Forest Landowner Support Funded Projects
Private forest landowners manage more than 60% of forests in the United States. Through the Forest Landowner Support initiative, the Forest Service is providing financial incentives and supporting economic opportunities for landowners to ensure healthy, resilient forests for the future. Investments incentivize reforestation, improve forest management, and lower barriers for nonindustrial private forest landowners to access emerging market opportunities.
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| American Forests Announced March 2024 | $12,000,000 | CA, HI, MT, NM, OR, WA | American Forests’ Reforest American Carbon Program will engage Native American and Native Hawaiian communities to enhance forests in tropical and post-fire landscapes. This project aims to plant over two million trees, remove over one million metric tons of atmospheric carbon, and serve as a replicable partnership-driven model for communities to engage in carbon markets for post-fire restoration. |
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| American Forest Foundation Announced March 2024 | $20,000,000 | AL, CA, FL, KY, ME, MD, MA, MN, NH, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV | American Forest Foundation will expand the Family Forest Carbon Program, providing landowners with technical and financial resources to improve forest health. This project will also explore securing carbon market premiums for nonindustrial private forest landowners. Additional carbon credit methodologies for harvested wood products and fire-adapted forests will also be piloted. |
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| Appalachian Carbon Exchange Announced December 2024 | $1,998,204 | TN | Appalachian Carbon Exchange will pilot an agroforestry carbon effort, resulting in the reforestation of 2,000 acres of pastureland, incorporation of forestry into existing animal production operations, and providing access to carbon markets for interested landowners. |
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| Appalachian Carbon Exchange, LLC Announced August 2024 | $1,998,270 | KY, WV | Appalachian Carbon Exchange will utilize its extensive partnership network to connect private forest landowners to carbon markets. |
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| Asekia, Inc. Announced December 2024 | $1,000,000 | FL, NM, PR | Asekia, Inc. will empower forest landowners to participate in emerging environmental markets through education, technical support, and curriculum development. | |
| Bonneville Environmental Foundation Announced August 2024 | $1,905,797 | WA, OR | This project will expand the Carbon Credit Regional Operator Program that provides local forest restoration partners with tools and training to reach non-industrial private forest landowners and support their access to voluntary carbon markets. Bonneville Environmental Foundation and collaborators will recruit new implementation partners, perform focused outreach to landowners, and develop landowner payment structures. |
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| Bosland Growth, LLC Announced March 2024 | $4,000,000 | OH, PA, WV | Bosland Growth will reforest ~1,500 acres of legacy mine lands in Appalachia owned by non-industrial private landowners. In addition to developing carbon credits for reforestation projects, Bosland Growth will engage in market-leading work to develop biodiversity credits. |
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| Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Announced March 2024 | $1,999,988 | Puerto Rico | The Forest Bridge Puerto Rico project will contribute to development of innovative agroforestry markets while supporting smallholder forest landowners to implement forest management practices. The project will also advance efforts to establish voluntary credit-based markets in Puerto Rico, including exploring and supporting development of carbon and biodiversity credits. |
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| Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation Announced March 2024 | $10,000,000 | AL, AR, MS, SC, TX, WV | The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation will build on its longstanding relationships to engage landowners in the Southeast and Appalachia, providing technical assistance on forestry management and heirs’ property while also educating landowners on the range of market opportunities available, including carbon market opportunities. |
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| City Forest Credits Announced August 2024 | $1,763,109 | GA, AL, OH, IL | City Forest Credits and its grant partners will work to educate and help rural landowners overcome demand challenges in the carbon market. The project will generate demand for carbon credits by seeking regional buyers through three pilot 'Regional Buyer Hubs' operated by the land trust grant partners. |
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| City Forest Credits Announced March 2024 | $1,999,950 | AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI | City Forest Credits will use carbon markets to help protect rural gradient forests from development. Rural gradient forests exist between cities and commercial resource land and in many places are in danger of conversion from forests to non-forest land. Through technical assistance and a new crediting platform, City Forest Credits will increase landowner participation in carbon markets, driving new revenue streams to landowners and helping to keep forests as forests. | |
| Collaborative Earth Institute Announced August 2024 | $2,000,000 | TX | Collaborative Earth Institute will increase access to carbon and biodiversity markets, focusing on coastal forested wetland (CFW) ecosystems. This pilot project will utilize landowner engagement and development of a new CFW methodology that supports coastal forests. |
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| Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Announced March 2024 | $3,000,000 | OR | The Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians will build the Tribe’s forestry capacity, explore possibilities for entering emerging private climate markets such as carbon markets, and develop and implement a forest health project to restore a ~15,000-acre Tribal Forest that was recently transferred to the Tribe. | |
| Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials Announced December 2024 | $1,999,874 | WA | This project will explore the effectiveness and replicability of using Climate Action Reserve’s new biochar protocol as a funding mechanism for small forest landowners’ fire resilience and forest health projects, converting waste biomass to biochar to enhance soil health and drought tolerance. |
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| Croatan Institute Announced August 2024 | $1,920,019 | TN, NC | Croatan Institute will explore opportunities for landowners to participate in markets for ecosystem services. This project will increase regional knowledge of available markets and barriers to participation, quantify the economic value of associated ecosystem services, and implement a pilot project to increase landowner access to these markets. |
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| Ducks Unlimited Announced March 2024 | $10,000,000 | AR, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN | Ducks Unlimited will work with landowners in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and adjacent counties to restore bottomland hardwood forests and develop and sell carbon credits. This project aims to increase carbon credit value by quantifying forest health benefits through an innovative crediting framework. |
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| Fall River Resource Conservation District Announced December 2024 | $1,775,414 | CA | Fall River RCD will pilot a program to develop marketable carbon credits to finance wildfire resilience activities. The project will target small landowners in northeastern California. |
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| Forest Stewards Guild Announced March 2024 | $1,995,649 | CO, NM | The Forest Stewards Guild will engage landowners in important watersheds to address barriers preventing participation in emerging climate markets such as: 1) lack of information and trust, 2) lack of technical support, and 3) prohibitive costs for land treatment without economies of scale. The project will train and educate forest landowners, foresters, and contractors while treating forests to open access to emerging markets such as the Rio Grande Water Fund. |
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| Holden Forests & Gardens (Holden Arboretum) Announced March 2024 | $1,889,827 | NY, OH, PA | Holden Forests & Gardens will develop a “Working Woods Resource Hub” to connect small woodlot owners to emerging carbon markets across the Lake Erie Allegheny Ecoregion. The hub will provide virtual and in-person education, workshops, and technical assistance to landowners. This project will also develop a seed bank program to increase the availability of locally adapted seeds and plants needed for forest plantings. |
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| Huron River Watershed Council Announced December 2024 | $897,585 | MI | This project will help nonindustrial private forest landowners protect their land for water quality, with the potential to provide a roadmap for markets to benefit other watersheds in the Great Lakes region. |
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| Khuba International Announced December 2024 | $377,610 | NY | Khuba International will provide resources and training opportunities to landowners to participate in emerging local markets. | |
| Land Life Company Announced December 2024 | $1,999,610 | CO, MT, NM | Land Life Company will expand an existing forest restoration carbon program tononindustrial private forest landowners in the Rocky Mountain region. Activities include restoration and reforestation services and selling resulting credits in the voluntary carbon market. |
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| Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN) Announced March 2024 | $2,000,000 | KY | LiKEN will link landowners to emerging private markets for agroforestry products that support forest health. This project will also contribute to watershed restoration efforts and assess the landscape-scale impacts of forest management. |
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| Magnolia Land Partners, Inc. Announced March 2024 | $1,978,714 | AR, DE, IL, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX | Magnolia Land Partners will work with landowners to help them enroll in species conservation banks. Magnolia Land Partners will also pilot new conservation banks in the Midwest with opportunities for expansion in the Northeast and the South. | |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Announced March 2024 | $2,000,000 | MI | This project will develop partnerships among land trusts, consulting foresters, nonprofits, and loggers to empower landowners to consider market opportunities for carbon, water, and traditional forest products. Michigan DNR will deliver technical assistance to help 5,000 landowners access emerging markets. |
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| National Audubon Society Announced March 2024 | $2,000,000 | ME, VT, NY, CT, PA, MN, WI | This project will expand Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Maple Program in the Northeast and Midwest, incentivizing family forest owning maple producers to manage their sugarbushes in support of bird habitat and forest health through unique product labeling and marketing opportunities. | |
| National Audubon Society - South Carolina Announced December 2024 | $1,240,060 | SC | Audubon SC will increase access to voluntary carbon markets and other ecosystem services valuation opportunities for nonindustrial private forest landowners through adoption of practices, workshops, forestry consultations, and management plan development. |
