, determine, and respond to immediate and long-term wildfire risk reduction strategies. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
State of Montana, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation	$120,501	Sanders County CWPP Update & Modernization Update and modernization of Sanders County's CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

North Carolina

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$227,150	Caldwell and Avery counties CWPP Update 12 expired CWPPS. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$208,835	Cleveland and Rutherford Counties CWPP Updates Update 11 expired CWPPs in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$173,910	Create and Update CWPPs for Madison County Update 9 expired CWPPs in Madison County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$154,000	Eastern Cherokee - Qualla CWPP Develop a new CWPP for the Eastern Cherokee - Qualla Reservation in North Carolina. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$247,460	Gaston County NC CWPP Update 13 expired CWPPs in Gaston County, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$137,005	Jackson County CWPPs Create and update seven CWPPs in Jackson County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$173,694	Lincoln County CWPP Update 9 expired CWPPs in select communities in Lincoln County, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$212,045	Macon County CWPPs Create and update 11 CWPPs for Macon County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$212,045	McDowell County CWPPs Update 11 expired CWPPs in McDowell County, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$246,895	Update CWPPs for Haywood County Update 7 expired CWPPs in Haywood County, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$155,045	Update CWPPS in Selected Communities Update 8 expired CWPPs in Transylvania, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Carolina Land and Lakes RC&D	$63,195	Update CWPPs for Swain County Update 3 expired CWPPs in Swain County, NC. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

New Jersey

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Maurice River Township	$117,000	Fire & Fuel Break - "Cumberland Fireline" Create firebreaks and reduce forest fuel loading by use of prescribed fire. The project will then introduce a prescribed fire program on lands adjacent to the firebreak in a safe and efficient way.
Township of Brick	$108,750	Brick New Jersey WUI Establish a comprehensive, actionable, measurable community program to plan and implement mitigation. Project activities will include purchasing equipment and conducting prescribed burn and mechanical fuel removal, establishing a Wildfire Awareness Program to include education and outreach about prevention and emergencies and establishing community clean up in hazard mitigation areas.

New Mexico

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc.	$10,000,000	Angel Fire Community Protection Project Implement high priority fuels reduction and forest restoration work on private lands in and around the community of Angel Fire, New Mexico. The project will create defensible space and fuel breaks and implement forest thinning and pile burning. Objective is to protect Angel Fire and surrounding landscape from high-intensity fires, reduce wildfire risk, restore forests to Fire Adapted ecosystems, make these areas more resilient, and allow all nearby communities to coexist with frequent wildfires.
Grant County Office of Emergency Management	$185,000	Grant County CWPP Update and Modernization Update and modernize the Grant County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Mora County	$88,000	Mora County CWPP Update Update the Mora County CWPP following the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Otero County	$243,100	Otero County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Otero County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
San Miguel County	$88,000	San Miguel County CWPP Update Update the San Miguel County CWPP following the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
South Central Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.	$215,400	Lincoln County CWPP Update Update Lincoln County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
South Central Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.	$784,080	Ruidoso Midtown Protection Project Implement strategic hazardous fuels reduction treatments and establish and maintain fuel breaks to improve ingress/egress routes, improve forest health, protect life and property and provide support for first responders.
Upper Chama Soil and Water Conservation District	$7,137,470	Upper Chama Wildfire Prevention Phase I Implement upland forest Hazardous Fuel Reduction, conduct defensible space mitigation within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas and riparian treatment and restoration within the Upper Chama Soil and Water Conservation District (UCSWCD) boundaries.
Valencia County	$159,600	Valencia County CWPP Update and expand CWPPs throughout the county of Valencia, NM. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Village of Ruidoso Forestry Department	$1,200,000	Ruidoso Green Fuels Management Expand and enhance a program to reduce the amount of flammable material within the Village of Ruidoso while creating fuel breaks and defensible space around structures.
West Latir Ditch Association	$8,121,663	West Latir Collaborative Forest Fuel Reduction and Watershed Protection Initiative Implement high priority fuels reduction work to reduce fuel loading, improve defensible space and create fuel breaks within and adjacent to the unincorporated/underserved communities El Rito and Latir in northeast Taos County, New Mexico.

New York

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Central Pine Barrens Commission	$203,500	Southampton Pine Barrens CWPP Development Develop the Southampton Pine Barrens CWPP for a portion of a fire dependent, globally rare ecosystem located in Suffolk County, New York. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Nevada

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Lander County	$225,000	Lander County CWPP Develop a new CWPP for Lander County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Nevada Division of Forestry	$3,021,500	Duck Creek Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects Two hazardous fuels reduction projects and to educate residents of several underserved communities on the benefits of defensible space, home hardening, and fire adapted communities.
Storey County	$185,850	Storey County CWPP Update and Modernization Update and modernize the CWPP for Storey County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Oklahoma

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
City of McAlester	$5,842,630	McAlester Wildfire Prevention Project Establish a sustainable wildfire prevention approach with a dedicated Wildfire Mitigation Unit, assets to facilitate mitigation efforts, clearing of combustible materials and vegetation, establishing firebreaks & conducting controlled burns and ongoing public outreach & community engagement.
Comanche County Emergency Management	$225,000	Comanche County CWPP Create a Comanche County CWPP to effectively plan for and mitigate the risk of wildfires. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Tulsa County	$250,000	Tulsa County Regional Wildfire Planning and Preparedness Plan Coordinate, plan, write, and implement a Multi-Jurisdictional Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) which will incorporate and cover all fire districts within Tulsa County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Oregon

