Deadline: 30 December 2016
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in close cooperation with its federal partner, The Los Padres National Forest (LPNF), is pleased to announce ” The Wildfires Restoration Grant Program” for the recovery of lands and watersheds degraded from the influences of past wildfire events.
This funding opportunity will address the impact of three wildfires, the Zaca (2007), Piru (2003), and Jesusita (2009).
Program Goals
The goals of this competitive grant program are to:
- Improve the LPNF’s capacity to identify and approach resource management issues through support of projects that address the impacts to the watersheds and ecosystems affected by these fires.
- Provide sustainable and lasting ecological benefits.
- Promote ecological resilience to future wildfire events.
- Inform efficient post-fire restoration through innovation.
Funding Information
The program will award approximately $3 million through this funding opportunity, with subsequent award amounts likely to increase in following years.
Program Priorities
- Forest/Upland Restoration and Management
- locate and/or remove invasive species
- harvest native seed, propagate native plants, and/or revegetate landscapes to restore vegetative communities to a more natural population and species distribution
- restore age class structure and reduce fuels to minimize risks from catastrophic wildfire
- identify critical resource concerns
- Stream/Riparian Restoration Management
- improve aquatic organism passage and/or reduce barriers
- remove invasive species threatening aquatic habitat or sensitive species
- evaluation and/or restoration of riparian corridor vegetation
- maintain and improve existing in-stream or riparian habitat
- Species Management
- evaluate and/or restore or improve habitat specific to species, or suite of species, of interest
- support species reintroduction and/or improve existing populations
- increase understanding of species/population needs within fire affected watersheds
- inform and educate the public about the issues concerning these species and actions that can be taken to protect them
- Non-natural Features Management
- maintenance to degraded system trails
- restoration of lands impacted from past fire management activities
- implementation of best management practices to reduce invasive species, and/or pollutant loads (particularly those from sediment/erosion)
- decommissioning and restoration of non-USFS approved user-created trails
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include: non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations, local and municipal governments, resource conservation districts, state and federal agencies, Indian tribes, educational institutions, mutual water companies, irrigation districts, and businesses.
- Ineligible applicants include: unincorporated individuals and international organizations.
- To be eligible for funding:
- Projects must conduct, or inform, the improvement, protection, or rehabilitation of ecosystems and watersheds within and/or adjacent to U.S. Forest Service administered land impacted by the designated fire scars.
- Project descriptions must clearly describe the need for the proposed project as rendered necessary by the impacts of the fire(s) where activities are focused.
- Project outcomes and deliverables must provide a direct and practical contribution toward LPNF fire recovery program goals.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Wildfires Restoration Grant Program.