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Wood Innovations Program Grants

Tree limbs and ground clutter in a forest clearing, being loaded into an industrial wood chipper, with wood chips moving up a belt conveyor into the back of a large tractor trailor.
A processor makes wood chips from burned trees on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. (Photo by Zane Peterson)

Sustainably sourcing wood to make products helps to make our forests healthier and our communities more prosperous. The Forest Service invests in local wood economies through its grant programs. These grants support innovation, expand wood energy markets, and promote wood as a sustainable building material.

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Wood Innovations Grants – FY 2024 Funded Proposals

The Wood Innovations Grant Program is investing in proposals that expand traditional wood utilization projects, promote using wood as a construction material in commercial, institutional and multifamily buildings, and expand wood energy markets. Healthy forests depend on a healthy forest products economy, and these investments support local economies while directly contributing to improving forest health and lowering wildfire risks to communities.

Funded Proposals by State

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Alaska Division of Forestry: Developing a Local Use Lumber Program in Alaska $150,000
City of Houston Alaska: Production of Firewood for Community Distribution $70,000
City of Nenana: City of Nenana Biomass District Heating Project $172,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Brian Peck: Utilizing Wood Resources and Creating New Products in American Samoa $43,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Bluestone Renewables Holding, LLC: Planning for Hydrogen to Methanol Project $300,000
California Hotwood: New Firewood Packaging Facility in Dewey, AZ $150,000
Kaibab Millworks LLC: Kaibab Mill Improvement Project $145,000
Lignetics: Packaging Line and Control Systems Upgrades $300,000
Novo Star Wood Products, LLC: Novo Star Wood Products Sawmill Expansion $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
University of Arkansas: A mass timber awareness and opportunities campaign supporting rural healthcare $65,192
University of Arkansas: Arkansas Wood Innovations Cooperative to Advance Wood Products $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Bay Area Council Foundation: Accelerating Mass Timber Utilization in Housing Construction $300,000
Blue Forest Finance: Forest Resilience Bond: Supporting ecological restoration and innovation at scale in the Pacific Northwest $299,983
G.C Forest Products: G.C. Forest Products Pellet Mill Expansion $296,000
Green Diamond: Mass Timber Design of Green Diamond Resource Company's California Timberlands Office $300,000
Growpro, Inc: Using forest management biomass for biochar production and greenhouse heating $187,500
Kodama Systems: Developing Semi-Autonomous Skidder to Improve Productivity $299,872
Plumas Wood Fiber, LLC: Engineering to Produce Horticultural Wood Fiber Substrate from Western Forest Biomass $28,000
Rath Industries, Inc: Rath Industries, Inc. Sawmill Kiln Expansion Project $258,480
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment: Greenville Crossing Mass Timber Workforce Housing Design $200,000
Sierra Valley Cogen, LLC: Sierra Valley Cogen Restart Planning $150,000
South Tahoe Refuse Co: Advancing Community Supported Wood Energy in the Tahoe Basin - CHP Permitting and Engineering for South Tahoe Refuse $287,711
Sugar Bowl Corporation: Biomass Combined Heat and Power for Energy Resilience and Fire Mitigation at Sugar Bowl Resort $150,945
SupplyBank.org: Design and Engineering for Mass Timber Oakport Nonprofit Campus $286,296
Trinity River Timber Company: California Sawmill Mass Timber Production R&D $298,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Colorado School of Mines: Expanding the Ponderosa Pine Mass Timber Market for Residential and Commercial Construction with Field Benefits Demonstration $299,193
Eagle Wood Cutting and Processing: EagleWood Biomass Production Program $81,290
EcoTech Biofuels, LLC: Project Planning for Rio Grande Biofuels $300,000
KFB Forestry, LLC: Wood Utilization from Forest Mitigation Projects $58,470
Lignum Support, LLC: Front Range Forest Products Sawmill Startup $300,000
Redstones Timber Frames, Inc: ModVern Cabins: Standing Dead, Engelmann Spruce, Stackable Log Packages for Affordable Housing $280,500
Routt Millworks, LLC: Sawmill Improvement Phase 2 - New Hurdle Machine Works Heavy Duty System $175,000
Timber Age Systems, Inc: Ponderosa Pine Mass Timber Blueprints Enabling Local, High-Performance, Affordable, Attainable and Sustainable Off-Site Housing $190,494
Yosemite Clean Energy, LLC: Feedstock Analysis and Pre-Engineering to support development of a wood waste to biofuel gasification plant in the San Luis Valley, Colorado $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Hull Forest Products, Inc: Supporting Forest Management by Expanding Local Wood Products Manufacturing Capacity & Market Access $176,764
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College: Timber Resource Education Experience (TREE): Designing with Mass Timber to Increase Use of Georgia-grown Southern Yellow Pine $300,000
Choice OpCp, LLC, dba Pioneer Processors: Energy-Efficient Firewood Expansion $300,000
Claude Howard Lumber Company: Sawmill Optimization Upgrade $250,000
Equilibrium Consulting USA, Inc: Advancement of Mass Timber Braced Frames for Codified Design $300,000
Macon-Bibb County: Macon: Celebrating Heritage of Place with a Mass Timber Airport Terminal $300,000
Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc: Mill Expansion to Support the Management and Sustainability of Forest Resources $300,000
Nature Coatings, Inc: Expanding new bio-based pigments and dispersion technology made from biochar, a high growth market opportunity $300,000
Roseburg Forest Products: Improving the properties of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) made from southern yellow pine through microwave treatment $191,809
Southern Legacy Wood Products: Phase Two Southern Legacy Wood Products Energy Efficiency Renovation and Expansion $300,000
Three Forks Timber Processors: Sawmill dry kiln addition to grow rural economies and spur forest restoration in southern Appalachia $239,193