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council	$249,959	Applegate Fire Plan Update the 2002 Applegate Fire Plan, which spans two counties and three fire protection districts. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
City of Condon	$137,719	City of Condon Fuel Breaks For equipment and the creation and maintenance of fuel breaks around vulnerable communities and critical infrastructure. Chipping equipment will also be used to provide chipping services to the City of Condon and its residents.
City of Grants Pass	$191,700	City of Grants Pass CWPP Create a City of Grants Pass CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Community Services Consortium	$4,935,486	Enhancing Landscape Resiliency, Public Safety and Community Fire-adaptation in Santiam Canyon Conduct mechanical fuels reduction and defensible space, fuel break, and ingress/egress/accessibility projects in several Marion County communities.
Firebrand Resiliency Collective	$1,465,295	Community Building, Education and Implementation for Rogue Valley Implement a cost-share program to harden structure-adjacent landscaping, augment existing defensible space efforts, and reduce structural ignition risk in the WUI. Project will also mitigate community loss to wildfire through improved outreach and education, resident accountability, resource navigation, and community-based resilience programs.
Josephine County Emergency Management Director	$250,000	Josephine County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Josephine County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Midstate Electric Coop, Inc. (MEC)	$4,966,618	Midstate Electric Coop - Lake County Build on a pilot program to conduct intensive masticating and trimming to shorten the current vegetation trim cycle by half and expand mastication to target areas outside of the utility's right of ways. Project will expand work onto the property of private residences within the wildland-urban interface (WUI) to mitigate wildfire risk and protect critical infrastructure in MECs service area.
North Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District	$55,049	Gilliam County Fuel Breaks For equipment and the creation and maintenance of fuel breaks around vulnerable communities and critical infrastructure. It will also establish community cleanup days.
South Willamette Solutions	$1,173,823	Oakridge-Westfir Fire-Adapted Community Build capacity with a fuels reduction project manager and a smoke outreach coordinator, implement strategic hazardous fuels reduction and develop a strategic plan and capacity for community prescribed burning to sustain fire mitigation treatments.
Walker Range Forest Protection Association	$2,740,305	Walker Range FPA Complete mitigation efforts adjacent to disadvantaged communities, utilizing specialized mastication equipment and thinning. Project will enhance defensible space while providing job training and hands-on learning not only in fuels reduction but in forest management using diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice mindsets.
Wallowa Resources	$579,672	Baker Firewise Community Resiliency Project Improve fire and watershed scale resilience strategically across Baker County by implementing targeted labor-intensive defensible space treatments, fuels reduction beyond defensible space and collaboratively developed community projects within 6 targeted communities at risk of wildfire in Baker County.
Wallowa Resources	$1,372,153	Union County Firewise Community Resiliency Project Improve fire and watershed scale resilience strategically across Union County by implementing defensible space treatments, fuels reduction and collaboratively developed community projects within 9 targeted Firewise Communities (FWCs). Project includes landscape scale fuels assessment in the county and home ignition zone assessments for individual landowners in the county.
Wasco County	$5,945,663	Partnering on Wildfire Mitigation Implement priority mitigation actions including creation of fuels breaks and defensible space to reduce wildfire risks to the rural, fire vulnerable communities of Maupin, Pine Grove, Pine Hollow, Tygh Valley, and Wamic. The project will also add capacity to conduct home and community assessments, outreach, education and collaboration, with an emphasis on supporting socially and economically vulnerable residents.

Palau

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Ebiil Society Inc.	$162,719	Palau CWPP Develop a CWPP for the Island of Palau. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Puerto Rico

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Caribbean Regenerative Community Development, Inc.	$228,679	Guanica/Maricao Joint Priority Landscape CWPP Create the first CWPP for vulnerable communities within the Guanica/Maricao Joint Priority Landscape area. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Protectores de Cuencas Inc.	$248,949	Landscape Scale Wildfire Prevention Planning for Southern Puerto Rico Develop CWPPs for communities with a high risk of wildfires on the western section of the Guanica State Forest and in the Yauco and Guayanilla Municipalities. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

South Carolina

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
South Carolina Forestry Commission	$25,000	Horry County CWPP Create a Horry County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
South Carolina Forestry Commission	$25,000	Orangeburg County CWPP Create an Orangeburg County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Tennessee

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry	$232,000	Sevier County CWPP Develop a comprehensive, county-wide CWPP for Sevier County, Tennessee. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Texas

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Cass County	$149,168	Cass County CWPP Update Update the CWPP for Cass County that expires in April 2024. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
City of Cisco	$9,081,112	Joint Fuels Mitigation Program Establish an efficient wildfire fuels mitigation program for several low-income communities in Eastland County, Texas. The project will employ technical specialists to initiate educational initiatives, obtain needed equipment to establish critical firebreaks and reduce fuel loads around high-risk critical infrastructure and structures and implement the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Structure/Parcel/Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM).
Eastland County	$8,862,150	Eastland County – CWDG Implementation Project Provide the equipment, training, and personnel needed to conduct an urgent hazardous fuels mitigation program. Project will support work to clear rights-of-way and vegetation along roads, train county personnel regarding wildfire mitigation, hire wildfire specialists to conduct homeowner education and property assessments and instruct and support homeowners on creating defensible space and implementing impactful wildfire mitigation.
Eastland County	$250,000	Eastland County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Eastland County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Jasper County	$250,000	Jasper County CWPP Establish a new CWPP in Jasper County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Jasper County	$9,904,895	Jasper County Fuels Mitigation Program Obtain necessary equipment to clear vegetation in the road rights-of-way to create fire breaks and support a wildfire coordinator and specialists to educate and support high-risk property owners to implement wildfire risk and mitigation efforts. Project will also implement the WUI Structure/Parcel/Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM).
Jefferson County	$124,310	Jefferson County CWPP Establish a new CWPP in the Jefferson County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Jefferson County	$9,514,945	Jefferson County Fuels Mitigation Program Build an effective wildfire fuels mitigation program for the County by obtaining necessary equipment, clearing the vegetation on road rights-of-way, hire technical specialists to educate high-risk property owners of wildfire risk and mitigation and implement the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Structure/Parcel/Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM).
Newton County	$148,500	Newton County CWPP Develop a CWPP covering all of Newton County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Trinity County	$250,000	Trinity County CWPP Develop a new CWPP for Trinity County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Tyler County	$250,000	Tyler County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Tyler County, TX. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Utah

