 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $71.7 MILLION IN LOAN ASSISTANCE TO HELP RURAL BUSINESSES | |||
| Guaranteed Loans Provided Through Recovery Act Funds Will Help Strengthen Rural Communities Throughout America | |||
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $71.7 million in loan guarantees to assist 20 rural businesses in funding made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding announced today is being made available through USDA Rural Development's Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program. Altogether, $1.7 billion is available to businesses across the country through Recovery Act Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program funding. "The Recovery Act funds announced today will help businesses get access to the capital they need to launch and expand their businesses and help bring additional jobs to America's small cities and towns," Vilsack said. "President Obama and I are committed to building strong rural communities by helping businesses grow so we can put people back to work." For example, in Georgetown, S.C., USDA Rural Development is guaranteeing a $3 million loan to enable a local gate and mounting-system company to restructure debt and purchase new machinery and equipment. In Franklin County, Ohio, a farmer owned cooperative with local headquarters was selected to receive a $7.5 million loan guarantee. The loan will help provide business services to more than 50,000 livestock farmers in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. The Business and Industry loan will help the cooperative continue to maintain health insurance to its nearly 500 employees, many of whom live in counties with unemployment rates 125 percent greater than the national average and counties that have been affected recently by natural disasters. Eligible Business and Industry Loan Program applicants include private businesses, cooperative organizations, corporations, partnerships, non-profit groups, federally recognized Indian tribes, public bodies and individuals. The funds will be targeted to creating and retaining quality jobs and serving difficult-to-reach populations and areas hardest hit by the current economic downturn. Learn more about the program by visiting www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/b&i_gar.htm. Many businesses and rural residents have benefited from loans guaranteed by USDA Rural Development. For example, in 2004 a $7.3 million USDA loan guarantee to expand Poplar Bluff Industries' Nordyne plant in Poplar Bluff, Mo., created 400 jobs and saved another 400. The plant makes HVAC equipment. More information about USDA's Recovery Act efforts is available at www.usda.gov/recovery. More information about the Federal government's efforts on the Recovery Act is available atwww.recovery.gov. Below is a list of lenders that will be assisting rural businesses. Funding is contingent upon borrowers meeting conditions in the loan agreement. Connecticut: Rockville Bank, South Windsor, $650,600 loan Illinois: People's Bank & Trust, Pana, $1,590,000 loan Centrue Bank, Streator, $1,600,000 loan Iowa: Bank Iowa, Clarinda, $2,000,000 loan Bank Iowa, Clarinda, $2,400,000 loan Kansas: Fall River State Bank, Fall River, $700,000 loan Kentucky: Citizens Commerce National Bank, Nicholasville, $5,000,000 loan Louisiana: MC Bank and Trust, Morgan City, $2,200,000 loan Maine: Northeast Bank, Lewiston, $1,750,000 loan Bangor Savings Bank, Portland, $1,452,000 loan Minnesota: RidgeStone Bank, Brookfield, WI, $5,000,000 Nebraska: Union Bank and Trust, Lincoln, $7,000,000 loan Cornerstone Bank, Stromsburg, $290,000 loan Ohio: National City Bank/PNC, Columbus, $7,500,000 loan The Park National Bank, Columbus, $6,129,700 loan South Carolina: Carolina First, Greenville, $3,000,000 loan Wisconsin: Heartland Business Bank, De Pere, $7,500,000 loan RidgeStone Bank, Brookfield, $2,960,000 loan RidgeStone Bank, Brookfield, $6,612,000 loan RidgeStone Bank, Brookfield, $6,320,000 loan USDA Rural Development's mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. Rural Development fosters growth in homeownership, finances business development, and supports the creation of critical community and technology infrastructure. Further information on rural programs is available at a local USDA Rural Development office or by visiting USDA Rural Development's web site at www.rurdev.usda.gov. |
DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN KILLING JAPANESE STILTGRASS(09/15/2009) - originally appeared in THE HUR HERALD (WV) |
