There are many funding opportunities for prescribed fire throughout the year. Please note that although these are typically recurring funding sources, not all of these may be open as you are looking. We will try to post deadlines when they are known so that you can check back around the same time next year if you miss a deadline! We have tried to categorize them as best as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reimbursement funding is available for a wide variety of capacity building activities, including personnel, planning efforts and wildfire risk reduction work on nonfederal lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses. There are multiple grant programs under the hazard mitigation umbrella with various eligibilities, award amounts, and application deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The objectives of the AFG Program are to provide critically needed resources that equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience. The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical
service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) for critical training and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Network launched the Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund Program in 2019 to accelerate the pace and practice of collaborative landscape conservation across the United States. A portion of the Fund is dedicated to supporting Indigenous leadership in landscape conservation. Indigenous-led Partnerships focused wholly on sovereign tribal lands and\/or focused on advancing and conserving Indigenous interests, territories, and rights across a broader defined landscape are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund expands, enhances and accelerates longleaf pine ecosystem restoration across longleaf pine\u2019s historical range throughout the southeastern United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Forest Service State and Private Forestry competitive grant program that promotes collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes and furthers priorities identified in State Forest Action plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plan outlines goals for species in and along the lower Mississippi River, including helping to restore, enhance or conserve 100,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest and wetlands. Special attention is placed on the Louisiana Black Bear, waterfowl, forest birds, an array of fish species, and the swamp rabbit, an indicator species that benefits from more forest structure and disturbance. NFWF is particularly interested in projects that will implement habitat restoration or improvement practices that benefit wildlife while also sequestering carbon and\/or improving water quantity or quality. NFWF also seeks to support projects that include outreach and technical assistance to, and enhanced participation of, minority and underserved landowners and producers in this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of War’s (DoW) Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program may provide up to $40 million in fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding for land conservation, improvement, or management activities that limit incompatible development in the vicinity of DoW installations and ranges; enhance military installation resilience to climate change or extreme weather events; or relieve current or anticipated environmental restrictions in support of key mission capabilities of strategic importance. The primary focus of this year\u2019s REPI Challenge will be projects that will help make key
mission capabilities of strategic importance to DoW more resilient to climate change and severe weather events (e.g., drought, increased wildfires, thawing permafrost). In addition to these climate resilient projects (Focus Area A), funding is available for projects that promote land conservation or management activities limiting incompatible development (Focus Area B) or relieving current or anticipated environmental restrictions (Focus Area C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Promotes coordination of NRCS conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand our collective ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n