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Meet the National Forest Foundation, official partner of the Forest Service

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Editors’ note: This is a guest article from the National Forest Foundation. The NFF’s Jeff Malik visits the Rainbow Campground on a trail project with Forest Service staff on the Mt. Hood National Forest. (National Forest Foundation photo by Maggie Kirkland) We believe in a world where caring…
#NationalForestFoundation, #Partnerships, #Partners, #Recreation, #AquaticRestoration, #ForestRestoration, #Restoration, #Resilience, #WildfireCrisis

Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Making a Difference

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The third year of the agency's Wildfire Crisis Strategy saw work continue across the 21 landscapes and throughout the nation. This latest publication highlights the accomplishments and challenges as the Forest Service leads the effort to reduce the risks of severe wildfire impacting our country's communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. New and expanded programs, partnerships, and other relationships continue to drive progress forward.

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Forest Service workshop champions importance of restoring peatland

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Where peatland restoration is successful, rewetting conditions lead to recolonization by plants that are staples of a healthy wetland ecosystem, such as Sphagnum mosses, sedges, heath plants, tamarack and black spruce. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erik Lilleskov) MINNESOTA — Ever heard of a…
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Who Is Eligible to Apply and How?

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The Hogback Ridge Fuels Crew is clearing tree brush and loading into a chipper to clear land to prevent a catastrophic wildfire from occurring. This is one of many projects nationwide funded by a Community Wildfire Defense Grant in 2023.  How to Apply for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant ProgramApply now for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant. Notices of funding opportunities are…
#CommunityWildfireDefenseGrants, #Fire, #ForestFire, #Grants, #HazardousFuels, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #StatePrivateTribalForestry, #Wildfire, #WildfireCrisis, #WildfirePrevention, #WildfireRiskReduction, #WildlandFire

Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program

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Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) help communities and Tribes plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.Launched in 2022, the $1 billion five-year competitive grant program funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
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Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program

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Marc Estrada a Forest Service wildland firefighter with Palomar Fire Station during a prescribed fire. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt) The Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program enables national forests, in collaboration with tribes, communities, and partners, to reduce…
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