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Pacific Current, LLC: Mahipapa Bio-mass System Upgrades $300,000
Simonpietri Enterprises, LLC: Innovative Soil Restoration Products for Hawaii Made from Wildfire-Fuel Invasive Species $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Boise Cascade: Large Format Glulam Sander for Mass Timber GLT Panels $300,000
ID Forest Products Commission: IFPC Design with Wood-Architecture and Engineering Competitions  $100,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Purdue University: Indiana Wood Utilization Team (IWUT) $294,036
Robinson Lumber Company: Green Production Improvement Project $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Kentucky Hardwood Lumber Co, Inc: Sawmill Carriage Improvement Upgrade for Greater Log Utilization in Central Appalachia. $169,976
Somerset Pellet Fuel: Hardwood Fire Logs in Kentucky for Improved Wood Utilization $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Coushatta Forest Products, LLC: Sawmill Operating Equipment Control Systems Upgrades $179,500
Louisiana Tech University: Monitoring and Assessing a New Designed Mass Timber Building at Louisiana Tech $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Godfrey Forest Arizona, LLC: Planning for OSB/OSL Mill in Jay, Maine $300,000
Tanbark Molded Fiber Products: Expanding Capabilities to Replace Plastic Packaging with Type 3 Molded Wood Fiber $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Frostburg State University: Frostburg State University: Maximizing Opportunities for Wood Energy $300,000
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities: Wood Product MMRV Tool Adaptation and Platform Development $300,000
University of Maryland: Developing Nail Laminated Mass Timber (NLT) Panel Systems for Use in Affordable Housing Construction  $200,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Core Investments, Inc: 495 Dot Ave Senior Housing Engineering and Design $300,000
Meadow Farm, LLC: Sawmill Expansion Project at Meadow Farm of the Berkshires $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Michigan Technological University: Demonstration of Structural Lumber Grading Technologies for Undervalued Hardwoods - Red Maple $200,000
Ottawa Forest Products, Inc: Increasing Efficiency and Production at Ottawa Forest Products, Amasa, MI $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Hill Wood Products, Inc: Hill Wood Products Wood Pellet Expansion Project $300,000
Minnesota North College: Vermilion Campus Biomass System Restoration Project $213,279
Molina Realtors: 624 East Lake Street Mixed Use Building Prototype Design $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Fred Netterville Lumber: Netterville Lumber Small Log Cross Tie Mill Expansion $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Kanduch Logging: Firewood Processing Facility Expansion $229,973
Montana Technology Enterprise Center: Design and Engineering of Montana Innovation Corridor Gateway Mass Timber Showcase and Timber Technology $300,000
Panhandle Forest Products: Big Sky Biomass Heat and Accelerated Drying Facility Boiler $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
City of Lincoln Nebraska: Lincoln Biochar Production Project $249,525