| Article and photos By Russ Richardson During the past fifteen years the introduced weed Japanese Stiltgrass has spread across the region to become one of the most serious problems impacting the long term health and productivity of our native woodland. Late this summer, a still unidentified Stiltgrass disease has become more widespread and it was recently confirmed by researchers at Indiana University. So far, the disease has been confirmed in Calhoun, Roane and Lincoln Counties, West Virginia. Stiltgrass grows very thickly and produces a heavy thatch when it dies in the fall. It is extremely flammable and very slow to rot. It is a very coarse grass that is not very palatable, not sought after or eaten by deer, cows, horses, sheep or goats.  Healthy Stiltgrass can easily grow to be between Almost any local timberland that has been logged Because of the rapid growth and spread of stiltgrass and the combination of environmental problems that follow an invasion, it has become one of the most studied weeds in the country. There is increasing evidence that Stiltgrass plants may change forest soils in ways that benefit stiltgrass survival. It is now viewed as a very serious threat to the long term health and productivity of our natural hardwood forest.  Studying a fertile site in a typical Roane County woodlot, Japanese stiltgrass control is very difficult, producing heavy amounts of seed with rapid spreading.  During the summer of 2008 scattered stiltgrass patches in the area Late in the summer of 2009, the still unidentified stiltgrass disease has become more widespread and it was recently confirmed by researchers at Indiana University as sickening plants in Indiana and the WV Department of Agriculture has found the disease in Lincoln County. The yellow vegetation in the middle of the photo is a patch of dying stiltgrass. Nearly all the stiltgrass on a few acres of this property is sick, diseased or dying. Dead and dying stiltgrass in Roane County woodland. A few weeks ago the logs on the ground were completely obscured by tall, healthy stiltgrass. The Calhoun County white oak stump in the middle of this The stiltgrass disease has an unknown origin and it is yet to be found whether it is related to any known illness or disease in our native plants. Samples of diseased plants have been sent to both WVU and Indiana University and researchers are working to identify the disease. Because so little is known about the disease and its origin and whether it is a virus, fungus or bacteria, or whether it has the potential to become valuable as a tool in Stiltgrass control. However, the discovery and confirmation of something killing Japanese Stiltgrass has excited botanists, conservationists and ecological researchers across the country. If local property owners have noticed stiltgrass plants dying they are encouraged to call the WV Department of Agriculture in Charleston at 304-558-2212 to report the mortality. |
EAST LANSING, Michigan September 8, 2009 - USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Christine White announced that biomass conversion facilities can begin signing up to participated in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which will help increase the production of renewable energy. The program, authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to producers who deliver eligible material to approve biomass conversion facilities. FSA will provide financial assistance to collect, harvest, store and transport eligible materials.
"This program will benefit producers, the developing biomass industry, the general public and the environment as we continue working to expand production and availability of renewable energy," said White. "Owners of eligible material can receive financial assistance for delivering qualified biomass to approved conversion facilities that use biomass for heat, power, bio-based products or advanced biofuels."
Once an agreement is signed between FSA and a facility, and funding through the program is provided, the facilities can begin accepting eligible materials. Producers who sell these materials can apply for matching payments under the collection, harvest, storage and transportation (CHST) component of BCAP.
The matching CHST payments are paid at a rate of $1 for $1 per dry-ton equivalent received from a qualified biomass conversion facility, not to exceed $45 per dry-ton equivalent. A biomass owner is eligible to receive payments for two years. The purpose of the matching payments is to assist biomass producers with the CHST cost of delivering biomass to a qualified biomass conversion facility.
For example, if a qualified biomass conversion facility pays a producer $30 per dry ton for biomass, the material owner or producer would be eligible for a matching payment of $30 per dry ton from FSA. This payment will help offset the costs of CHST.
