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There are many State and Federal grants available to supplement the costs of clearing brush. It reduces fuel available for fires and promotes ecosystem health by reducing the spread of tree parasites, diseases and molds. Contact us if you need any assistance finding a professional forester! |
Funding
Financial Assistance is sometimes available for projects on private forestland. Currently, proposals are being solicited for:
CFIP (California Forest Improvement Program)--CFIP User's Guide is now online with information and all the forms you need. This document is in PDF format which allows you to fill in the forms on the computer, then print out the finished forms to mail in.
More funding information is available from WITS or the San Joaquin Region RCD or by calling the Stewardship Helpline at 1-800-738-TREE. There are also links to several other funding-related websites here.
The latest Cost Share and Assistance Programs for Individual California Landowners and Indian Tribes, produced by UC Cooperative Extension Forestry, is now available. You can download a coplete copy in PDF format or as a Microsoft Word document, or request a booklet from the Forest Stewardship Helpline at 1-800-738-TREE.
STATE AGENCIES
California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP). Cost share for forestry, watershed, and riparian protection and enhancement. Funding varies each year. Call 1-800-738-TREE for current status
Vegetation Management Program (VMP). CDF will cover the liability, plan for, and conduct a prescribed burn on private land to control unwanted brush and other vegetation that creates wildfire hazards. (530) 265-2661.
Forest Stewardship Program (FSP). Designed to assist communities to more actively manage their watershed resources, to keep their forests and associated resources productive and healthy, and to increase the economic and environmental benefits of these resources. Minimum 100 percent match. 1-800-738-TREE.
State Water Resources Board
State Revolving Loan Program (SRF). Projects to reduce pollution loading to surface water or groundwater. Can be used for implementation of a Watershed Plan. (916) 657-0673.
Watershed Protection Program. Grants to municipalities, local agencies, or nonprofit organizations to develop local watershed management plans and/or implement projects consistent with watershed plans. (916) 657-0876 or (916) 657-1043.
FEDERAL AGENCIES
USDA Forest Service/Rural Community Assistance and Economic Development Programs
Rural Community Assistance Program - SCERT Process. Provides planning, technical and financial assistance to communities dependent upon forest-related resources. Funds may be used to meet self-determined needs of eligible communities, counties and tribes. (707) 562-8910.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP). Provides technical and financial assistance to communities for restoring watersheds ravaged by natural disasters. (530) 792-5600 or (530) 792-5622.
Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D). Assists local people in initiating and carrying out long-range programs of resource conservation and development; conducts grant searches; provides multi-county planning coordination. (530) 792-5605 or (530) 792-5603.
Watershed Projects. Provides technical and/or financial assistance in the planning and implementation of watershed projects. Assists urban and rural communities to protect, improve and develop water and land resources in watersheds up to 250,000 acres. (530) 792-5603.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Provides technical, financial and educational assistance to address significant natural resource needs and objectives. Working groups identify resource concerns in priority areas. (530) 792-5600 or (530) 792-5602.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Forestry on Indian Lands. Maintain, protect, enhance, and develop Indian forest resources through the implementation of forest management activities. Funds used for planting and thinning projects, preparation of forest management and woodland management plans,inventory analyses and environmental assessments and planning for compliance with the Endangered Species Act. (916) 978-6061.
Jobs in the Woods/Watershed Restoration on Indian Lands. Watershed restoration, analysis andmonitoring of watersheds within the range of the northern spotted owl. (916) 978-6061.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Five-Star Restoration Challenge Grant Program. Finanacial assistance to support community-based wetland and riparian restoration projects, build diverse partnerships, and foster local natural resource stewardship. 1-800-832-7828 or (202) 260-8076.
Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (319 Program). Watershed management and implementation projects to reduce, eliminate, or prevent water pollution and to enhance water quality. (916) 657-3889 or (916) 657-0518.
US Army Corps of Engineers
Watershed Management Restoration and Development. Technical, planning and design assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out watershed management, restoration and development projects in Colusa basin, Sacramento River watershed. Guidance for this program is currently being developed. (916) 557-6695.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Forest Management Assistance Program. Helps Georgia-Pacific's neighbors build healthy, productive forests through recommendations about reforestation, harvesting, etc. (707) 964-5651.
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