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Tahoe Forest Products (in Partnership with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California): Small and Large Log Lines Integration for Enhanced Wood Processing Efficiency $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Durgin and Crowell Lumber Co., Inc: Durgin and Crowell Wood Energy Combined Heat and Power System $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Gutchess Lumber Company: Combined Heat and Power Equipment Expansion $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Evergreen CLT, LLC.: Manufacturing of Cross Laminated Timber to Create Innovative Affordable Housing Solutions within Mass Timber Construction $300,000
Polk Sawmill: Expanding Forest Management and Hardwood Manufacturing in Western NC $300,000
Swinerton Builders: Kasa Medical Collective Mass Timber Medical Office Building $300,000
Verenovo Energy, Inc: Verenovo Biochar Production Facility: Adding New Value to an Old Supply Chain $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Ohio Wood Connection: Ohio Wood Connection Sustainable Feedstock Handling Capacity Expansion $82,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Brocks Wood Lot, LLC: Brocks Wood Lot LLC Sawmill Expansion - Phase 1 $50,699
Community Development Partners: Julia West' Mass Timber Building Engineering and Design $300,000
Elk Creek Forest Products: Resaw Equipment Installation Project $300,000
Go Lab, Inc: Planning to Support Increasing Wood Products Manufacturing Capacity in Southern Oregon $300,000
Jennifer Bonner MALL, LLC: Blank House: A Model for Aspect Ratios in Seismic Zones $125,000
Oregon State University: Bringing Point-Supported Mass Timber Structures to Commercial Viability in the USA $299,164
Timberlab, Inc: Design for Mass Timber Manufacturing $330,000
Williams & Russell CDC: Design for Black Business Hub Mass Timber Building $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Brownlee Lumber, Inc: Enhancing Fiber Recovery through Advanced Debarking Technology $300,000
Clear Lake Lumber, Inc: Railroad Ties As An Alternative To Promote Sustainable Forest Management $122,868
Collins Pine: New Dry Kilns Installation $300,000
Cummings Lumber Company: Improved Technology Rip Saw System $270,215
Villanova University: Evaluation of cross laminated timber flooring systems with and without composite concrete topping $299,741

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Roger Williams University: Mitigating the Environmental Effects on Mass Timber Construction in Coastal Climates $33,500

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Clemson University: Development and Promotion of the Market for Timber in Industrial Facilities $300,000
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities: Developing an Equitable Southern Mass Timber Value Chain $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Clark Lumber Company, Inc: Thermally Modified Lumber Equipment Expansion $300,000
Panther Creek Forestry: Firewood Processor and Post Mill Utilizing By-products from Forest Stand Improvement $272,774
Unaka Forest Products, Inc: Expanding sawmill capacity at 4 sites across southern Appalachia $300,000
Winell Lee Lumber Company: Upgrade and Install Thermally-Modified Wood Production $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Texas Urban Sawmill: Full Circle Woodland Forestry a Circular Economic Project $200,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Cersosimo Lumber Company, Inc: Lumber Grade Optimization $300,000
Greater Rockingham Area Services, Inc: Greater Rockingham Area Services Biomass Boiler Project $230,359
Ryegate Associates: Ryegate Associates: Waste Heat to Useable Thermal Energy $1,000,000
Vermont Forests, Parks, and Recreation: Vermont Working Lands Advanced Wood Heating Initiative $297,758
Vermont Renewable Gas, LLC: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Installation, Testing and Training $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Clark/Barnes, PLLC: Ballard Hotel - Design Manual for Mass Timber in the Hospitality Market Sector $300,000
LSW Architects: Growing Forests Growing Kids - Outreach for Mass Timber in Schools $80,000
Mercer Spokane: WA6:go-to-market product certification of a six-story mass timber system for a legislatively mandated single-stair housing building code in Washington $300,000
Mt. Baker Housing Association: Overcoming Funding and Market Barriers to Utilizing Mass Timber in High Rise $300,000
Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy, LLC: Planning for Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy/Port of Grays Harbor Pellet Plant $300,000
Pacific Rim Tonewoods: Transforming Soundboards - Improved Efficiency, Sonic Grading, Product Expansion $298,326
StructureCraft: Determination of seismic performance factors for mass timber brace frames based on FEMA P695 methodology $150,000 
Vaagan Brothers Lumber: Colville Sawmill X-Ray Log Scanning Installation Project $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
West Virginia University: Optimization of the Bonding Technologies for Appalachian Hardwoods $223,074