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| National Wildlife Federation Announced August 2024 | $1,938,771 | NC, GA, AL, MS | The National Wildlife Federation will work with landowners to pilot market premiums for wildlife-friendly longleaf pine straw in furtherance of its conservation mission. This project includes training landowners in pine straw management and harvesting, as well as business development and marketing to expand the public’s access to the same with support from National Wildlife Federation’s “Garden for Wildlife” program. |
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| Prairie View A&M University Announced August 2024 | $1,516,449 | TX | Prairie View A&M University’s ‘Carbon Market Cooperative’ project will reduce carbon market risks for landowners through education and creating relationships between landowners and carbon buyers. Landowners’ needs and forest management will be prioritized. |
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| Rural Action Announced March 2024 | $6,000,000 | KY, OH, PA, VA | Rural Action will work in Central Appalachia to improve access to emerging markets by providing forest farming technical assistance; connecting landowners with markets for non-timber forest products; and providing product marketing, processing, aggregation, and distribution support. |
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| Shelterwood Collective Announced August 2024 | $1,944,837 | CA | Shelterwood Collective seeks to expand carbon market solutions that support forest management. Utilizing their community forest as the core demonstration site, Shelterwood Collective proposes to develop and pilot a new measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV) protocol for improved forest management credits. Shelterwood is located on the unceded territories of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians. |
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| Sky Harvest Announced March 2024 | $4,000,000 | LA, MS, NC, VA, WV | Sky Harvest has developed a carbon credit methodology that maximizes benefits to landowners while creating more valuable credits for buyers. Sky Harvest will seek to enroll landowners across the South, prioritizing access, price transparency, upside benefit sharing, and flexible short-term contracts. Funds will support a demonstration project, methodology certification, process automation, and market education. | |
| South Carolina Rural Water Association Announced August 2024 | $102,285 | SC | South Carolina Rural Water Association will facilitate landowner access to emerging markets that support watershed protection. This project will identify privately owned forest lands best suited for market participation, utilize their robust partner network to support landowner participation, and educate public utilities on watershed protection opportunities. |
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| Sustainable Northwest Announced December 2024 | $2,000,000 | CA, CT, ME, MA, NC, NH, OR, RI, TN, VA, VT, WA | Sustainable Northwest will develop wood transparency protocols to facilitate Tribal access to building markets in wood supply chains. |
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| The Climate Trust Announced December 2024 | $1,999,958 | MT | This project will explore an aggregated improved forest management carbon project for Tribal members with allotted land held in trust and/or fee lands. |
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| The Longleaf Alliance Announced March 2024 | $1,845,857 | AL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC | The Longleaf Alliance will pilot an innovative framework for biodiversity credits in longleaf ecosystems of the Southeast. This project will support landowner participation in emerging markets by building landowner knowledge, providing technical assistance for forest management, and providing assistance to overcome barriers such as joint heirs’ property ownership. |
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| Thompson Timber Company Announced December 2024 | $2,000,000 | AL, TN | This project will explore carbon finance to benefit the domestic wood products industry. The company will develop a system to track and trace forest products across the supply chain to connect supply chain partners and landowners in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee with carbon markets. |
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| Upstream Carbon Announced December 2024 | $1,912,163 | MA, NC, VA | Upstream Carbon will produce a pilot forest protection carbon program focused on preventing forest conversion due to urbanization and suburban growth. The pilot will focus on landowners in the Northeast, Southeast, and Great Lakes regions. |
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| U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities Announced March 2024 | $20,000,000 | AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, MS, NM, NY, NC, SC, TX, VA | The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities will leverage the capacity of trusted community organizations that engage landowners and facilitate access to emerging markets. |
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| Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation Announced March 2024 | $5,000,000 | VT | The State of Vermont will develop a new voluntary Forest Resilience Standard. This project will expand outreach efforts and increase awareness and demand for forest management practices, all while increasing benefits landowners from the private sector. |
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| Chickasaw Nation Announced December 2024 | $1,637,038 | OK | The Chickasaw Nation proposes to explore carbon market feasibility, establish a proof-of-concept forestry plan, and complete a study on wetlands restoration. Activities include lands assessment, inventories, habitat restoration planning, and carbon feasibility planning. |
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| Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Announced December 2024 | $2,000,000 | MN | The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will establish a carbon credit market for reservation forested wetlands, expanding on an existing forest credit market. The project includes updates to an existing forest and wetland inventory, including carbon store assessment. |