Biomass conversion facilities may become "qualified" by submitting a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to the FSA state offices. The MOA generally provides the requirements for becoming a qualified biomass conversion facility. Once a facility becomes qualified, eligible material owners or producers who deliver biomass to that facility may be eligible to receive CHST payments.
An application must be submitted before the eligible material is sold and delivered to a qualified biomass conversion facility. After the product is delivered, a producer must provide FSA with documentation of product quantity, quality and payment rate. County offices will validate payment requests with information in the county office and information provided under the terms of MOAs with the qualified biomass conversion facilities. CHST payments will not be authorized until after an appropriate environmental analysis has been conducted.
Biomass conversion facilities and material owners should contact their FSA local offices or visit www.fsa.usda.gov for more information.
 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTION AND VISION FOR AMERICA'S FORESTS | |||
SEATTLE, August 14, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today outlined his vision for the future of our nation's forests. In his first major speech regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, Vilsack set forth a new direction for conservation, management, and restoration of these natural treasures. "Our nation's forestlands, both public and private, are environmental and economic assets that are in critical need of restoration and conservation," said Vilsack. "By using a collaborative management approach with a heavy focus on restoring these natural resources, we can make our forests more resilient to climate change, protect water resources, and improve forest health while creating jobs and opportunities." Climate change, catastrophic fires, disease and pests have all led to declining forest health in recent decades. The resulting impact on watersheds, the climate, local economies, wildlife, and recreation, has led the USDA to offer a new vision for our nation's forests. By taking forest management in a new direction, the Department will emphasize the role our national forestlands play in contributing to the health and prosperity of the country and reverse the trend of declining forest health. "Declining forest health and the effects of our changing climate have resulted in an increasing number of catastrophic wildfires and insect outbreaks," said Vilsack. "It is time for a change in the way we view and manage America's forestlands with an eye towards the future. This will require a new approach that engages the American people and stakeholders in conserving and restoring both our National Forests and our privately-owned forests. It is essential that we reconnect Americans across the nation with the natural resources and landscapes that sustain us." In addition, the new approach to managing our forests aims to secure the nation's water supply. Watersheds with a large proportion of forest cover are more likely to be associated with good water quality, with forests protecting soil, moderating streamflow, supporting healthy aquatic systems, and sustaining good water quality. President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is one component of this new direction that USDA has already begun to implement. Through the Recovery Act, the Obama Administration is funding 512 projects that will create jobs restoring our nation's private, state and national forests through hazardous fuel reduction, forest health protection, rehabilitation, and hazard mitigation activities. Nearly 170 of these projects will help maintain our forests to reduce the potential for fires. Meanwhile, thirty of these projects, funded at $57 million, will promote the development of biofuels from woody biomass to help private sector businesses establish renewable energy infrastructure, create green jobs and build a new, green economy for the 21st century. The U.S. Forest Service manages national forests and grasslands encompassing 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas. With over 80% of the forest area in the United States outside of the National Forest System, the new vision seeks to increase public-private cooperation regarding the conservation and restoration practices to non-federal forests - state, tribal and private forest lands. The Administration's plan calls for the U.S. Forest Service to play a leading role in the development of new markets to sustain the economic viability of forest stewardship and provide landowners with economic incentives to maintain and restore forests. National forestlands produce economic benefits from a diverse range of sources including recreation and more than 200 hydroelectric plants operated in national forest watersheds. With more than 192 million visitors to National Forests in 2008, local communities throughout the country benefit economically from those who recreate on and near forestlands and high-quality water bodies protected by forested watersheds. A healthy and prosperous America relies on the health of our nation's forests:
-USDA News Release, August 14th, 2009 |
Alabama
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 8,975,000 for Wildland Fire Management
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Alabama State Cogongrass Task Force’s War on Cogongrass
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 6,281,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Alaska
Kenai Borough Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,795,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Borough: Kenai Peninsula Borough
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Matanuska-Susitna Community Wildfire Protection Plan Wildfire Mitigation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,436,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Borough: Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Anchorage Hazardous Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Treatment
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 538,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Governmental Unit: Anchorage Municipality
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Chugach State Parks Hazard Fuels
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 179,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Governmental Unit/Borough: Anchorage Municipality and Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Alaska Weed Management
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,140,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Boroughs/Areas: Aleutians East Borough, Bristol Bay Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Kodiak Island Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Valdez-Cordova Census Area and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Arizona
Groom Creek/Crown King Fire District
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 179,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Yavapai
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
ShowLow FD
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 112,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Navajo
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Government Canyon - Lynx Creek State Land and City of Prescott Communication Sites
Date of announcement May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 449,000 for Wild
County: Yavapai
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
White Mountain Apache Tribe Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Date of announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 4,487,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Apache
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
White Mountain Apache Tribe Nursery Development for Post-Fire Rehabilitaion
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,243,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Apache
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