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Rim to Rim Restoration	$5,213,146	Moab Valley Fire Hazard Reduction Project Collaborative fuels mitigation work, including fuel breaks along creek corridors, connecting existing fuel breaks with shaded fuel breaks, monitoring vegetation response and implementing active revegetation measures to reduce wildfire intensity and impact. Areas of heavy hazardous fuel loading adjacent to underserved residents will be given priority over the course of the project.
Salt Lake City Fire Department	$239,050	Salt Lake City CWPP Revise the Salt Lake City CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Washington

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Ferry County	$86,667	Ferry County CWPP Update Update the CWPP for Ferry County, Washington. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Ferry County	$10,000,000	The Ferry County Resilient Landscapes and Responders Project Implement high-priority roadside fuels treatments, craft a landscape interspersed with fuel breaks, proactively mitigate fuels along emergency evacuation routes and install and upgrade of rural road signage and visible house numbering to enhance emergency response.
Franklin County Emergency Management (FCEM)	$65,000	Franklin County CWPP Update the Franklin County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Grant County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management	$155,000	Grant County CWPP Update and existing CWPP for Grant County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Inland Power and Light	$9,846,359	Inland Wildfire Fuel Reduction Reduce fuel buildup in high wildfire risk areas through an intensive program of Right of Way clearing and hazard tree removal along 138 miles of power lines, encompassing a cleared area of 582 acres.
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards	$5,372,601	Mt. Adams Prescribed Fire Capacity Project Support staffing capacity, training, essential equipment, and implementation of prescribed burn projects as part of a comprehensive, collaborative, prescribed fire program. Implementation will include conducting 750 acres of prescribed burning on strategically selected lands.
Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management	$250,000	Snohomish County CWPP Create a CWPP for Snohomish County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council	$148,500	Kittitas County CWPP Update the Kittitas County CWPP to draft a comprehensive CWPP that addresses changes that occurred due to continuing drought, the pandemic, and demographic-driven changes in our community. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission	$750,000	Riverside State Park Fuel Reduction Reduce hazardous wildfire fuels along the Riverside State Park boundary and other strategic areas and develop large strategic shaded fuel break treatments.

Wisconsin

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Town of Doty	$192,950	Doty Roadside Fuel Break Remove woody materials and reduce the accumulation of hazardous fuels from the town roadway right of ways. Project will establish a town wide network of fire breaks to mitigate fire danger and prevent the spread of wildfire.

Wyoming

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$100,000	Campbell County CWPP Develop a CWPP for Campbell County Wyoming. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$175,000	Laramie County CWPP Update and expand the CWPP for Laramie County. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$165,000	Lincoln County CWPP Update the Lincoln County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$125,000	Natrona County CWPP Update Natrona County CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$132,000	Sheridan County CWPP Revision Update the county-wide CWPP to incorporate new information on fuels, wildfire projections, and hazard mitigation analysis include new residential areas formed since 2018 and area of emphasis along the National Forest Boundary. The updated CWPP will develop a new list of priority projects to reflect the accomplishments to date and include areas not previously analyzed.
Wyoming State Forestry Division	$62,500	Town of Hartville CWPP. Create a CWPP for the Town of Hartville. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations

Partner	Funding	Project Title / Description
Bristol Bay Native Association	$250,000	Dillingham and Aleknagik CWPPs Develop CWPPs for the rural Alaskan communities of Dillingham and Aleknagik. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Cherokee Nation	$9,998,841	Cherokee Nation Community Outreach Focus on Fuels Eradication and Education (CN-COFFEE) Obtain needed equipment and remove standing woody vegetation using mechanical and hand thinning and the application of prescribed fire, conduct prescribed fire training, including training on smoke management associated with prescribed fires. Through collaboration this project focuses efforts on creating a well-informed, actively engaged public aimed at producing a defensible space around community infrastructures.
Cultural Fire Management Council	$7,616,796	Skey-wok Kee' we-Mech (It Needs Fire) The project will lead to fire adapted ecosystems by reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire to lives, property, and the natural world. The project includes cultural resource management and cultural revitalization for the Yurok people through manual hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed/cultural burning. It will increase wildfire resilience through the implementation of defensible space around homes and community resources, improving ingress/egress routes, and reducing the overall threat of catastrophic wildfire by reducing fuel loading through prescribed/cultural fire.
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	$189,359	Lac du Flambeau Tribal CWPP Development Develop a CWPP for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Reservation), or Waswagoning (Lac du Flambeau) in Ojibwemowin (the Ojibwe Language). CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Native Village of Tetlin	$129,000	Tetlin CWPP Project Develop a new CWPP for the Native Village of Tetlin. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Nenana Native Association	$249,863	Nenana CWPP Complete a CWPP for Nenana. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Quartz Valley Indian Reservation (QVIR)	$249,871	Quartz Valley CWPP Develop a CWPP for the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation (QVIR) and its surrounding community. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Santa Clara Pueblo	$228,177	Santa Clara Pueblo CWPP Update Update a 2007 CWPP to elevate and support our existing wildfire mitigation program and ensure long term resilience of our tribal lands. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Seneca-Cayuga Nation	$219,853	Seneca-Cayuga Nation CWPP Develop a new CWPP for the Seneca-Cayuga Nation. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Indians	$73,172	Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians CWPP Update to the CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
White Earth Environmental/Emergency Management	$29,120	Update White Earth's CWPP Update an existing CWPP. CWPPs and their equivalents are collaborative planning efforts intended for providing the community, however it may be defined in the plan, a way for reducing their wildfire risk and building resiliency to the impacts of wildfires. CWPP’s are an integral piece of helping communities implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.

Alaska

Village of Aniak, Native Village of Aniak Community Wildfire Protection Plan
$217,038 to complete a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The community is historically underserved, vulnerable, and will likely experience difficulty preparing for and responding to wildfire. Aniak has, on average, greater wildfire likelihood than 82% of tribal areas and counties in Alaska.

