# USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Cost Share Payment Programs for Climate Mitigation and/or Forest Resilience Practices

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fs-2024-ira-fls-03-usda-forest-service-inflation-reduction-act-forest-landowner/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355249

> Forest Service offered grants of up to $5.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $140 million in total. Applications closed on September 30, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FS-2024-IRA-FLS-03 |
| Agency | Forest Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 30, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $5.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $140 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.731 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

State Forestry Agencies; Nonprofit Organizations*; Institutions of Higher Learning*; Units of Local Government*; *A non-state entity must include a letter of endorsement from a State Forester or their equivalent.

## What the grant funds

This funding opportunity is the third in an anticipated series of Forest Landowner Support programming. Forest Landowner Support efforts are funded by Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions (Public Law No: 117-169. Subtitle D, Sec. 23002(a), Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Forest Landowners). These programs fall under the authorities of the USDA Forest Service's existing Landscape Scale Restoration Program, as authorized under Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a). This funding opportunity solicits proposals for IRA provision Subtitle D, Sec. 23002 (a)(1), which provides the USDA Forest Service with funding to support state-endorsed programs to issue cost share payments to landowners for climate mitigation and/or forest resilience practices.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FS-2024-IRA-FLS-03 still open?

No. It closed on September 30, 2024.

### Who can apply for USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Cost Share Payment Programs for Climate Mitigation and/or Forest Resilience Practices?

Forest Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Cost Share Payment Programs for Climate Mitigation and/or Forest Resilience Practices?

Closed September 30, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $5.0 million each. About $140 million in total.

### Who has won Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American Forest Foundation, United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc, American Forests. The program made 149 awards worth $397 million in that time.