Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service
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State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs: Forest Legacy Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Competitive grants to States through the Forest Legacy Program to acquire land and interests in land. Bill Section: 23003(a)(1) US Code: 16 USC 2103c New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $700,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 Implementation Status/Rulemaking: On June 29, 2023, USFS announced $100 million in Inflation…
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State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs: Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Competitive grants to States, Territories, Tribes, local governments, or nonprofit organizations for tree planting and related activities through the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program. Bill Section: 23003(a)(2) US Code: 16 USC 2105(c) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $1,500,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31
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Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Non-Federal Landowners Carbon Sequestration Grants
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Grants to states and other eligible entities to pay private forest landowners to increase carbon sequestration and storage on their land. Bill Section: 23002(a)(4) US Code: 16 USC 2109a New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $50,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: Grants made through an existing Forest…
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Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Wood Innovation Grant Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Grants under the Wood Innovation Grant Program, including for the construction of new facilities and to haul material removed for hazardous fuels reduction. Bill Section: 23002(a)(5) US Code: 7 USC 7655d New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: No GHG emission reduction…
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Ecosystem Restoration: Revegetation Effort to Implement National Seed Strategy for USDA
Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service Description: To establish and implement a national revegetation effort on Federal and nonFederal land, including to implement the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration. Bill Section: 40804(b)(9)(B) Potential Cost: $130,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26
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Wildfire Risk Reduction: Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite Program at USDA
Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service Description: For entering into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and operate a program that makes use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts in all areas in which the Secretary of…