California
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit South Lake Tahoe Partners Fuels Project
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $3,589,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: El Dorado and Placer
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
San Bernardino and Riverside County Partners Fuels Project
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 8,973,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Riverside and San Bernardino
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Region-wide Fuels Reduction and Urban Tree Planting Projects
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 6,012,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Tulare and Yolo
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Invasive Plant Distressed County
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 332,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Humboldt and Los Angeles
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Invasive Plant Region-wide
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 7,179,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Colorado
Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 4,487,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: El Paso
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
High Priority Forest Restoration and Fuels Mitigation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 6,281,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Gilpin
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Delaware
Delaware Hazardous Fuels Reduction/Ecosystem Improvement
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $449,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Kent, New Castle, and Sussex
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Florida
Florida Community Fuels Management Program, Phase 2
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 6,281,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 8,975,000 for Wildland Fire Management
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Georgia
Dixon Memorial State Forest Wildfire Recover and Habitat Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $377,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Brantley and Ware
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Georgia Stewardship Revisit Prescribe Fire
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $2,243,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Enhanced Fuels Management & Community Wildfire Protection Plans Program
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $3,589,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Charlton, Clinch and Ware
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $8,975,000 for Wildland Fire Management
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Georgia Forestry Commission Cogongrass Eradication
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $1,795,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Hawaii
Hawaii Fuels
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 897,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai and Maui
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Hawaii/PI Invasive Plants
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 4,486,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Idaho
Managing Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species - Adams
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,269,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Adams
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Boise and Payette National Forests - Stewardship/Biomass Projects
Date of Announcement: May 5, 200
Estimated Funding: $ 6,138,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Partners: State and Private Forest Protection, Idaho Department of Lands, BLM
County: Adams
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Idaho Silver Valley – Hazardous Fuels Treatment (partially funded under 10%)
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,817,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Shoshone
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Indiana
Green Infrastructure Jobs in Urban - Industrial Areas
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 292,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Lake and Porter
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Massachusetts
Southeast Massachusetts Hazardous Fuels Mitigation and Ecosystem Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $1,974,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Barnstable, Dukes and Plymouth
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Massachusetts Native Species (Invasive) Ecological Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 538,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Michigan
Invasive Species Control
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,692,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Mississippi
Mississippi Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 763,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Eradication of Invasive Species in Mississippi
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,167,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Montana
Lake County Fuels Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 987,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Lake
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Flathead County Fuels Projects
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 506,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Flathead
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Managing Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species – Lincoln County
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 377,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Lincoln
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Wildfire Rehab and Restoration – Powell and Sanders Counties
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 538,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Sanders
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Lincoln County Fuels and Ecosystem Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 808,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Lincoln
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Sanders County Fuels and Restoration and Stewardship Projects
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,064,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Sanders
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Flathead County Stewardship Projects/Energy Conservation Landscaping
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 987,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Flathead
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Montana Hazardous Fuels Reduction/Restoration Forestry Projects
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 3,589,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Sanders
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Nevada
Nevada Urban Forest Revitalization
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 314,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Truckee River Riparian Fuels Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 269,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Arrowcreek and Skinner Fire Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,077,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Rancho Haven/Red Rock Fire Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 449,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Belli Fire Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 538,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Perennial and Tamarisk Removal Pepperweed Control and Fuels Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 763,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Clark
