Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes (10.724)
Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes (Assistance Listing 10.724) is run by the Forest Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $104 million in 44 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.4 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $1.5 million. Half of the 44 awards fell between $605,000 and $3.1 million, and they ranged from $30,000 to $17.5 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$104 million
- Grant awards44
- Typical award$1.5 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$183,592
- Size rank799 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreement, other financial assistance
Key findings
- It is the 799th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 97% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 10 states and territories.
What the program funds
In 2022, the Forest Service launched the Wildfire Crisis Strategy to addresses wildfire risks to critical infrastructure, to protect communities, and to make forests more resilient. The implementation of the strategy and treatment of selected landscapes began in 2022. In January 2023, the USDA secretary announced 11 additional landscapes, prioritizing protecting underserved communities, critical infrastructure, and public water sources, as well as to address risks on land close to tribal communities. Project work to reduce wildfire risk will span upward of 45 million acres across 21 landscapes in the Western United States.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
What the money can and cannot pay for
Assistance may be used to reimburse for salary, supply, equipment, and contracts expenses to carry out projects on National Forest Systems lands that will reduce catastrophic wildland fire risk to better protect communities, infrastructure, and water sources, on the ground forest restoration work and forest health monitoring and evaluation. This assistance listing is for use only on pre-selected Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape Areas (previously National Priority Large Landscapes). Inflation Reduction Act Funding Restrictions: — None of the funds made available by paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) may be used for any activity— (1) conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area; (2) that includes the construction of a permanent road or motorized trail; (3) that includes the construction of a temporary road, except in the case of a temporary road that is decommissioned by the Secretary not later than 3 years after the earlier of— (A) the date on which the temporary road is no longer needed; and (B) the date on which the project for which the temporary road was constructed is completed; (4) inconsistent with the applicable land management plan; (5) inconsistent with the prohibitions of the rule of the Forest Service entitled ‘‘Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation’’ (66 Fed. Reg.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Cooperator match contributions shall align with the statutory authority requirements.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Deadlines do not apply
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: Completion of botany surveys across various sites, documenting both rare and invasive species. Support of invasive species management by removing scotch thistle heads and collaboration with wildlife crews on garter snake surveys. Establishment of transects for vegetation plot sampling.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes (10.724) awarded $104 million across 44 grant awards, an average of $2.4 million per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 76% of the money, tribes 23% and colleges and universities 0.7%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 37 | $78.6 million | 76% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 5 | $24.1 million | 23% |
| Colleges and universities | 1 | $700,000 | 0.7% |
| Nonprofits | 1 | $500,000 | 0.5% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 9 | $35.7 million |
| Utah | 5 | $19.0 million |
| Arizona | 8 | $17.7 million |
| Washington | 5 | $11.3 million |
| Colorado | 3 | $5.0 million |
| Nevada | 3 | $4.9 million |
| California | 3 | $4.8 million |
| Oregon | 3 | $2.8 million |
| Montana | 2 | $1.5 million |
| New Mexico | 3 | $1.3 million |