Funding-USDA - 2015
National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program; May
15, 2014
Agency
Forest Service
Description
2015
Forest Service National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant
Deadline: May 15, 2014 The Secretary of Agriculture has a congressionally
designated advisory council that assists the U.S. Forest Service in
establishing the grant categories and recommendations of final proposals for
the Forest Service to consider. This is the National Urban and Community
Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC). The Council serves to advise the Secretary
of Agriculture on the status of the nation’s urban and community forests and
related natural resources. The NUCFAC seeks to establish sustainable urban and
community forests, by encouraging communities of all sizes to manage and
protect their natural resources, which, if well managed, improves the public’s
health, well-being, economic vitality, and creates resilient ecosystems for
present and future generations. The Council recommends urban and community
forestry projects that have national or multi-state application and impact
through the U.S. Forest Service’s competitive Urban and Community Forestry
Challenge Cost Share Grant Program. This year, the National Urban and Community
Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) has identified
three national grant categories: 1. Incorporating Urban Forests as Green
Infrastructure into Urban Planning Practices that will result in improvements
for ecologically underserved communities and regions. 2. Green Infrastructure
Jobs Analysis 3. Utilizing Green Infrastructure to Manage and Mitigate Stormwater to Improve Water Quality An
applicant may apply to more than one category; however they are to use a
separate application for each category. The purpose of these grants is to
address national issues. This RFP is not for local or State-wide projects.
Click on link http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/nucfac.shtml
for full information on the 2015 Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost
Share Grant. Search [CFDA number: 10.675], or [Grant Opportunity No.:
USDA-FS-UCF-01–2015]. The grant applications are to be submitted through www.grants.gov.
Contact Nancy Stremple, Natural Resource Specialist,
Executive Staff, National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council,
(NUCFAC) nstremple@fs.fed.us
or your Forest Service Regional Urban Forestry Program Manager, if you are
interested in applying and have any questions. The Forest Service Regional
Urban forestry Coordinators are located at http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/contact_regional.html. For Region 2 Mountain the new
contact is: Dana Coelho, dcoelho@fs.fed.us ,
Region 6 Pacific North West /Region 10 Alaska is: Kathy Sheehan, ksheehan@fs.fed.us,
and Region 5 California, Hawaii and the Pacific Island Territories is: MaryLou Fairweather, mfairweather@fs.fed.us.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-FS-UCF-01-2015
Closing
Date:
May 15, 2014
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=251856
Contact
Information
Nancy Stremple
Urban Forestry Program Splst Phone 202-205-7829
National Urban Forestry Grant
Program contact