(FOA)-Landscape
Scale Restoration RFA 2020 (USDA-FS-2020-LSR); October 11,
2019
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture – Forest Service (FS)
Description
Landscape
Scale Restoration (LSR) grants are intended to “shape and influence forest
land use on a scale and in a way that optimizes public benefits from trees and
forests for both current and future generations.” The competitive approach
is intended to demonstrate that Federal funds are being spent on projects that
address priorities as described by the State and Private Forestry national
themes and identified in each State’s Forest Action Plan. This request
for applications (RFA) is an appropriate opportunity to submit proposals for
forest fire hazard mitigation and for landscape scale forest health
management-related activities that may include treatments or intervention
actions to respond to native or invasive pests. Proposed projects should
aim to address priority issues and threats, produce measureable results,
involve collaboration with partners that results in added value, and maximize
S&PF funding by using it to leverage contributions from both Federal and
non-Federal entities.
Examples
of Eligible Projects
·
Water
quality and watershed health improvement.
·
Wildlife
habitat improvement.
·
Conservation
education efforts that transcend programs and
authorities.
·
Ecosystem
services projects.
·
Community
tree planting projects in communities with less than 50,000 inhabitants that
are part of a large rrural forest landscape-scale
outcome.
·
Strategic
outreach efforts to land managers/owners facing threats from urban sprawl,
invasive species, and wildfire, and complementary efforts to improve rural
prosperity.
·
Cross-boundary
fuels management projects that are adjacent to National Forest System
lands.
·
Integrated
efforts to improve management of nonindustrial private forest lands according
to the State’s Forest Action Plan.
·
Survey,
prioritization, and treatment to control invasive plants in a high-priority
landscape.
·
Reducing
risk in the wildland-urban interface to protect high-value assets such as
drinking water and community infrastructure.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-FS-2020-LSR
Closing
Date:
October
11, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=318560
Contact
Information
Sherri
Wormstead
603-868-7737