Arizona

International Association of Fire Chiefs, Exercise and Project Implementation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans
$341,217 for the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) to provide peer-to-peer guidance, subject-matter expertise, and funding to aid in the exercise and implementation of projects within 2022 Gila County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) over a 24-month period. The CWPP identify high-priority projects including the No. 1 priority in both plans, community education and outreach, evacuation planning, and fuels mitigation projects all of which are aimed at reducing wildfire risk to the community.

California

Briceland Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Hazard Reduction Project
$205,251 to create a Fire Hazard Reduction Crew, to conduct roadside clearance and improve fuel breaks along otherwise unmaintained roads, creating safer routes for emergency response and evacuation and reducing the chance of roadside ignitions.
Butte County Fire Department, Butte County Fire Defensible Space Inspection Project
$4,900,000 to implement a comprehensive year-round Defensible Space Inspection (DSI) program that focuses on community outreach and voluntary compliance while also providing a process to enforce local defensible space and vegetation management regulations for parcels that remain persistently non-compliant.
Butte County Fire Department, Butte County Fire Equipment Acquisition
$1,500,000 to purchase excavator equipment for an 8,000-acre Hazardous Fuel Reduction project.
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Chicken Ranch Fuel Mitigation
$315,599 to conduct fuels reduction within their Tribal and adjacent lands and train Tribal personnel in Cultural and Traditional Fire Management through a partnership with Hoopa Valley Tribal Council. Completing this project allows for the Tribe to self-support regular and ongoing smaller-scale fuels reduction activities on their lands as a planned maintenance activity.
Clear Lake Environmental Research Center, Lake County Wildfire Risk Reduction Project Phase 1
$9,805,642 The Project will reduce fuels and restore fire-adapted ecosystems on private lands and roadways to lessen wildfire risk of damage to property while improving firefighter safety. Project will be accomplished in part by funding a Fuels Team employed by the Northshore Fire Protection District.
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Coyote Valley Community Fire Defense Project
$959,648 to restore and maintain landscapes making them resilient to fire-related disturbances, to create a fire adapted community to withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property, and to responsibly make and implement safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions. A fire mitigation specialist will be hired by the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians to lead and coordinate the project, as well as develop a tribal evacuation plan and conduct outreach and education.
Del Norte Fire Safe Council, Del Norte Wildfire Resiliency Program
$3,089,552 to create a Hazardous Fuels Reduction crew to perform defensible space work around residences and create shaded fuel breaks. This project will provide training, education, public outreach and implement a county-wide RX burn association with landowners to create Firewise communities.
Feather River Resource Conservation District, Plumas Emergency Forest Restoration
$8,543,433 to provide hazardous fuels reduction and tree planting for ecological restoration over the next 5 years on 5,000 acres of lands impacted by large fire.
Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County, Siskiyou County Home Assessment, Defensible Space and Education Project
$9,997,998 to provide home assessment, defensible space work on approximately 500 homes, hazardous fuels reduction work on 300 acres and public education.
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, Greater Willow Creek Wildfire Resilience Project
$5,027,427 to implement a suite of area-wide outreach, education, and implementation actions as well as the implementation of 9 priority fuels reduction projects encompassing 25 CWPP priority sites.
Kern County Fire Department, Kern County Fire Prescribed Fire Project
$2,225,207 to purchase firing equipment and two transport trailers to support the Kern County Fire Department Prescribed Fire Program. This equipment will be used to provide more efficient logistical support of setting up and performing prescribed burns.
Kern County Fire Department, Prescribed Fire Training Project
$513,533 to provide training and qualifying Kern County Fire Department prescribed fire cadre members. These personnel will be utilized to provide required planning, direction, oversight, and technical expertise when using prescribed fire around Kern
County's high-risk communities.
Kern Fire Safe Council: Be Aware, Be Prepared: Defend Your Space!
$540,210 to fund a project focused on bringing wildfire hazard reduction to the community and the homeowner. Funding will provide a project manager, outreach coordinator, HIZ assessors with training. Also, digital tools to implement and monitor the project along with data collection. Additionally, fuels reduction, event expenses, supplies and mileage.
Mattole Restoration Council, Prosper Ridge Community Wildfire Resilience Project
$2,175,132 to hazardous fuels treatment on 450 acres of land bordering the King Range National Conservation Area. Various treatment methods will be used from prescribed treatment, mechanical and hand thinning.
Nevada County, CWPP Update
$250,000 to update the Nevada County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) thereby providing a scientifically defensible and locally endorsed road map articulating the severity of the hazards that exist and the priority actions that must be taken to mitigate the risk for all communities in Nevada County, CA.
Nevada County Resource Conservation District, Prescribed Fire Training for Private Residential Landowners, Nevada County WUI
$392,542 to provide prescribed fire tools and training to private residents of Nevada County to increase the capacity to carry out prescribed treatments.
Plumas County Fire Safe Council, Plumas County Hazardous Fuels Assessment and Implementation
$6,835,975 to provide 2,000 acres of hazardous fuels reduction and conduct an update of the county-wide Hazardous Fuels Assessment and subsequently initiate implementation of the Assessments recommended priority projects to reduce wildfire risk to the most vulnerable communities and landscapes.
Resort Improvement District No.1, Shelter Cove Wildfire Resiliency & Community Defense Project
$6,222,500 to provide outreach, coordination & Inspections services and conduct 1,211 acres of Hazardous fuels reduction work over a 5-year period.
Resource Conservation District of Tehama County, Tehama East/Tehama West CWPP Update
$102,040 to update the CWPP for the county over a two-year period, incorporating input from over sixty collaborators and the public. The TE/TW CWPP Update will support local entities' efforts to reduce wildfire risk to communities and local resources.
San Diego County Fire, Roadside Vegetation Management for Evacuation Preparedness
$3,409,443 this project will combine evacuation plan work from 23 Fire Safe Council CWPPs into a single project. Conducting 550 miles of evacuation road work and creating ninety-two temporary safe refuge areas in the rural portions of the county.
Sierra County Firesafe & Watershed Council, Sierraville Fuels Reduction
$2,114,437 to conduct mechanical treatments on a minimum of 500 acres to connect two landscape-scale fuels reduction and community protection projects adjacent to public lands.
Sierra County, Sierra County Community Wildfire Mitigation Leadership
$203,550 to provide planning and project coordination for all of Sierra County.
Sierra County, Sierra County CWPP Update
$51,000 to update the Sierra County CWPP.
Sierra Resource Conservation District, Saving the Sierras: 9 Firewise Communities of Eastern Fresno County
$4,634,210 to provide Hazardous fuels reduction work on 4,163 acres of private land in an area encompassing 9 communities. This project will also be treating 1,118 acres along HWY 168 and 3,042 acres along HWY 180.
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, CWPP
$250,000 to develop a CWPP for all Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation tribal properties. This plan will empower the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation to execute several goals including restoring and maintaining landscapes, creating a conscious-minded and fire adapted community, as well as planning mitigation measures or actions to reduce wildfire risk and increase efficiency and effectiveness for wildfire response.
Tuolumne County, Tuolumne County Community Wildfire Defense Project
$10,000,000 to provide defensible space work on approx. 1,290 homes, roadside vegetation management on approx. twenty-three miles of road and outreach to create additional Firewise Communities and other fire adaptive cohorts within at-risk and low-income communities.
Tuolumne Utilities District, Wildfire Defense Plan
$249,927 to create CWPP that will prioritize management actions for the TUD Raw Water Ditch and Potable Water Systems for achieving maximum benefits of community wildfire protection and resilience.
City of Ukiah, Ukiah Valley and Mendocino Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
$7,214,766 this Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project of 200 acres, will conduct 200 defensible space inspections; maintain 7 current fuel breaks in shaded and non-shaded areas; perform 125 defensible space projects; conduct prescribed burns in appropriate areas to restore fire adapted ecosystems; conduct 5 project assessments; engage the relevant impacted communities to maximize project effectiveness; and increase community fire resiliency in the Ukiah Valley area and throughout Mendocino County, California, over the next 5 years.
The Watershed Research and Training Center, Hyampom Community Protection Project
$1,322,666 to implement 450 acres of hazardous fuel reduction treatments in strategic and critical private land locations including manual thinning and chipping, hand piling, pile burning, prescribed fire.
The Watershed Research and Training Center, Middle-Trinity Community Protection Project
$3,224,452 to implement 1,144 acres of hazardous fuels reduction treatments to reduce the risk of wildfire in and around Weaverville, Junction City and Douglas City, CA.
Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, Shasta County CWPP Update
$249,999 to update the CWPP for all of Shasta County, a region that has been heavily impacted by wildfire. Fire activity in the region has impacted most projects in the previous CWPP, making it necessary to conduct an update.
Yuba County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
$210,646 to update the Yuba Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan through community engagement, stakeholder collaboration, and integration of new technologies. This area encompasses local, state, and federal lands near the Tahoe National Forest and Plumas National Forest. The plan is a long-term, large-scale strategic plan for the Yuba County Foothills that leverages local collaboration to develop and prioritize wildfire prevention, preparedness, and resilience opportunities that support and protect local communities and watersheds.
Yurok Tribe, Yurok Fire Department, CWPP Update
$250,000 to create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan that identifies critical at-risk communities on the Yurok Indian Reservation. Prioritizing places that are "low income", have "been impacted by a severe disaster", or have "high or very high wildfire hazard potential," as well as protecting sensitive and sacred sites, assist in producing basketry materials, traditional foods, ceremonial regalia, and traditional medicines for the Yurok People. Finally, we recognize our river's health correlates to our human health, correlates to all flora and fauna species health and our main food source, salmon, and sturgeon, as being secondarily benefited by increasing water yields and improving our fish health, habitats, and their lifespans.