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Krueger Lumber Co: Stationary Sash Gang Reciprocating Saw Installation $187,500
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Auburn University: Auburn Timber Collaborative $299,494

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Tok Wood Fuels LLC Fuel Log Production in Rural Alaska $300,000
Alaska Timber & Truss Alaska Timber & Truss One-Pass Mill (Log Ripper 200XP) $298,081

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Dakota Logging: Yavapai Firewood Processing Facility $201,000
Restoration Forest Products: Windfall Sawmill Expansion $300,000
Novo Star Wood Products, LLC: Novo Star Wood Products LLC Expansion Project 2 $300,000
Kaibab Millworks: The Kaibab Mill Local Resource Restoration Project $224,067
Joe Dirt Excavating, Inc: Sawmill Upgrades and Expansions $215,000
Perkins Natural Resources: Perkins Natural Resources LLC Expansion for Higher Production Project $225,200

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
University of Arkansas: SIPs-Based Pocket Neighborhood for a Rural Timberland Community $213,167
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Mono County: The Missing Link: Solving Biomass Utilization Needs in the Eastern Sierra $299,889
Karagozian & Case, Inc: Development of Progressive Collapse Guidance for Mass Timber Systems $67,470
Hat Creek Lumber: Hat Creek Lumber $300,000
West Biofuels, LLC: Mariposa Forest Biomass to Renewable Bioenergy and Biochar $300,000
Arbor Energy and Resources Corporation: Gasification demonstration to support the development of a biomass gasification plant in Placer County, CA $300,000
Auberry Sawmill, Inc: Auberry Sawmill Improvement 2023A $225,000
Franklin Logging, Inc: Replace and Upgrade Planer lnfeed System, Shasta Green Sawmill, Burney, CA $300,000
Blue Forest Finance" Technical Assistance for Wood Utilization Entrepreneurs $125,000
Angel City Lumber: Angeles National Forest x Angel City Lumber VG Flooring Project $81,000
Indian Valley Community Service District: Advancing Wood Energy Microgrids for IVCSD and the Community of Greenville $90,055
Mote, Inc: Mote Scaramento Carbon Negative Hydrogen Project 1 $175,000.00

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Mountain Pine Manufacturing: Wood Strand Waste-Wood System Grant $160,000
Rocky Mountain Timber: Rocky Mountain Timber Products Sawmill Optimization and Expansion $212,500
Gates Family Foundation: Colorado Mass Timber Coalition $300,000
Colorado Timber Resources: Colorado Timber Resources LLC Sawmill Expansion $175,000
Cetna Energy, LLC: Cetna Energy Walsenburg, CO, Cottage Grove, OR Biomass to Energy Project $300,000
United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities: Embodied Carbon and Displacement Factor Tools $300,000
PHX, LLC: Sustainable Southwest Colorado Woody Biomass Management $200,000
Eagle Valley Clean Energy, LLC: Eagle Valley Clean Energy, LLC $300,000
Juno Residential: Circular Mass Timber Components $200,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
American Wood Council: US Wood Products Environmental Product Declaration Database Expansion $253,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
University of Miami: Putting Florida Forests To Work: Developing Mass Timber Florida Buildings Typologies $125,000
BBCJ Lumber, LLC: Canter/Planer Mill $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Southern Legacy Wood Products: Southern Legacy Wood Products Energy Efficiency Renovation and Expansion $300,000
Claude Howard Lumber Co, Inc: Gangsaw Upgrade $83,454
Georgia Forestry Commission: Georgia Forestry Commission Industrial Mass Timber Fire Prevention Workshop $63,857

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR Hawaii: Scaling Support for Sustainable Forestry in Hawaii $264,000
Siglo Tonewoods: Expanding Koa Market Opportunities $183,251

