The Bureau of Land Management is accepting applications for Oregon/Washington Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management
State: Oregon and Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $750,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
This program also supports the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Public Law 117- 58, Sec. 40803 Wildfire Risk Reduction. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)\ Oregon/Washington (ORWA) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance programs use a risk-based approach that supports the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals of restoring and maintaining Fire Resilient Landscapes, creating Fire Adapted Communities and Responding to Wildfire. This is to be accomplished by:
- Planning and implementing strategies to protect communities and infrastructure and to enhance, restore or maintain forest and rangeland plant communities, including habitats that are critical for special status species and other highly valued resources and assets where they are at risk from wildlfire.
- Promoting public understanding and facilitating citizen-driven efforts to reduce the threat and impact of wildfire through community planning, education, mitigation, community assistance, and fuels management on federal and non-federal land.
- Fostering and promoting fuels management and community assistance coordination, cooperation, and partnerships with other federal, state, tribal, local government, nongovernment organizations, universities, and private entities.
- Planning and implementing effective fuels treatment strategies that ensure resilient landscapes, emphasizes effectiveness as it relates to mitigating wildfire impacts, and help provide a safe and effective response to wildfire.
- Coordination with other landowners and cooperators to ensure fuels treatments are planned and implemented across landscapes.
- Enhance local and small business employment opportunities.
Program Strategic Goals
- Accomplish fuels management activities on federal and non-federal land.
- Develop and implement fire education, training, and/or community action plans/programs.
- Conduct Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), community wildfire assessments, and planning activities.
- Expand community capability to enhance local employment opportunities.
- Develop and implement short and long-term monitoring and maintenance plans for hazardous fuels reduction, community fire education and training, and community action programs.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
- Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.