Colorado

Wildfire Adapted Partnership, Archuleta County CWPP Implementation
$1,110,024 to treat 600 acres of hazardous fuels protecting 325 structures, reducing the overall risk of wildfire in the WUI. This project will also reach a minimum of 5,000 individuals through its Firewise USA or similar activities through WAPs Neighborhood Ambassador Program, presentations to HOAs, presentations to other community groups, public events, and public awareness campaigns through the local newspaper and radio station.

Georgia

Chestatee-Chattahoochee RC&D Council, Rabun County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
$190,440 to create a comprehensive Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Rabun County and will not only identify and rank the entire county as to the wildfire risk within the county but will provide sensible mitigation practices to help reduce those risk, especially those communities within the wildland urban interface.

Hawaii

State of Hawaii, Department of Land & Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry & Wildlife, North West Hawaii CWPP Updates
$84,700 This project will engage community and agency partners to collaboratively complete a revised hazard assessment, identify shared wildfire concerns, and begin prioritizing risk-reducing actions for purposes of updating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2016.
State of Hawaii, Department of Land & Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry & Wildlife, South Kona CWPP Update
$84,700 This project will engage community and agency partners in order to collaboratively complete a revised hazard assessment, identify shared wildfire concerns, and begin prioritizing risk-reducing actions for purposes of updating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2015.
State of Hawaii, Department of Land & Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry & Wildlife, Kau CWPP Update
$84,700 This project will engage community and agency partners in order to collaboratively complete a revised hazard assessment, identify shared wildfire concerns, and begin prioritizing risk-reducing actions for purposes of updating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2015.
State of Hawaii, Department of Land & Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry & Wildlife, Oceanview CWPP Update
$84,700 This project will engage community and agency partners in order to collaboratively complete a revised hazard assessment, identify shared wildfire concerns, and begin prioritizing risk-reducing actions for purposes of updating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2015.
Kauai Fire Department, Updating a CWPP for Kauai County
$78,000 This project will engage community and agency partners in order to collaboratively complete a hazard assessment, identify shared wildfire concerns, and begin prioritizing risk-reducing actions for purposes of updating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2016.

