Regional Wildfire & Landscape Resilience Grants

Regional Wildfire & Landscape Resilience Grants

The purpose is to accelerate landscape-scale, regionally appropriate activities that are consistent with the California Climate Bond’s goals to strengthen local capacity, improve landscape health and resilience, and reduce wildfire risk to communities. Regional Grants will fund collaborative land management partnerships and entities that have developed, planned, and are ready to implement portfolios of multi-benefit projects across a landscape.

The program will follow a two-phase application process, with concept proposals due by 3 p.m. PDT on June 30, 2026. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES A. Regionally appropriate landscape resilience B. Community hazardous fuels reduction or modification C. Prescribed and cultural fire D. Pest management E. Reforestation and revegetation F.  Biomass Utilization G. Maintenance of and/or improvements to previously established and completed wildfire and landscape resilience projects. H. Planning: Up to 10% of total funds or $1 million (whichever is less). I. Workforce Education & Training that is appropriately scaled to the overall project and clearly aligned with its primary objectives. FUNDING PRIORITIES A. Multi-benefit projects that have been identified as a regional priority using a transparent prioritization process that integrates data-driven analysis, practitioner expertise, and community input. P B. Applicants that have demonstrated sufficient administrative, technical, and operational capacity to successfully manage and deliver large, multi-partner projects. C. Projects that leverage CAL FIRE funds with other state, federal, local, and/or private/philanthropic investments including projects that align program funding across Climate Bond programs. D. Projects that advance regional capacity to develop, prioritize, and implement wildfire and landscape resilience projects.  E. Projects that have broad involvement from regional stakeholders, including tribes. F.  Projects that enlist the services of the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, or tribal corps.  G. Projects that provide meaningful and direct benefits to disadvantaged communities, severely disadvantaged communities, or vulnerable populations. H. Projects that advance the State’s strategic goals and priorities. I. Projects that have environmental compliance completed or have environmental compliance completed for a majority of the sub-projects.

Details

• Agency: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Type: Grant
• Funding Source: State
• Estimated Available Funds: $30,000,000
• Estimated Awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
• Award Amount: Between $5,000,000 and $20,000,000
• Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
• Matching Funds: Not Required
• Geography: Projects are encouraged to occur across multiple landownerships. 

Categories

Environment & Water

Eligible Applicants

Individual; Nonprofit; Other Legal Entity; Public Agency; Tribal Government