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| Indigenous Conservation Council Announced December 2024 | $1,999,637 | VA | The Indigenous Conservation Council will explore carbon market opportunities to support long-term land acquisition for its member tribes. Project activities include legal analysis, strategy development, market alignment analysis, and capacity building. |
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| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Announced December 2024 | $1,888,648 | MN | The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe proposes to enroll ~12k acres of recently acquired land into the voluntary carbon market. Project activities include completing a carbon feasibility assessment and listing the project on the voluntary carbon market. |
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| Penobscot Nation Announced December 2024 | $1,740,270 | ME | The Penobscot Nation will develop a pipeline of future forestry professionals to build the capacity for the Tribe to engage in carbon markets. The Tribe will also conduct a feasibility study on potential uses and markets for low stumpage-value timber. The Tribe will study the potential for carbon market engagement, initiate a forest inventory, and move toward market entry. |
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| Sealaska Corporation Announced December 2024 | $1,555,708 | AK | Sealaska Corporation will create a quantified and monitored unit of high-value salmon habitat that can be marketed to seafood producers. |
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| Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Announced December 2024 | $1,999,964 | WA | The Snoqualmie Tribe will explore emerging market opportunities for the Tribe’s 12k-acre Ancestral Forests. Funding would support capacity building and reforestation as building blocks toward market engagement. The Tribe will also assess market potential, including evaluating carbon credit feasibility and other market opportunities. | |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington Announced December 2024 | $1,293,803 | WA | Tulalip Tribes of Washington will expand its capacity to steward newly acquired off-reservation forestlands adjacent to the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Activities will include forest management planning, hazardous fuels management, invasive species management, water quality improvement, and wildlife and aquatic habitat improvement. | |
| Tyonek Native Corporation Announced December 2024 | $401,260 | AK | Tyonek Native Corporation will assess the carbon market capacity of its land, leveraging LiDAR data to assess carbon sequestration potential, monitor forest health, and identify opportunities for value-added lumber projects from beetle-kill trees across lands managed by the Tyonek Native Corporation. | |
| Yak-Tat Kwaan Inc. Announced December 2024 | $1,921,700 | AK | The Yak-Tat Kwaan Alaska Native Corporation will seek to enroll historically clear-cut corporation land into the voluntary carbon market. Activities will include a forest inventory, developing a forest management plan, and completing a carbon feasibility assessment to enter the voluntary carbon market. |
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| Alaska Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $2,000,000 | AK | This project will help private landowners address wildfire risk, forest pests, and forest health by funding practices such as thinning, pruning, sanitation harvests, and scarification. This support will help landowners overcome forest management barriers due to limited local infrastructure and timber markets. |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | PA | The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will provide cost share payments for the implementation of forest management activities to enhance forest health through the statewide PA Woodland Resilience Enhancement Network. |
| Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division Announced December 2024 | $2,500,000 | AR | This program will provide cost share financial assistance to pine plantation owners in southeastern Arkansas. Funding will support landowners in transitioning 4,000 acres of declining loblolly pine stands to native hardwood forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Announced December 2024 | $2,500,000 | AR | The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will issue cost share payments that support the state’s goals of creating wildlife habitat and improving long term forest health by thinning and burning forested landscapes, as well as controlling non-native tree species that threaten native forests. |
| Blackfoot Challenge Inc. Announced December 2024 | $488,980 | MT | Blackfoot Challenge will support private forest landowners in western Montana with forest stewardship practices through cost share payments. These practices will be implemented on approximately 450 acres of forest in the Blackfoot Valley area. |
| California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | CA | This project will deliver technical assistance and direct cost share payments to support the implementation of forest management practices. Approximately 40 small-acreage private landowners will increase wildfire resilience and forest health across 2,458 acres of forest land. |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Announced December 2024 | $4,920,000 | MA | This project will continue its local partnerships to expand a recently launched incentive program for the implementation of forest management practices. Goals include implementing forest management practices across 17,000 acres involving 400 landowners. |
| Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | CT | The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection will manage a statewide cost share payment program for forestry practices on over 13,500 acres. This program will leverage over $4.5 million to enhance forest health. |
| Delaware Department of Agriculture Announced December 2024 | $1,500,000 | DE | The Delaware Department of Agriculture will offer cost share payments to landowners to support implementation of practices such as tree planting, prescribed fire, and invasive species control. |