Idaho

Idaho Department of lands, Clark County Roadside Fuel Breaks
$690,000 for implementation of 53 miles roughly 260 acres of right-of-way fuel breaks in an expanse of sagebrush steppe, resulting in improved wildfire protection for the WUI communities (700 residences/structures) of Dubois, Kilgore, Spencer, and Medicine Lodge.
Idaho Firewise Inc, Idaho County CWPP Education Program Support
$193,844 to provide outreach and education to proposed communities in Idaho. Along with promoting Firewise Communities specifically in communities receiving fuels reduction projects to increase accountability and maintenance.

Kentucky

Pulaski County Fiscal Court, Pulaski County Wildfire Grant 2022
$73,675 to hire a Project Director to create a new comprehensive Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Pulaski County.

Minnesota

St. Louis City Fire Adapted Communities
$890,925 to fire departments, lake & road associations, and township boards in the highest wildfire risk areas in St. Louis County to increase wildfire awareness, reduce fuels and provide opportunities to help their communities be more wildfire resilient. The resulting collaboration will yield twenty hazardous fuels mitigations project for a combined 225 acres over the next 5-year period.

Montana

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Treasure County CWPP Update & Modernization
$117,648 to provide funding for the update and modernization of Treasure County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The final product will include an action plan that identifies specific, prioritized projects to promote wildfire-resilient landscapes, foster fire adapted communities, and assist with safe and effective wildfire response.
DNRC, Lincoln County WUI Communities Wildfire Risk Mitigation Campaign
$5,893,905 to implement approx. 500 acres wildfire fuel mitigation work focused in the home ignition zone in partnership with private landowners in the WUI and high-risk private and approx. 3,000 non-federal public lands surrounding at-risk communities, provide education and outreach to residents about addressing wildfire risk and create connectivity between existing and planned landscape-scale fuel mitigation efforts in the project area.
DNRC, Blackfoot Watershed Fire Refugia
$1,683,300 to increase the pace and scale of broadcast burning, in conjunction with fuel reduction thinning, to create communities of "Fire Refugia;" where fire can pass without destroying homes or infrastructure. This project will help treat ~1,500 acres of non-federal forest land.
DNRC, North Gallatin Front Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Project
$1,589,160 to mitigate the risk of wildland fire on approximately 1,000 acres in a project area in southwestern Montana consisting of 1,077 addressed households within the 28,944 acres of private wildland urban interface land. The project is designed to dovetail with future and current work being conducted on the 72,327 acres of public lands in the project area. This project will provide cost match funding for private property owners to conduct home ignition zone work on about 700 acres and small-scale landscape work on about 300 acres of larger lots.

Nebraska

The Nature Conservancy, Reducing Wildfire Risk in North-Central Nebraska
$182,866 to reduce hazardous fuels/restore fire adapted ecosystems at the 56,000-acre Niobrara Valley Preserve (NVP) to reduce the severity and impacts of wildfire on surrounding communities. This project spans three years and includes six target sites totaling approximately 435 acres. TNC will establish 200-foot-wide fire breaks with the objective of removing all cedar trees and any standing dead trees at these sites and will follow-up with fire.

New Mexico

Cimarron Watershed Alliance Inc., Colfax Collaborative Wildland Urban Interface Project
$8,048,150 to create defensible space around homes and structures of value, thin forests to reduce hazardous fuel loadings, maintain existing fuel breaks, and create new fuel breaks. The project will treat about 150-175 properties per year and approx. 3,400 acres over the next five years.
Cimarron Watershed Alliance Inc., Flying Horse Ranch Fuel Break Project
$1,821,254 to maintain and widen an existing four-mile fuel break and then expand it approximately 10.2 miles covering 702 acres. This 14.2-mile fuel break project is a small but critical piece of approximately 75 miles of fuel breaks that are currently being planned and implemented in the Enchanted Circle Priority Landscape within Taos and Colfax Counties.
International Association of Fire Chiefs, Exercise and Project Implementation of Community Wildfire Protection Plan
$235,404 to provide peer-to-peer guidance, subject-matter expertise, and funding to aid in the exercise and implementation of projects within the San Miguel County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (2018) over a 24-month period. The CWPP identifies high priority projects including training, community education and outreach, and evacuation planning projects all aimed at reducing wildfire risk to the community. Unification of stakeholders will support capacity and sustainable actions, evacuation, and recovery operations.
Sandoval County, Sandoval CWPP Update
$63,000 to update the CWPP and make it a useful document for both first responders and community members that live within the wildland urban interface. This will be done through outreach meetings with a wide array of key community stakeholders to determine priorities for the impacted areas.
Forest Stewards Guild, Community Wildfire Mitigation in the Greater Santa Fe Fire Shed
$1,314,366 to deliver accomplishments in measurable timely outcomes over the next five years; 500+ home hazard assessments (HHAs) completed, 125+ of high-priority acres treated through fuels mitigation treatments, increasing the number and geographic coverage of Fire shed ambassadors, and the number of education and outreach events.

North Carolina

Carolina Land and Lakes Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D), Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Lower Burke County
$151,135 to update nine expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans Lower Burke Co., NC.
Resource Conservation and Development, Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Anson County
$151,135 to update four expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans and create (4) new Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Anson Co., NC.
Resource Conservation and Development, Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Upper Burke County
$167,235 to update ten expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans Upper Burke Co., NC.
Resource Conservation and Development, Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Avery County
$118,935 to update seven Community Wildfire Protection Plans that are more than 5 years old in Avery County, NC.
Resource Conservation and Development, Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Richmond County
$155,160 to update three expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans and create five new Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Richmond Co., NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Graham County
$70,635 to update four Community Wildfire Protection Plans that are more than five years old in Graham County, NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Clay County
$70,635 to update one expired Community Wildfire Protection Plan and (3) Community Wildfire Protection Plans that are more than five years old in Clay County NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Cherokee County
$235,660 to update three expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans and create nine Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Cherokee County, NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for the Community of Lansing, Ashe County
$17,785 to update one Community Wildfire Protection Plan that is more than five years old in the Community of Lansing in Ashe County, NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Yancey County
$135,035 to update eight Community Wildfire Protection Plans that are more than five years old in Yancey County, NC.
Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Mitchell County
$118,935 to update five Community Wildfire Protection Plans that are more than five years old and two expired Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Mitchell County, NC.

