USDA Forest Service invests in project to restore tribal, state, and private forests across Nebraska

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, August 21, 2025 - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it is investing $300,000 in one project in Nebraska to restore tribal, state, and private forestlands. These investments directly support the agency’s efforts to reduce wildfire risk, increase timber production, and expand rural economies, while providing critical support to landowners across management jurisdictions as they work to promote healthy, productive forests that benefit rural communities.

The investments, totaling $7 million nationwide, are being delivered as competitive grants through the Landscape Scale Restoration program. Of the total funding, $600,000 will support two projects for federally recognized tribes.

A complete list of funded projects for Fiscal Year 2025 is available on the Forest Service website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/private-land/landscape-scale-restoration/funded-projects

About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.

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