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Valley County: Woody Biomass Pilot Program $150,000
Burbidge Custom Timbers, LLC: Timber Manufacturing Efficiency Optimization $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Dunaway Timber Company: Wood Pellet Plant in Western Kentucky $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Southern Packaging, Inc: Southern Packaging’s New Mill Investment Boosts Local Economy, and Helps Improve Forest Health $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Portland Museum of Art: Planning Support for the Portland Museum of Art's Blueprint Project $300,000
TanBark Molded Fiber Products: Creating A New Market Accelerator to Replace Plastic Packaging With Type 3 Molded Fiber From Wood-based Cellulose $300,000
Jesup Memorial Library: Jesup Library's Mass Timber Expansion $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Blueprint Partners Corp: Windsor Connecticut Facility $300,000
Maryland DNR Forest Service: Developing Priority Projects with the Maryland Wood Energy Team $240,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment/Leggat McCall Properties: Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment $300,000
West Work, LLC: 1 Elmwood Street $300,000
Lashway Lumber Inc: A Better Approach to Drying Wood in Massachusetts $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Manthei Wood Products: Manthei Wood-Fired Boiler $300,000
Northern Hardwoods Lumber, LLC: Northern Hardwoods Biomass Boiler and Energy System $1,000,000
Shamco Lumber, Inc: Shamco Lumber Mill and Market Expansion $300,000
Michigan State University: Strategic Outreach, Engagement, and Technical Assistance: Expanding and Diversifying the Michigan Mass Timber Ecosystem to Increase Demand and Support Production $299,929

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Dovetail Partners, Inc: Northern MN Closed Cycle Biochar Pilot $271,480
Midway Contemporary Art: Midway Contemporary Art Library Mass Timber Extension $150,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Rural, LLC: Thermally Modified Wood Products From Forest Service Timber $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Atelier May Architects: Shared Stewardships: Prototyping Mass Timber Mid-Density, Mid-Town Housing Communities $227,500
National Museum of Forest Service History, Inc: The National Conservation Legacy Center: Showcasing Wood Innovations Throughout History $150,000
Meadowlark Log Homes Inc: Electric Kiln for Faster Log Drying: Improving Quality in Log Home Construction $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
National Arbor Day Foundation: National Arbor Day Foundation Headquarters $200,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Tahoe Forest Products, LLC: Small Log Line Design, Engineering, and Installation $300,050

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Ossipee Mountain Land Company: Ossipee Mountain Land Company Kindling Upgrade Project $300,000
Brentwood Distribution, LLC: Wood Fiber Production for Mulch and Soil Enhancement $295,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
RC Forest Products, LLC: Supporting Biomass Wood Products Manufacturing $113,958
Mount Taylor Manufacturing: Enhanced Sawmill Volume, Value and Employment, Zuni Mountains, New Mexico $300,000
Got Wood NM, LLC: Got Wood NM Increased Biomass Timber Utilization $300,000
Architecture 2030: The Mass Timber Tipping Point: Engaging design industry leaders to unlock the potential for widespread low-carbon timber building system $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Sylvamo, NA Ticonderoga Mill: Burn More Bark Engineering $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Appalachian State University: Optimization of Hybrid Mass Timber Structures for Carbon Positive Affordable Housing $200,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Velocys Inc: Enabling negative emissions power production with post-combustion carbon capture for woody biomass boiler facility $300,000
Stairbuilders and Manufacturers Association: “Increasing the Use of Wood in Stairways and Guard Systems - A Design Tool for Architects and Engineers.” $200,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Levi's Sawmill Services, LLC: Phase 1 of Multi-Phase Sawmill Upgrade to Restore Central Oregon Forests $166,150
Adre, LLC: The Killingsworth Project - Performance Based Design for Resilient Mass Timber Creative Office $150,000
KPFF: Design Parameters for Codification of Mass Timber Rocking Walls $275,000
Softwood Export Council: Video to showcase the use of US softwoods in architecture and remanufacturing $47,975
Wheeler Soil and Water Conservation District: Wheeler SWCD Mass Timber Facility $300,000
The Beck Group: Heartwood Biomass - Capital Project Planning and Product Mix Optimization $100,000
PathHouse, LLC: PathHouse $250,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Matson Lumber Company: Improving Forest Health by Minimizing Wood Waste in the Allegheny National Forest Region $300,000
Brownlee Lumber, Inc: Advancing Sawmill Efficiency & Sustainable Forestry through Optimized Edger Technology $300,000
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc: Microtec CT Log Scanning Feasibility Assessment $262,318
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: Pennsylvania Wood Utilization Team $300,000
WOODBED Corp: Improving low grade wood utilization and invasive pest control in the Allegheny region through an enhanced commercial firewood operation $300,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Centro para la Conservación del Paisaje: Analysis of the wood product supply chain in Puerto Rico $214,000
Puerto Rico Hardwoods: Expanding Puerto Rico Hardwoods wood production and quality $174,891