North Dakota

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Turtle Mountain CWPP Update
$248,924 to conduct thorough planning resulting in the adoption of well-prepared plan that addresses issues such as wildfire response, hazard mitigation, community preparedness --which includes smoke readiness-- structure protection and will greatly assist the tribal government in planning and prioritizing project work.

Oklahoma

City of Davis, Turner Falls Natural Wildland Restoration Project
$134,477 Decreasing wild fire threat by removing ground and cedar fuel within a high threat fire area while developing accessible firebreaks to enable firefighters access to acreage with little to no current fire equipment access. This will result in the completion of 9 projects with the target of reducing hazardous fuels for a total of 1500 acres.

Oregon

Klamath Watershed Partnership, Chiloquin Wildfire Risk Reduction and Education
$616,404 to implement 165 acres of defensible space treatments over five years; to develop and implement a "Brush Dump" program that encourages and facilitates landowner and neighborhood-conducted defensible space clean-up projects by providing up to two dump trailers for cleanup activities and then hauling brush to the dump; to design, purchase, and deploy a multi-use wildfire education trailer for community education and outreach 7-10 events per year, and a mobile information distribution point during a wildfire as needed; and to build capacity and sustainability within Chiloquin Fire and Rescue through development of a part-time Mitigation Specialist position to coordinate the activities of this project and to plan future projects.
Douglas Electric Cooperative Fuels Treatments, Vegetation Management, and Other Mitigation
$9,151,505 to reduce fuel buildup in high-risk wildfire areas, enhance the utility right-of-way's ability to function as fire breaks, increase forest health, and minimize the probability that Douglas Electric's transmission and distribution system may be the origin or contributing source for the ignition of a fire. Funding from this program will enable DEC to reduce its vegetation management program to a 3-to-4-year cycle while addressing hazard trees (snags and cycle busters) not in the traditional utility space. The DEC service area covers 2200 square miles, and the project will be conducted along 1,275 miles of power lines.
Grant SWCD, Grant County Evacuation Corridor and Fuels Management Project
$9,907,344 to perform Hazardous Fuels reduction on 308 road miles (616 shoulder miles) of County Roads that serve as evacuation routes for residences in need of treatment Additionally, treat 100,000 acres of fine fuels prioritizing areas around communities and pre-commercially thin 2,000 acres.
Oregon Department of Forestry, John Day; Grant County Defensible Space
$681,041 to focus on 300 acres of fuels reduction treatments for Grant County landowners in the WUI, installation of Firewise Communities, & outreach & education in the high-risk communities of John Day, Mt. Vernon, Prairie City, Dayville, Granite, Monument, Canyon City, Long Creek, and Seneca.
Baker County CWPP Update
$246,000 to complete a CWPP update and revision to our current and long-standing Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Wheeler County of Emergency Management, Wheeler County fire protection roadway shoulder clearing
$992,815 to treat 250 miles of Wheeler County roadside right-of way fuels reduction. This will be accomplished with the purchase and use of a new tractor with 22' boom, mower head attachment, and 50" Mulching Head attachment. This will treat 50 miles per year over the five-year period, for a total of 250 miles, or 1210 acres, total over the five-year period.
Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation District, Community Action for Wildfire Resiliency Project
$113,744 to treat areas within highly vulnerable Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas, proximate to federally managed forest lands. The proposed treatment areas range in size from 0.25 to 40 acres and are characterized by a mixture of conifer and hardwood tree species at higher elevations, and intermixed oak/pine woodlands and ceanothus brush fields at lower elevations. The proposed treatments are intended to reduce the likelihood of a wildfire originating from, or traversing, forest lands that would impact or otherwise cause loss and damage to private residences, businesses, and community assets.
Rocky Point Fire and EMS, Rocky Point Urban Interface Community Wildfire Protection Plan
$224,717 to update and implement the Community Wildfire Protection Plan, reduce the risk of wildland fire urban interface, and to reduce fuels where homes and resorts are currently located.
City of Ashland, Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
$249,700 to rewrite of Ashland’s 2004 Community Wildfire Protection Plan to enable the city to better understand wildfire risk in the built environment, integrate WUI risk reduction projects developed in the past 19 years, wrestle with fire-adapted community issues and capacity limits, address vulnerable population knowledge gaps, and map out and prioritize community initiatives based on extensive public engagement. The CWPP will address the 2021 Oregon State Forest Plan priority issues of climate change, diversity/equity/inclusion/social justice, wildfire mitigation capacity and recovery, forest health, and water quality and quantity.
Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District, Gorse Fuels Treatment to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfire
$1,338,078 to implement hazardous wildfire fuels reduction that has been prioritized in the Curry County Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the Curry County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. This grant will be used to treat the area and reduce the wildfire risk to multiple communities from an invasive species.

South Dakota

City of Mission, Mission Volunteer Fire Department Community Wildfire Defense Planning Project
$62,289 to create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan that focuses on the planning required to produce a document that addresses assisting the Fire District in mitigating the risk against wildfires. As part of the planning process, the VFD will also use grant funds to identify water sources that can greatly aid the CWPPs implementation and is part of naming all vulnerabilities and resources within the fire district.

Utah

Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Central Area Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
$4,705,367 to substantially expand fire education and awareness, create Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodologies, and remove hazardous fuel loading around structures in the Central Area.
North Tooele Fire District - Community Outreach
$381,250 to form a team of firefighters who exhibit aspects of being Fire and Life Safety Educators, Data Collection Administrators, Fire Inspectors and Wildland/Urban Interface Specialists. These firefighters will be directly involved with homeowners to provide home assessments and mitigation recommendations. They will promote Firewise and FireSense Utah to move our District to that of a Fire Adapted Community. They will also work within the community to raise general wildfire awareness through public demonstrations, increase social media coverage, install Fire Danger signage, and create code improvements.

