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$250M to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities across State, Private and Tribal lands
Today, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small announced $250 million to help at-risk communities protect their homes, businesses and infrastructure from catastrophic wildfire, made worse by the climate crisis, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
Made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, today’s announcement through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program will fund 158 projects to help communities in 31 States, two Territories and 11 Tribes develop community wildfire protection plans and remove overgrown vegetation that can fuel fires that threaten lives, livelihoods, and resources. The Community Wildfire Defense Grant program is based on legislation initially introduced by Vice President Harris in the U.S. Senate.
The Forest Service will announce a third funding opportunity later this year.
Southern Region Funding Recipients:
| State | Proposal | Project Title | Federal Amount |
| AR | Gamaliel Arkansas | Gamaliel, Arkansas – 101 Fire Protection District Proposal | $75,999 |
| FL | Sarasota Co. – CWDP | Sarasota Co.-Creating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $250,000 |
| FL | plan | Create a CWPP for the City of Jacksonville, FL | $250,000 |
| GA | Union County | Union County, Ga | $240,943 |
| GA | Ware County | Ware County | $248,636 |
| GA | Towns County | Towns County, Ga | $240,943 |
| GA | Camden County CWPP | Camden County Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $210,000 |
| GA | McIntosh County | McIntosh County, Ga | $248,631 |
| KY | London KY CWDG | London / Laurel County CWPP Development | $248,900 |
| KY | KRADDCWPP | Kentucky River Area Development District | $249,540 |
| KY | CITY OF HARLAN FIRE | City of Harlan Fire updated CWPP2023 UPDATE: kmichaels.gss@gmail.com | $250,000 |
| LA | City of Leesville | City of Leesville, LA Inaugural Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $85,661 |
| MS | CWPP | Attala County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) | $250,000 |
| NC | Cleveland/Rutherford | Update CWPPs in Selected Communities in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties, NC | $208,835 |
| NC | Lincoln | Update CWPP’s in Select Communities of Lincoln County | $173,694 |
| NC | EBCI – Qualla | Create CWPP for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Qualla Boundary | $154,000 |
| NC | Caldwell/ Avery | Update CWPPs in Selected Communities in Caldwell and Avery Counties, NC | $227,150 |
| NC | Gaston | Update or Create CWPPS in Selected Communities in Gaston County, NC | $247,460 |
| NC | Haywood County | Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for Haywood County | $246,895 |
| NC | Madison | Create and Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for Madison County | $173,910 |
| NC | McDowell | Create and Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) McDowell County | $212,045 |
| NC | Henderson/Trans./Bun | Update CWPPS in Selected Communities in Transylvania, Henderson, and Buncombe Counties, NC | $155,045 |
| NC | Swain | Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for Swain County | $63,195 |
| NC | Jackson | Create and Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for Jackson County | $137,005 |
| NC | Macon | Create and Update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) for Macon | $212,044 |
| OK | McAlst-Mitigate-Fuel | McAlester Wildfire Prevention Project | $5,842,630 |
| OK | ComancheCo OK CWPP | Comanche County CWPP | $225,000 |
| OK | Tulsa | Tulsa County Regional Wildfire Planning and Preparedness Plan | $250,000 |
| SC | Orangeburg Co. CWPP | Orangeburg County Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $25,000 |
| SC | Horry County CWPP | Horry County Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $25,000 |
| TN | Sevier County CWPP | Sevier County CWPP | $232,000 |
| TX | Jefferson Co CWPP | Jefferson County – Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $124,310 |
| TX | Jasper County CWPP | Jasper County – Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $250,000 |
| TX | Tyler County CWPP | Tyler County, TX Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $250,000 |
| TX | Jasper County CWDG | Jasper County Fuels Mitigation Program | $9,904,895 |
| TX | Trinity County CWPP | Trinity County – Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $250,000 |
| TX | Cisco CWDG | Cisco, Carbon, Eastland, Ranger Joint Fuels Mitigation Program | $9,081,112 |
| TX | Jefferson Co. CWDG | Jefferson County Fuels Mitigation Program | $9,514,945 |
| TX | Eastland County CWDG | Eastland County – Community Wildfire Defense Grant (Implementation Project) | $8,862,150 |
| TX | Cass Co TX CWPP | Cass County, Texas Community Wildfire Protection Plan 2023 | $149,168 |
| TX | Newton County CWPP | Newton County – Community Wildfire Protection Plan Development | $148,500 |
| TX | Eastland County CWPP | Eastland County, Texas – Community Wildfire Protection Plan | $250,000 |
| TR | CN COFFEE | Cherokee Nation Community Outreach Focus on Fuels Eradication and Education (CN-COFFEE) | $9,998,841 |
| TR | Seneca-Cayuga CWPP | Seneca-Cayuga Nation Community Wildfire Protection Plan Creation | $219,853 |