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods: Log Merchandising System for Expanded Forest Utilization in Southern Appalachia $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Last Chance Lumber, LLC: Last Chance Lumber Sawmill, Part of Circle Valley Farms $300,000
University of Utah: Qualification of Timber Buckling Restrained Braces and Design of 18-story Timber BRB Braced Building $175,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Colton Enterprises, Inc: Colton Enterprises Kiln Dried Firewood Equipment & Energy System Upgrades $300,000
Sweetland Farms: Agricultural use of Low-Grade Woody Biomass for Local Food Production $243,525
Fontaine Millworks, LLC: Sawmill Waste to Thermal Energy for Dry Wood Chip Production, Kiln Drying and Space Heating $274,007

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Maximizing Hardwood Utilization in CLT Through the Use of Random Width Lumber $142,336
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Increasing mass timber utilization for multi-use industrial buildings $90,458

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
S.D.S. Lumber, LLC: S.D.S. Sawmill Innovative Capacity Improvements $300,000
Community Roots Housing: Kent Downtown Community Tall Wood Housing $300,000
CMF, LLC: Sawmill upgrade to kiln dried lumber with wood fired boiler $134,000
Green Canopy NODE: Carbon offset for mass timber in long-lasting structural building elements $300,000
R&D Modular, LLC: R&D Modular LLC | Prototype and Replication $60,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Underutilized, sustainably managed maple to substitute imported eucalyptus pulp $100,000
The Neutral Project, LLC: The Edison $300,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Bearlodge Forest Products, Inc: Bearlodge Forest Products Mill Upgrades benefit forest health on FS & adjacent lands $250,000
Western Wyoming Timber Services: Heating Western Wyoming While Contributing To Fuel Reduction $25,443
Black Forks Timber Products, Inc: Black Forks Timber Products, Inc. Firewood Processor $164,644
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

Funded Tribal Proposals

APPLICANT / TITLEFUNDING
Redding Rancheria Economic Development Corporation: Planning for Red Bluff Biomass to Hydrogen (B2H) Facility in Northern California$300,000
Tahoe Forest Products (in Partnership with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California): Small Log Line Design, Engineering, and Installation$300,050

 

Community Wood Grants – FY 2024 Funded Proposals

Community Wood Grants, officially titled the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program, awards funding to shovel-ready projects to install a community wood energy system or build an innovative wood product facility. Healthy forests depend on a healthy forest products economy, and these projects directly support forest health and stimulate local economies by expanding renewable wood energy and innovative wood products manufacturing capacity.

Funded Proposals by State

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
SmartLam NA Enterprises US, LLC: SmartLam Innovative Mass Timber Manufacturing Upgrade and Expansion $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Southeast Island School District: Thorne Bay Wood Boiler Heating Project for Teacher Housing Units $373,500

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment: Mosaic Timber: Launching Mass Timber Manufacturing in California $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Wakefield Biochar: Wakefield Biochar Production Equipment $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Robinson Lumber Company, LLC: Dry Kiln Improvement Project to Support Local Green Sawmills $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Teeline, Inc: Penobscot River Thermally Modified Wood Treatment Facility $999,998

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Manthei Wood Products: Manthei Hardwood Plywood Pressing Line $1,140,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Specialty Lumber Solutions, LLC: Missouri Community Biochar Production Project $648,450

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Hancock Lumber: Combined Biomass Heat and Power Project $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Baillie Lumber Company: Install the Most Stringent Emission Control Equipment on Wood Fired Boilers $624,750

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
High Country Lumber and Mulch, LLC: The Refurbishment and Optimization of Four Steam Powered Dry Kilns in Western N.C. $200,722
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
CutMyTimber: Expansion of Mass Timber Fabrication Capacity $1,000,000
Timberlab, Inc: Timberlab Mass Timber Fabrication Expansion $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Steely Lumber Co., Inc: Steely Lumber Feedstock Drying Expansion $1,000,000

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Southwest VT Supervisory Union: Renewable Energy Initiative: Biomass Boiler Systems for Sustainable Schools $710,930

