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IDL Forestry Grant Program News

September 19, 2022

IDL Schedules Q&A Session for the

FY2022 CWDG Application Period

The Idaho Department of Lands Forestry Assistance Bureau recognizes that this first round of the Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) has generated many questions pertaining to eligible activities, match waivers, data sets, CWPP's, and more. In response to the many inquiries from potential applicants statewide, the IDL will host a Q&A session for entities to join and pose questions to the IDL program staff. Details about how to access the Q&A are below.

IDL Q&A Session Details

When: Thursday September 22, 2022 @ 9am PST / 10am MDT

Where: Zoom - https://idl.zoom.us/j/86929597328

Note: You can add this Zoom meeting to your calendar by visiting the IDL Transparency Calendar Event (hosted by Tockify) located here. Once on the event page, click on the Green circle and select which calendar to save it to.

Prior Announcements Regarding the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program

Background, Eligibility, & Deadlines

The Community Wildfire Defense Grant program is funded by the USDA Forest Service through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and is authorized “to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning for and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire."

Eligible applicants include (not all inclusive, see guidance for full details):

• Local Governments
• Indian Tribes
• Non-profit Organizations

Projects must take place on non-federal lands.

Last date to request access to the online application

• Friday, September 23, 2022

Final date to request submission of a final application

• Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Idaho Department of Lands last date to submit applications

• Friday, October 7, 2022

Idaho Department of Lands CWDG Webpage

The Idaho Department of Lands is not the primary administrator of the CWDG program this fiscal year, but is still heavily engaged. Specifically, IDL is providing technical assistance to applicants across the state in various forms including the development of a new CWDG webpage where applicants can find the IDL Technical Assistance webinar recording, important deadlines for Idaho's CWDG applicants, and USDA tools and resources.

Visit the Idaho Department of Lands Community Wildfire Defense Grant Webpage

USDA Forest Service Releases Dataset Resources

The USDA Forest Service posted new resources including datasets that assist nationwide applicants in the CWDG application process. This includes Wildfire Risk to Communities downloadable data. Applicants are encouraged to view this information when determining eligibility and priority scoring components while developing applications. Applicants are not limited to these datasets and other sources are available via the USDA Forest Service and IDL CWDG webpages.

Visit the Wildfire Risk to Communities webpage to view datasets supporting the CWDG program

Additional Program Information

• USDA Forest Service CWDG Program
• Western States Program Instructions
• Idaho Department of Lands Forestry & Fire Grants Webpage

Disclosure Statements

This program is funded in part by the USDA Forest Service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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