Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant - Applicant Webinar

Description

Applications are now being accepted for the USDA Forest Service’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) through February 28, 2025. The grant program helps at-risk local communities and Tribes plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. The $1 billion five-year competitive grant program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law prioritizes communities that:

1. Are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential,  
2. Are low income or,
3. Have been impacted by a severe disaster within the previous 10 years which increased wildfire risk and/or hazard. 

This year a total of $200 million is available for:

• Individual grants of up to $250,000 can be used to develop and update community wildfire protection plans; and
• Individual grants of up to $10 million can be used for wildfire resilience projects that implement community wildfire protection plans.

More details are available at Who is Eligible to Apply and How?

Upcoming December Applicant Webinars:

Any applicant in any region, area, or Tribe may attend any webinar as they will all have the same content, however, the December 4th webinar will be more focused on Tribal applications and Tribal application Q&A.

To attend a webinar, please register in advance by clicking on the link following each date:

• Monday, December 2, 2024, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-i032QISWGJhNKj6g-UyA 
• Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (Tribal focused)
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C6N_tnRGSwSgbZU0CFifrQ 
• Friday, December 6, 2024, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jnadv39gSPKwBv9qYqeAGQ 

Questions?

The Forest Service will be offering periodic "office hours" for applicants throughout the application period.  

• The first office hours webinar will be December 18, 2024, 2-4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Registration is not required. Click on the link to join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82666175113 
  Meeting ID: 826 6617 5113
  One tap mobile: +17207072699,,82666175113# 

Proposal Development

For assistance with proposal development, contact Lisa Okazaki, Wildfire Crisis Strategy Partnership Coordinator, Southern California Landscape, at Lisa.Okazaki@usda.gov.