Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FS 2024 LSR NORTHEAST MIDWEST
The Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grant Program 2024 for the Northeast and Midwest is a competitive grant opportunity from the USDA Forest Service designed to support collaborative, science-based efforts that restore priority rural forest landscapes. The core idea is to fund projects that produce clear, measurable, on-the-ground results at a meaningful scale, rather than small or isolated activities. Strong proposals are expected to demonstrate high impact across the landscape, rely on sound science and planning, and bring multiple partners together to address forest health and resilience needs in a coordinated way.
A central requirement of the program is alignment with each participating state s forest priorities. Projects should directly support priorities identified in the State Forest Action Plan (or an equivalent restoration strategy) for the state or states where the work will occur. This means applicants should be prepared to clearly explain how their project targets recognized issues such as forest health threats, habitat and watershed concerns, fragmentation, invasive species, wildfire risk reduction where relevant, or other priority conditions described in those plans. The program also places heavy emphasis on leveraging, so competitive projects typically show how federal dollars will be amplified by partner contributions, other funding sources, and in-kind support to increase total impact.
This particular funding opportunity is limited to work occurring in 20 states in the Northeast and Midwest region: Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The focus is explicitly on projects with on-the-ground outcomes in those states, meaning proposals should go beyond planning alone and show tangible restoration actions and deliverables that can be tracked and reported over the project period.
Eligibility is broad and includes state governments, county governments, cities or townships, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)). The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant under CFDA 10.664, within the Environment and Natural Resources funding activity area, and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
A key procedural point is the sponsorship requirement involving State Foresters. With the exception of federally recognized tribes, applicants must secure sponsorship from the relevant State Forester(s) for the state(s) where the work will be conducted. Practically, that means applicants need to share a draft application narrative and a budget spreadsheet with the appropriate State Forester(s) by close of business on October 5, so the state can review, coordinate, and decide whether to sponsor the submission. This step is not optional for non-tribal applicants and can shape whether an application is considered viable, since it is tied to the program goal of implementing state-identified priorities and ensuring coordination at the state level.
The agency also notes that there is a separate request for proposals specifically aimed at federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations, and applicants in those categories are directed to look under Related Opportunities for that distinct solicitation. Similarly, separate LSR funding opportunities exist for the West and South regions, also accessible via Related Opportunities, underscoring that this announcement is only for the Northeast and Midwest states listed.
In terms of funding scale and competitiveness, the listed award ceiling is $600,000 per award, with an anticipated 35 awards. The application deadline for submission through the federal portal is November 30, 2023, due by 6 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Central). Overall, this program is best suited for partnerships that can show landscape-level need, a credible and science-based restoration approach, strong coordination across ownerships and organizations, clear measurable outcomes, and a plan to leverage additional public and private resources while directly advancing priorities laid out in State Forest Action Plans.Apply for USDA FS 2024 LSR NORTHEAST MIDWEST
- The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2024 Northeast and Midwest" 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 Aug 18, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 30, 2023 Due by 6 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Central) November 30, 2023.. (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 $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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