| Forest Landowners Association, Inc. Announced December 2024 | $1,000,000 | GA | This project will provide cost share to private forest landowners for hazardous fuels reduction activities on private forestland surrounding the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. |
| Georgia Forestry Commission Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | GA | The Georgia Forestry Commission will administer a state-wide cost share payment program to engage nonindustrial private landowners in forest management activities to ensure health of native forest ecosystems. |
| Idaho Department of Lands Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | ID | This project will offer cost share payment through the Idaho Landowner Assistance Program, assisting forest landowners in management practices that promote restoration and enhance forest landscapes. |
| Illinois Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | IL | The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division will administer cost share payments to woodland owners for implementing forest management practices on 12,500 acres. |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $3,575,427 | IA | This project offers cost share payments to implement practices that enhance forest health on more than 5,000 acres. This program will support the Iowa Forest Resiliency Partnership goals to promote native species and improve forest health, with an emphasis on regeneration of oak/hickory forests. |
| Kansas State University Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | KS | This project will manage a state-administrated cost share payment program to assist private landowners in the implementation of forestry conservation practices in priority areas. |
| Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | ME | This project seeks to create a financial incentives program to promote forest management practices across Maine’s private, non-industrial forestland. The program will incentivize invasive species management, stand improvement, and regeneration establishment. |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | MD | The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will bridge the gap among existing state and federal cost share and grant programs by supporting the establishment of landowner networks and investing in a competitive cost-share program. |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | MI | Through the Michigan Carbon and Water Fund, this project will administer cost share payments to landowners for practices that increase forest health such as prescribed fire, tree planting near surface water, and pre-commercial treatments. |
| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | MN | This project will issue cost share payments to landowners engaged in reforestation work, aiming to plant four million trees (of ecologically appropriate species) across 7,000 acres of open land. |
| Missouri Department of Conservation Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | MO | The Missouri Department of Conservation will provide financial assistance to private forest landowners to enhance forest health in 11 priority geographies. |
| National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative Foundation Announced December 2024 | $1,266,380 | LA | The National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative Foundation will administer a cost share payment program for forest management practices. |
| National Forest Foundation Announced December 2024 | $12,480,750 | CO, MT, NM | The National Forest Foundation will offer a cost share through their “Sharing Solutions: Scaling Private Lands Resilience” program. This cost share program will support treatments to improve nonindustrial private forest lands within high wildfire risk landscapes. |
| New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | NY | This project will support approximately 60 landowners with cost share payments to reforest open lands and degraded forests. Partners will collaborate to understand barriers and develop best practices for engaging landowners in forest restoration. |
| Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | OH | This project will provide a cost share program focused on engaging landowners in management practices to increase native species, carbon stocks, and forest health on over 3,500 acres of private woodlands. |
| Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, & Forestry Announced December 2024 | $3,000,000 | OK | Oklahoma will provide financial assistance to rural landowners to reduce the financial barriers to implementing management practices and protecting natural resources. |
| Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever Announced December 2024 | $1,750,000 | SC | This project will offer cost share for forest management practices on 4,500 acres of private lands in the 10-county project area of South Carolina’s Piedmont region. |
| Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc. Announced December 2024 | $1,500,000 | RI | This project will assist approximately 100 forest land stewards to manage invasive species and improve the health of their local ecosystems. This project includes significant Tribal engagement with the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe, as well as members of the Narragansett and Pequot Tribes. |
| South Carolina Forestry Commission Announced December 2024 | $2,430,463 | SC | The South Carolina Forestry Commission will offer cost share and technical assistance to over 500 landowners for practice implementation on 15,000 acres. |
| South Dakota Family Forests Association Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | SD | South Dakota Family Forests Association will provide private nonindustrial forest landowners with cost share for treatment practices that will increase forest health and management on at least 1,800 acres of forestlands. |
| State of Hawai’i Department of Land & Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | HI | This project will provide cost share payments to support forest management and restoration activities, assisting landowners in the protection and restoration of watersheds, forest resources, and wildlife habitats. |