APPLICANT / TITLE FUNDING
Baillie Lumber Company LP: Install an Optimized Edger to Achieve Higher Recovery and Employee Opportunity $684,617
The Turman Group: Turman Sawmill Innovative Lumber Grader Upgrade $500,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy Alaska Gateway School District - Woodchip Heating Systems for Mentasta and Northway Schools $499,156
Energy &
IWP		 JK Forest Products - Biomass Thermal Storage Boiler and RE-Saw Upgrade $158,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy &
IWP		 Southwest Biochar - Create a Clean and Emission Free Heat Source by Increasing Biomass Utilization 400% $937,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy West Biofuels - Hat Creek Bioenergy $1,200,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP Sterling Solutions - Scaling of Affordable Mass Timber $1,000,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP BPM Lumber - Hardwood AI Optimized Grading & Ripping Vision Scanning System $1,197,848
IWP Heatman Charcoal - Prime 6 Biochar Manufacturing Facility $950,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP TimberHP - Expanding the Market Reach and Manufacturing Capacity of Innovative Wood Fiber Insulation Board $1,500,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy Koda Energy - Koda Energy Wood Processing and Dehydration $1,000,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP Tech Woods USA - Mission Mountain Wood Innovation Project $997,912

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy New London Place - Advanced Wood Fueled Combined Heat and Power in a Modern Assisted Living Community $1,000,000
Energy Britton Lumber - Combined Heat & Power $1,000,000

PROJECT 
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP Boise Cascade - Veneer Laminated Timber as a Candidate for Mass Timber Construction $1,050,000
IWP Patrick Lumber - Sawmill Technology Expansion $1,000,000
Energy & 
IWP		 Wisewood Energy - Expansion of Wood Pellet and Brick Production to Serve Oregon’s Bulk Wood Fuels Market $699,161

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
IWP Bingaman & Son Lumber - Hardwood Grade Scanner and Bin Sorter $1,000,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy Cumberland Cooperage - Kiln and Boiler System Upgrade $1,000,000

PROJECT
TYPE		 PROJECT FUNDING
Energy North Fork Lumber - Expanding Production Capacity by Installing New Biomass Fueled Kilns and Upgrading Sawmill Equipment $945,254
IWP TIMBERKRAFT - 1st Hardwood CLT Manufacturing Facility in Western Virginia $999,547
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

Funded Tribal Proposals

APPLICANT / TITLEFUNDING
Yakama Nation: Upgrading Tribal Mill Infrastructure with Advanced Production Technologies$981,717

Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Grants – FY 2024 Funded Proposals

Through the Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance grant program, the agency is providing funding to wood processing facilities to improve, establish, retrofit, or expand facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects from federal or tribal lands. These facilities are a vital part of the local economy and are located in areas at risk of unnaturally severe wildfire or insect and disease.

Funded Proposals by State

APPLICANT FUNDING
Arizona Log & TimberWorks, LLC: Composting Forest Waste to Produce Nutrient-Rich Soil Amendments $1,000,000
Dakota Logging: Yavapai Firewood Processing Facility Equipment $550,000
Novo BioPower, LLC: Biomass Power Plant Turbine Overhaul and Condenser Retube $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
California Hotwood, Inc: Oroville Firewood Processing Plant Modernization $149,000
Collins Pine Company: Chester Sawmill Upgrade New Auto Grader Planer $935,118
Franklin Logging, Inc: Shasta Green Sawmill Upgrades $535,837
High Desert Lumber LLC: High Desert Lumber LLC Lumber and Dowel Mill Expansion $984,197
HL Power Co: Emissions-Compliant Dozer Lease to Enhance Operational Efficiencies at HL Power $1,000,000
Mt. Lassen Power: Mt. Lassen Power Plant Restart Project $997,800
Rath Industries, Inc: Rath Industry, Inc. Sawmill Expansion $996,099
Sierra Forest Products: Sierra Forest Products Planer Upgrade $989,284
Trinity River Lumber Company: Northern California Sawmill Efficient Sawing System Upgrade $465,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT FUNDING
Biochar Now, LLC: Biochar Now's Northern Colorado Biochar Production Site Expansions $750,000
Golden West Pine Mills, LLC: Increasing Mill Capacity for Existing EGAR/Mass Timber Manufacturing Facility $933,325

APPLICANT FUNDING
Parma Post & Pole, Inc: Parma Post & Pole Production Expansion Project $770,264
Tucker’s Timber, LLC: Tucker's Timber Wood Facility Firewood Productivity Expansion $545,669