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Washoe County Open Space Fuels Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 249,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Peavine 2006 Fire Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 583,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Carson River Stream Bank and Stabilization
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 628,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Carson City
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Hawken 2007 Fire Restoration
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 718,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Nevada Invasive Fuels Eradication – Washoe and Lyon Counties
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,243,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe and Lyon
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
New Mexico
Three Pueblos Forest Hazardous Fuels Reduction/Restoration Project
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 808,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Rio Arriba, Sandoval and Taos
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Washoe County Open Space Fuels Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 249,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Washoe
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
North Carolina
NC – Hazard Mitigation Program
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $4,666,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: statewide
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 8,975,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Ohio
Create an Invasive Species Job Corp
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 4,419,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Gallia, Guernsey, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Washington
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Oregon
Douglas County Fuels Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,716,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Douglas
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
State Forests Forest Health Improvements
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,243,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Douglas, Coos and Linn
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Noxious Weed Abatement
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Linn
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Linn/Lane County Noxious Weed Treatment
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Linn
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Woody Biomass Removal for Energy Production
Date of Announcement: June 11, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 800,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Douglas
The projects funded collect and bundle woody biomass from private forest lands. Biomass will be used at a local power plant to generate energy.
Douglas County Small Woodlands Biomass
Date of Announcement: June 11, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 500,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Douglas
This project was developed by the Oregon Department of Forestry to work with small woodland owners to reduce hazardous fuels on their lands and pool this available biomass for use in two co-generation facilities in Douglas County. The concept is to improve the economics of the work by increasing the economy of scale across multiple small forest land owners.
Puerto Rico
Prescribed Fire Project on Puerto Rican State and Private Forestry Lands
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,064,000 for Wildland Fire Management
County: Across Puerto Rico
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Puerto Rico Hurricane and Hazardous Fuel Mitigation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 1,167,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: across Puerto Rico
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states.
Rhode Island
Invasive Vegetation Survey and Eradication
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 673,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence and Washington
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
South Carolina
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 8,975,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, NC, SC
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Control to Protect Watersheds in SC
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 179,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Greenville, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Virgin Islands
St. Croix Hurricane and Hazardous Fuel Mitigation
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 404,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Saint Croix
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Washington
Northport Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 224,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Glenwood Highway Phase 2 Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel
Break
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 162,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Klickitat
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Klickitat Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 126,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Klickitat
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Onion Creek Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 157,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Maloney Mtn Fuels Treatment as Part of Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Columbia
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Chewelah Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 224,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Kettle Falls Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
The Wedge Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 224,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Burlington Northern Santa Fe buffer Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 54,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Klickitat
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Ford Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 224,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Republic Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Reduction
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 314,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Ferry
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
High Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Break & Firewise
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $67,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Klickitat
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Greenwater Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Firesafe Homes/Shaded Fuel Break
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 90,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Pierce
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
West County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Break
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Skamania
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Oklahoma Road Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Break
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 81,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Skamania
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Touche/Robinette Mountain
Community Wildfire Protection Plan Fuel Break and Firewise
Date of Announcement: May 5, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 135,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Columbia
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
Spokane Indian Reservation Forest Health Projects
Date of Announcement: May 13, 2009
Estimated Funding: $ 2,243,000 for Wildland Fire Management
Counties: Stevens
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. Specific projects will be selected by the states
For Comparison’s Sake, the Estimated Total of Federal Funds Assigned to National Forest Projects:
$667,046,800.00
