Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants Solicitation 2026

Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants Solicitation 2026

Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants is part of CAL FIRE’s Climate and Energy Program and supports California Native American tribes in managing ancestral lands, implementing and promoting Traditional Environmental Knowledges in wildfire resilience, and establishing wildfire safety for tribal communities.

Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants fund projects that serve California Native American tribes, support Traditional Ecological Knowledge and cultural fire, improve forest health through forest fuels reduction, pest management, reforestation, biomass utilization, forest watershed restoration, upper watershed, riparian, and mountain meadow restoration, or research thereof, and directly or indirectly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These projects address critical needs in tribal communities, and may include a combination of: Implementing & training Traditional Ecological Knowledges & indigenous stewardship Cultural and prescribed burns Creation and maintenance of shaded fuel breaks and defensible space Forest and wildfire resilience projects such as: reforestation dead and dying tree removal understory thinning and/or removal Forest health & restoration projects Increasing biodiversity and improving access to and use of traditional foods and culturally significant species Workforce Development and training programs in fire, forestry, and related Traditional Ecological Knowledge Mapping projects Development of restoration plans, fire or forest management plans Biological and cultural surveys Environmental compliance and permitting Fuels management Fire reintroduction (and planning for fire reintroduction)

Details

• Agency: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Type: Grant
• Funding Source: State
• Estimated Available Funds: $10,000,000
• Estimated Awards: Between 250000 and 3000000
• Award Amount: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
• Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
• Matching Funds: Not Required
• Geography: Ancestral homelands within California (as defined by the applying tribe) are eligible. The grantee must have long-term access to the land.  Multiple geographic locations may be included in the same proposal. 

Categories

Agriculture; Disadvantaged Communities; Disaster Prevention & Relief; Employment, Labor & Training; Environment & Water; Food & Nutrition; Parks & Recreation

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofit; Tribal Government