This program supports high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in science-base restoration strategies.
Authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill (which amended the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act), the purpose of the Landscape Scale Restoration Program is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes. This competitive grant program supports collaborative high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in a science-based restoration strategy (for example a Tribal Forest Plan, State Forest Action Plan, or other equivalent restoration strategy). Program objectives include reduced wildfire risk; improved fish and wildlife habitats; maintained or improved water quality; and mitigated invasive plants, insects, and disease.
Eligible Land/Location of Projects: Landscape Scale Restoration projects must be conducted on rural non-industrial private forest land, rural State Forest land, and/or Indian trust lands. The USDA Office of General Counsel has determined that Indian trust lands are included within the definition of non-industrial private forest land. Indian trust lands held both by Indian tribes and by individual Indians are eligible for participation in the Landscape Scale Restoration program. Indian trust land held in fee is also eligible. Landscape Scale Restoration funding cannot be used for work on Federal lands such as National Forests and Grasslands. For the purposes of this program, “rural” is defined as all areas outside Census places with 50,000 or more people according to the latest United States Census.
Examples of Eligible Project Activities can be found on page 2 of the RFP. See Attached Files, below.
Program Requirements and Measurable Outcomes can be found on page 3 of the RFP.
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates / changes / addendums / conferences / LOIs.