| Sustainable Northwest Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | OR | This project will support forest landowners in management of forestlands to enhance forest health. |
| Texas A&M Forest Service Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | TX | This project will support reforestation with a focus in areas threatened by natural disasters. |
| US Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture – Forestry Division Announced December 2024 | $3,000,000 | VI | This project will establish the US Virgin Islands Resilient Forest Practices Incentive Program, a cost share payment program to support non-industrial forest landowners in implementing forest management practices. |
| Virginia Department of Forestry Announced December 2024 | $3,500,000 | VA | The Virginia Department of Forestry will expand an existing cost share program to provide further assistance to private landowners in ongoing and new forest management practices. |
| Washington State Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | WA | Washington State Department of Natural Resources will provide cost share payments to nonindustrial private landowners to implement practices that increase forest health. |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $3,088,000 | WI | The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will expand an existing cost-share program through the Wisconsin Forest Landowner Grant Program to assist non-industrial private forest landowners in forest management practices. |
| Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments – Forestry Division Announced December 2024 | $1,500,000 | WY | This project will provide cost share payments to assist private landowners in implementing forest management practices that reduce and mitigate forest threats, secure livelihoods, and reduce fire suppression and restoration expenses. These practices will be implemented on approximately 1,200 acres of privately-owned forestland. |
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| American Forest Foundation Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | AL, NC, TN | The Expanding Markets to Grow Resilient Family Forests project will direct landowner payments to producers who enroll in two current Family Forest Carbon Program practices across three states. The project will engage over 60,000 acres in a 20-year Improved Forest Management practice and over 8,000 acres in 30-year Afforestation, Revegetation, and Reforestation practices to enhance carbon stewardship across these landscapes. |
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| Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | PR | The Forest Care PR project aims to support forest landowners by providing educational workshops and technical assistance for practice implementation as well as advancing carbon quantification methodologies. |
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| Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | ME | This program will incentivize forest stewardship practices with clear carbon storage and sequestration benefits that are cost prohibitive for many landowners under current economic and market conditions. Approximately 400 landowners will participate in the program. | |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $4,344,409 | MD | The Maryland Forest Service will invest funds in 3,700+ acres of practices within targeted landscapes, creating aggregations of forests with measurably increased carbon stocks. |
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| Michigan Association of Conservation Districts Announced December 2024 | $4,000,000 | MI | The Michigan Carbon Stewardship Fund will pay landowners to adopt practices that measurably increase carbon sequestration such as riparian tree planting and forest stand improvement. |
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| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Announced December 2024 | $2,400,000 | MN | This project will provide incentives to family forest landowners in northeast Minnesota to restore forests impacted by spruce budworm. Outcomes include increased carbon sequestration and storage as well as mitigation of wildfire risk. | |
| New England Forestry Foundation Announced December 2024 | $4,282,906 | ME | New England Forestry Foundation will partner with landowners to defer timber harvesting in late successional forest stands and provide payments to accelerate development of long-lived wood products from other parts of their land base. |
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| New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | NM | This project will increase participation in forest management practices that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive. The program will target recently burned and high wildfire risk landscapes. |
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| Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. Announced December 2024 | $4,999,883 | ID, MI, MN, OR, WI, WA | The Sustainable Forestry Initiative will develop a payment-for-practice program to incentivize carbon stewardship on large-acreage forestlands in the Lake States and Pacific Northwest, including those managed by Tribes and private companies. The projected impact includes treatment on 12,000 acres with a goal of over 2.8 million metric tons of total carbon CO2e (MMT CO2e) benefit within 10 years. |
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| Texas A&M Forest Service Announced December 2024 | $5,000,000 | TX | This project will leverage a state-led initiative to increase access for landowners in the Pineywoods region of East Texas. This project will result in improved long-term carbon stewardship on approximately 12,000 acres managed by 220 landowners. |
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| The Climate Trust Announced December 2024 | $4,972,802 | MI, MN, MT, OR, WI | The Climate Trust will pay landowners to adopt practices that support natural and artificial regeneration that are not typically funded through existing programs. The goal of these practices is to create optimal conditions for tree growth where wildfire and deer browse frequently inhibit regeneration. |