Washington

Clallam County CWPP Update
$125,000 to create a new CWPP that will involve community stakeholder outreach, education, and input; climate change analysis to better predict wildfire risk; extensive hazard risk assessment to identify WUI areas and neighborhoods with vulnerable populations that may face wildfire risk.
Kittitas County Conservation District, Kittitas County Resilient Landscapes
$10,000,000 to a fuels mitigation project that will reduce wildfire risk in Kittitas County while creating more resilient communities and forests in the project area. 92% of requested funds are for on-the-ground fuels work. Projects are driven by the planning efforts of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the Kittitas Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and the planning efforts of the County Fire Chiefs, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Cle Elum Ranger District, the SE Region of Washington Department of Natural Resources, and the Kittitas Fire Adapted Communities Coalition.
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards, West Klickitat County Wildfire Defense Project
$5,518,518 to construct of approximately 35 miles (1744 acres) of strategic fuel breaks around 7 high-risk rural communities, paired with a robust outreach and assistance program that will directly serve community members over 5 years.
Spokane County Fire District #4 CWPP Implementation
$1,417,500 carry out the mitigation measures present in the Spokane County Wildfire Preparedness Plan conducted in January 2014. Spokane County Fire District #4 intends to establish two new Firewise communities during the grant timeline, to complete hazardous fuel reduction and mitigation programs. The total number of acres planned to be treated over the course of five years is 500 acres along with other measures listed in the Spokane County CWPP over the next five years.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources, White Salmon Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
$436,500 to conduct Hazardous Fuels Reduction that will help to mitigate wildfire risk by creating an approximate 100-200foot wide, 100-acre fuel break around the entire community and allowing for some community hazardous fuels reduction in areas mentioned in the 2018 Klickitat County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Flowery Trail Community Association, Hazardous Fuel Mitigation
$65,126 creating a 200ft wide shaded fuel break which would completely surround the 150 acres of the development. This area would have yearly maintenance and the rest of the acreage would receive a planting of Western Larch and Ponderosa Pine seedlings, returning wildland fire friendly trees to the area. By taking these actions, which include fuel mitigation, increasing the shaded fuel breaks, requiring home hardiness, and compliance with proper landscaping following the Firewise USA guidelines, the community would be well prepared to survive a wildland fire.
Lincoln County Conservation District, Lincoln County CWPP Update
$66,446 the update will build upon the previous Community Wildfire Protection Plan to identify high-risk areas and recommend specific projects that may help prevent wildland fires from occurring altogether or, at least, lessen their impact on residents and property in Lincoln County, WA.
Pacific County Emergency Management, Pacific County CWPP Development
$103,000 to create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) developed in collaboration of Federal, State, and local partners and stakeholders in the "Urban Wildland - Interface" of Pacific County. The plan will clearly identify our mission to protect life, property, critical infrastructure, and the environment in the "Urban Wildland interface". This plan will focus on reducing wildfire risks in the landscape of the specific urban interface areas, incorporate the Firewise USA program, and implement large scale fire fuel reduction efforts.
Spokane Fire Department, City of Spokane Hazardous Fuels Reduction
$1,503,000 for fuels reduction treatments on City-owned properties. The second priority will be any adjacent private ownership and or municipal-owned properties. Activities will result in 1,000 acres being thinned, pruned, and disposed of.
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Hazardous Fuels Reduction
$2,700,875 to implement the proactive construction of strategic fuel breaks and wildfire risk mitigation work in Tract D, the southwestern corner of the Yakama Reservation. This project proposes to treat approximately 993 acres of hazardous fuels over a five-year period (2023-2028), utilizing a combination of hand crews, heavy equipment such as masticators, and/or prescribed fire utilizing capacity provided by Tribal Forestry.
Community Firewise Sky Meadows Ranch Hazardous Fuels
$750,000 create fire break lines within the community in order to attempt to minimize damage in the event of a large-scale fire, to remove fuels that will feed a fire, remove trees that encroach into easement roads, and to educate the community on fire wising programs and techniques treating 250 acres over a four-year period.
Spokane City Fire Department - Request 1
$1,503,000 fund Cost Share Fuels reduction treatments of high-priority City properties. These properties are scattered throughout the City of Spokane in 5 to 500-acre parcels. Fuel types within the area consist of overstocked conifer forests of Ponderosa Pines, Douglas fir, and brush depending on slope, shade, and viable water sources. The end result will be the treatment of a minimum acreage of 1,000 acres, divided by five years. Approximately 200 acres will be treated per year.
Washington Department of Natural Resources, DNR SE - Request 1
$420,000 to mitigate wildfire risk for the City of Cle Elum by reducing fuel loadings and canopy bulk densities across 180 acres on private lands throughout the western edge of the City of Cle Elum, WA.
Chelan County Natural Resource Department, Stemilt-Squilchuck Forest Resilience Project
$328,036 to plan and implement 400 acres of mechanical thinning in high priority units across ownerships in the planning area from 2023-2025. Implementing thinning/fuels reduction projects across the Stemilt-Squilchuck landscape that serve to increase the footprint of ongoing work in the area and make a meaningful impact on stand structure.

Wisconsin

Town of Conover, FY 2022 Wheeled Excavator
$470,000 to mitigate the risk of future wildfires, the Town of Conover will create fuel breaks between forested areas and residential areas. Many of the high danger areas result from highly flammable trees that are left behind after harvesting operations, or from trees and branches that have fallen because of a storm.
Town of Washington, Fuel Reduction
$ 246,939 to augment, enhance, and expand the Town of Washington Community Wildfire Protection Plan to protect lives, property, and resources from wildfire and provide for public safety. This will be accomplished through improving wildfire planning efforts and increasing the safety of the public and emergency responders' vegetation management on town rights-of-way and reduce hazardous fuels to mitigate fire danger by supporting the town’s brush site through annual chipping.

Wyoming

2023 Crooked Creek Community Fuels Mitigation Project
$234,825 to expand and connect other area treatments on a landscape level in a location that has not been financially possible in the past. This will be accomplished by contracting activities that will reduce fuel loads and restore forest health to provide wildfire resilience to all lands and properties.

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