Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To award community wildfire defense grants to at-risk communities, including Tribes, to develop or revise a community wildfire protection plan (CWPP) and to carry out projects described in a CWPP that is not more than 10 years old. Priority will be given to communities that are…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: Provides funding for the planning and conducting of prescribed fires and related activities by the USDA Forest Service. Bill Section: 40803(c)(13)(B) Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For developing or improving potential control locations, including installing fuelbreaks, with a focus on shaded fuelbreaks when ecologically appropriate. Bill Section: 40803(c)(14)(B) Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For contracting or employing crews of laborers to modify and remove flammable vegetation on Federal land and for using materials from treatments, to the extent practicable, to produce biochar and other innovative wood products, including through the use of existing locally based organizations that engage young…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For post-fire restoration activities that are implemented not later than 3 years after the date that a wildland fire is contained. Bill Section: 40803(c)(16)(B) Potential Cost:      $100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 TCS Notes: This funding is available for post-fire restoration activities that are implemented not later than…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To provide feedstock to firewood banks and to provide financial assistance for the operation of firewood banks. Bill Section: 40803(c)(17) Potential Cost:      $8,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For the salaries and expenses of Federal wildland firefighters. Bill Section: 40803(c)(2)(8) Potential Cost:      $480,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For entering into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish and operate a program that makes use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Program to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts in all areas in which the…