CAL FIRE announces availability of funding for projects that proactively address wildfire prevention and forest health

15 December 2022

USA – Sacramento – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) announced
the availability of up to $240 million for Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health grant projects. CAL
FIRE is soliciting applications for projects that prevent catastrophic wildfires, protect communities,
and restore forests to healthy, functioning ecosystems while also sequestering carbon and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.
CAL FIRE’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program seeks to award up to $120 million for local projects
in and near fire threatened communities that focus on increasing the protection of people, structures,
and communities. Qualified activities include hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire prevention planning
and wildfire prevention education with an emphasis on improving public health and safety while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Grant Program will award up to $120 million to landscape scale forest
restoration projects that restore forest resilience to catastrophic disturbance. Eligible activities include
forest fuels reduction, fire reintroduction, reforestation, and utilization of forest biomass. An
additional $50 million is available for post fire reforestation and restoration and finally $19 million is
available for Tribal Wildfire Resilience planning and implementation projects.
Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health grant programs are part of California Climate
Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the
environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities.
These programs are designed to complement the 2018 Strategic Fire Plan for California, the
Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force Action Plan, and the Natural and Working Lands Climate
Smart Strategy, which proposes to protect lives, property, and resources of California and increase
the ability of our natural and working lands to survive and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Official Call for Applications:
Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: The call for applications opens on December 14, 2022.
Applications are due by 3:00 PM on March 15, 2023.
Forest Health Grants Program: The call for applications opens on December 15, 2022. Applications
are due by 3:00 PM on February 28, 2023.
Public workshops will be held both in-person and virtually. Please check the Wildfire Prevention
Grants web pages for dates, times, and locations. These workshops will be recorded and made
available on the corresponding grants web pages. Forest Health program will only release a recorded
workshop.

CONTACT: Duty PIO

(916) 651-3473 (FIRE)

RELEASE
DATE:
December
14, 2022

CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

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15. December 2022/by GFMCadmin