Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2024 Tribes | USDA FS 2024 LSR NATIONAL TRIBAL

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FS 2024 LSR NATIONAL TRIBAL

The Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2024 Tribes is a competitive grant opportunity offered by the USDA Forest Service focused on restoring priority rural forest landscapes at a meaningful, landscape scale. The core aim is to support collaborative restoration efforts that are grounded in science and designed to produce clear, measurable improvements on the ground. The program is oriented toward projects that do more than small, isolated treatments; it emphasizes efforts that can demonstrate real outcomes across a broader area, align with established restoration strategies, and bring multiple partners and funding sources together to increase overall impact.

This opportunity sits in the environment and natural resources funding area and is administered as a discretionary grant. It is associated with CFDA (Assistance Listing) 10.664. The Forest Service is looking for high-impact work that advances priorities identified in science-based restoration strategies, meaning applicants should be prepared to describe how their project ties into an existing restoration framework, plan, or strategy and how proposed actions follow credible ecological or forestry science. A strong application will typically show how the project was designed with partners, how it will be implemented effectively, and how success will be tracked through measurable outcomes (for example, acres treated or restored, fuels reduction metrics, watershed or habitat improvements, or other landscape condition indicators that can be monitored and reported).

Eligible applicants include Federally Recognized Tribal governments. The program also extends eligibility to Alaska Native Corporations and Alaska Native Villages. In addition, Tribal organizations as defined under 25 USC 5304(l) may apply, but they must include a letter of support from a Federally Recognized Tribe or an Alaska Native Corporation/Village. That requirement is important for Tribal organizations because it indicates the Forest Service expects clear Tribal backing and alignment with Tribal priorities when the applicant is not itself a federally recognized Tribal government.

The funding opportunity number is USDA FS 2024 LSR NATIONAL TRIBAL, and the opportunity title is Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2024 Tribes. The award ceiling listed for individual awards is $300,000, which suggests applicants should scope projects and budgets so the proposed work is realistic within that cap while still demonstrating strong landscape-level value and measurable outcomes. The original closing date for submissions was December 15, 2023, and the opportunity record was created on August 18, 2023. While the expected number of awards is not specified in the provided source data, the competitive nature of the program implies that proposals will be compared against each other and assessed based on factors like anticipated landscape benefits, readiness and feasibility, collaboration and partner engagement, alignment with restoration priorities, leveraging of public and private resources, and the clarity of the monitoring and outcome reporting approach.

In practical terms, this grant is best suited for Tribal-led or Tribal-supported projects that restore forest health and resilience across priority rural landscapes, particularly those that can demonstrate broad benefits such as reduced wildfire risk, improved ecosystem function, enhanced watershed conditions, protection of culturally important resources, and other durable ecological improvements. The program message is that dollars should go to work that is strategic, partner-driven, and evidence-based, with a clear plan for demonstrating results over time rather than simply describing general goals.

• The Forest Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2024 Tribes" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.664.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-08-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-12-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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