Nevada has money for landscape, fuels projects

The Nevada Division of Forestry is soliciting preproposals for two competitive grant program areas, landscape scale restoration and hazardous fuels reduction.

Nevada’s urban and rural ecosystems are continuously threatened by invasions of non-native species, vegetation diseases, development disturbances, unsustainable management and destructive natural events such as floods and wildfires.

NDF has funding from the U.S. Forest Service. Funds may be used to implement restoration treatments that improve or restore urban/rural forests and rangelands, water resources, riparian areas and wildlife habitat. Projects that mitigate wildfire behavior, noxious weed infestations and negative ecosystem impacts are also eligible.

For more information on landscape scale restoration grants, contact Heather Giger at 775.684.2552 or hdgiger@forestry.nv.gov.

Additionally, NDF is also seeking pr-proposals for the Western States Fire Managers and Hazardous Fuels-Community Protection programs, which assists cooperators with identifying and implementing fuel reduction projects to mitigate community losses from wildfires. Funding is available through two grant sources, the Western States Fire Managers and the Hazardous Fuels-Community Protection. Funds can be used for costs associated with implementing on-the-ground hazardous fuels reduction projects, information and education relating to wildland urban interface issues, restoration of fire adapted ecosystems and homeowner and community protection planning.

For more information on these grants, contact Ryan Shane at 775.684.2511 or rshane@forestry.nv.gov.