APPLICANT FUNDING
California Hotwood, Inc: Montana Timberline Firewood Processing Plant Modernization $189,045
Panhandle Forest Products, Inc: Big Sky Wood Treating Upgrades $1,000,000
SmartLam, LLC: Advanced Mass Timber Production Expansion for Sustainable Community Development $1,000,000
Stillwater Post and Pole LLC: Manufacturing Plant Improvements and Upgrades Project $1,000,000
Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc: Automated Grading System Upgrade $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Tahoe Forest Products (in Partnership with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California): Wood Planer System: Engineer, Refurbish & Install $1,000,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT FUNDING
Brocks Wood Lot, LLC: Community Firewood Program Wood Waste Kiln System Installation $389,656
Gilchrist Forest Products, LLC: Gilchrist Forest Products Chip Reloader Expansion $900,000
Iron Triangle, LLC: Iron Triangle Biomass Utilization Efficiency Improvement Project $981,651

APPLICANT FUNDING
Forest Products Distributors, Inc: Pellet Mill Biomass Expansion $500,000
Spearfish Pellet Company, LLC: Spearfish Pellet Mill Wet Electrostatic Precipitator $928,600

APPLICANT FUNDING
Blazzard Lumber Co, Inc: Blazzard Lumber Wood Products Equipment Expansion $203,565
Thompson Sawmill: Thompson Sawmill Expansion for Wood Grinder $619,239

APPLICANT FUNDING
Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Inc: Colville Sawmill Retool Engineering Project $1,000,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT FUNDING
Mentasta Traditional Council $466,240
Native Village of Kluti-Kaah $181,726
Shaan-Seet, Inc $318,290
The Kuskokwim Corporation $982,524

APPLICANT FUNDING
Arizona Log & TimberWorks, LLC $602,730
Novo BioPower, LLC $752,000
Novo Star Wood Products $970,000
Perkins Natural Resources, LLC $163,838
Restoration Forest Products Group, LLC $434,138
White Mountain Apache Tribe $672,097

APPLICANT FUNDING
Blue Mountain Electric Company, LLC $1,000,000
Camptonville Community Partnership $265,948
Community Renewable Energy Services, Inc $990,058
Franklin Logging, Inc $694,228
G.C. Forest Products, Inc $884,000
Golden State Natural Resources, Inc $500,000
Hat Creek Construction and Materials, Inc $387,900
High Desert Lumber, LLC $474,000
Hoopa Valley tribe -Hoopa Forest Industries $796,923
Lignum Support, LLC $1,000,000
Miracle Forest Products, LLC $370,000
Phoenix Biomass Energy $449,389
Plumas Corporation $1,000,000
Trinity River Lumber Company $500,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Redemption Mill $150,747

APPLICANT FUNDING
Sparks Lumber Company $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Pineda Post & Poles, Inc $155,987
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT FUNDING
Marks-Miller Post and Pole, Inc $509,376
Wooden Haus Supply/Stoltze Timber Systems $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Jemez Community Development Corporation $999,730
Old Wood, LLC $976,106

APPLICANT FUNDING
Tahoe Forest Products, LLC $832,020
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
City of Prineville, Oregon $1,000,000
Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians $1,000,000
Heartwood Biomass, LLC $737,100
Prairie Wood Products, LLC $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Forest Products Distributors $500,000
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

APPLICANT FUNDING
Paul M. Young Construction $703,225

APPLICANT FUNDING
SDS Lumber, LLC $1,000,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Menominee Tribal Enterprises $952,000

APPLICANT FUNDING
Blacks Fork Timber Products, Inc $589,864
https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants

Funded Tribal Proposals

APPLICANTFUNDING
Galena Village: Wood Harvest Equipment for Galena, Alaska$653,813
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians: Payomkawichum Oak Salvage & Wood Product Production in Southern California$893,444
Menominee Tribal Enterprises: Enhancing Efficiency and Utilization within Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Wisconsin$866,062
Rosebud Sioux Tribe: Maximizing Biomass Utilization through Wood Product Expansion, for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota$911,176
Scotts Valley Energy Corporation: Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California's Central Wood Processing Campus and Wood-to-Energy Generation$409,957
Tahoe Forest Products (in Partnership with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California): Wood Planer System: Engineer, Refurbish & Install$1,000,000
The Port Graham Corp: Wood Processing and Transportation Upgrades$725,236

https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation/grants