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Active Forest Management�and�Investment

• Historic levels of investment
• Federal
• BIL and IRA
• State
• Keystone Agreements
• Headwater State
• Nevada and New Mexico

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Future Pinch Point

• $4.2 Billion to treat top 10%
• Average cost $1,800 per acre
• Decades of Money as the Primary Liming Factor
• Contractor Capacity
• Forester Capacity

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Future Pinch Points

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• Decades of money as the Primary Liming Factor
• Contractor Capacity
• Interest Rates are starting to come down

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Shared Stewardship Surge

• Shared Stewardship Plan
• Region 2 and CSFS
• CSFS 7 support 7 implementers
• 11 Implementation positons
• Statewide Implementation
• Timber Prep Strike Team
• Hiring
• 11 Lead Foresters (NEW)
• 13 Foresters
• Governors 2023 budget

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Forester Capacity

• Internships with CSFS
• WCNR
• Career Path for Students
• 2-5 Interns to Forestry Technicians
• Transition Path
• SB23-2005
• Front Range CC
• 2-Year SAF Accredited
• Educational Benefits

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BIL Funding

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• $5.5 billion to the USFS
• Priority Landscapes in the 10 Strategy
• Colorado Front Range
• Funding for States to Implement 2020 FAP
• Substantial GNA funding
• Community Wildfire Defense Grants
• $1 billion
• CWPP focus- Cohesive Strategy
• Very Competitive
• Underserved, Low Income, Impacted by Severe Disaster, High or Very High Wildfire Hazard
• Applications due Oct. 31st

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Joint Chiefs

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• New permanent funding in BIL
• Eligible projects
• Reduce the risk of Wildfire
• Protect water quality and supply
• Improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species
• 2023 $48.6 million 14 projects
• 1.5 Million per year
• NRCS, USFS and SPTF

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IRA Funding

• $21 Billion to the NRCS
• 2x State wide funding for NRCS Colorado
• Huge emphasis on Climate Smart and Under Severed and Underrepresented Communities
• $1.5 billion available in urban and community forestry grants
• $1.8 billion to USFS for WUI (only USFS lands)
• $100 million NEPA, $50 Old growth protection

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RCPP and NRCS in IRA

• Regional Conservation Partnership Program
• Chaffee County > 5 million
• Funding for private land work. Match is involved
• 2023- $250 million
• 2024- $800 million
• 2025- $1.2 billion
• 2026- $2.4 billion
• 5 year money 2031

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• “The Department of Natural Resources shall prioritize those projects with the greatest potential to protect life, property, and infrastructure.” SB21-258
• COSWAP is now a permanently funded program
• Severance tax
• 2023 Release at the end of August
• Workforce development grants statewide, all ownership
• Additional training opportunities and optional cash grants for project management expenses new in 2023

COSWAP- Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Plan

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• $15 million in 2023 grants
• Funding stabilized in 2022 to annually
• 50/50 match or 25/75 “communities with fewer resources”
• Capacity-building projects are limited to 25% of available funds annually ($1.8 million)
• Applications are now open Oct. 18^th
• Emphasized projects- Priority Areas in the 2020 FAP, CWPP’s, Protection of Water supplies, cross boundary, use youth or veteran corp. organizations

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FRWRM -Forest Restoration Wildfire Risk Mitigation Program

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• One-time funding for local governments with dedicated revenue for Forest Management and wildfire mitigation
• Projects that promote thinning and fuel breaks
• Wildfire fuels mitigation
• Outreach and education directed at property owners
• Some flexibility for other forestry and mitigation efforts
• Award $9.5 million with $8.6 match
• Over $18 million
• Capacity begets Capacity

Wildfire Mitigation Incentives for Local Governments

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• Western Wildland Urban Interface Grants
• $300,000 50/50 Open in October ‘23 closes Jan. of ‘24
• Community Assistance Funds Adjacent to NF lands (CAFA)
• $300,000 Large scale no required match adjacent
• Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR)
• $300,000 50/50 Rural Working Forest Cross-boundary
• The FY 2024 Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Process is set to open on August 21, 2023, and will close at COB on November 17, 2023.
• WFLC will host an informational webinar for applicants on September 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. MDT.�

Other Grants

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Climate Forward-� Avoided Wildfire Emissions

• Early! Value in carbon credits
• Social value for communities committed to carbon neutrality.

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Climate Forward-� Avoided Wildfire Emissions

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CSFS Nursery

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