The Landscape Scale Restoration competitive grant program encourages collaborative, science-based restoration of priority rural forest landscapes. This program supports, high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in each State Forest Action Plan or equivalent restoration strategy.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/10/2022
Size of the Grant: $600,000
Details:
The purpose of the LSR Program, as cited in Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (as amended by the 2018 “Farm Bill”), is: “To encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes.” This competitive grant program supports high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in each State Forest Action Plan or equivalent restoration strategy. The program helps ensure that rural forests continue to provide important benefits including wildlife habitat, watershed protection, and forest products.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $600,000
- Award Floor: $25,000
Eligibility Criteria
- State forestry agencies are eligible to submit or sponsor applications for this LSR process. Nonprofit organizations, universities, and units of local government must submit a draft of the Application Narrative Form and Budget Spreadsheet to the State Forester(s) in the State(s) where the activity will be conducted for their sponsorship. State Forester contact information is available on the National Association of State Foresters website. State Foresters will collaborate with State agriculture agency directors or other organization directors with State forest health program responsibilities. At least one State Forester sponsor is required for each application, except those submitted by Tribes. For FY 2023, Federally recognized Tribes are encouraged to submit applications to the separate national LSR Request for Proposals for Tribes.
- State Forester letters of support are submitted in one of two categories:
- State Forester Sponsor: This level of support is required if any of the following apply:
- The State government unit is a recipient of Federalfunds.
- The State government unit is supplying match in any form.
- The project is expected to generate deliverables within the State.
- State Forester Sponsor: This level of support is required if any of the following apply:
- Each State Forester may sponsor no more than 5 applications (single, multistate, or cross-regional); however, applications with 11 or more State Forester sponsors and applications submitted by federally recognized Tribes do not count against this limit of 5 applications per State.
- State Forester Endorsement: This level of support does not count against the five applications per State limit. Use this level of support if there is no significant direct State involvement (State cannot be a direct recipient or provide match, and work does not generate deliverables to the endorsing State)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.