Forest Restoration & Wildfire Risk Mitigation Grant Program

The Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Grant Program, established by the Colorado State Forest Service, aims to reduce wildfire risk to communities in the wildland-urban interface. Since its inception in 2017, the program has expanded to support projects that enhance forest health and promote the use of woody materials for energy. Eligible applicants must collaborate with local entities to ensure community-wide benefits and address wildfire threats effectively.

The Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Grant Program, administered by the Colorado State Forest Service, was established in 2017 through Senate Bill 17-050. This legislation consolidated the existing Colorado Forest Restoration Grant Program (formerly administered by the CSFS) and the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program (formerly administered by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources). In 2021, the Colorado General Assembly expanded the program’s scope and provided additional funding.
FRWRM is a competitive, cost-share grant program that supports community-level actions statewide to reduce wildfire risk to people, property and infrastructure in the wildland-urban interface, while promoting forest health and restoration and the utilization of woody material for traditional forest products and biomass energy.
All proposals must benefit more than one individual and have a goal of reducing the risk of wildfire to people, property and infrastructure in the WUI and therefore projects must be located within, or within close proximity to, the WUI as defined in the Colorado Forest Atlas WUI Map Layer. For capacity-building projects, the primary proposed efforts that will occur from using grant funds must occur within or within close proximity to the WUI.

Eligibility

Individual property owners may only apply when their projects are developed in collaboration with one or more of the above listed entities and will provide benefits beyond their own property, such as reducing wildfire risk to the broader community or surrounding landscape.