Forest Health
Grant Program
The Forest Health grant program supports forest health projects that result in multiple watershed benefits, consistent with the following purposes:
- Reducing wildfire risks, protecting communities and their watersheds, and promoting watershed health
- Protecting and restoring rural and urban watershed health to improve watershed storage capacity, forest health, protection of life and property, and greenhouse gas reduction
- Supporting watershed adaptation projects to reduce the impacts of climate changes on California’s communities and ecosystems
The grant program is funded by Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Bond Act of 2014 and Proposition 68, the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018.
Guidelines
Read the Forest Health Grant Guidelines.
Contacts
Please contact your SNC Subregion’s Representative to discuss potential project ideas. Click the map to find the contact information for the SNC Representative or Manager in your area.
Context
The SNC administers multiple grant programs to support Regional Goals identified in our 2019–2024 Strategic Plan. View the plan to learn more.
Grant Categories and Award Limits
Total funding available for the current grant cycle: $10,540,373
Awards up to $1,000,000 for Category One projects which implement forest health treatments as well as fee title acquisition projects that support forest products manufacturing and/or biomass utilization facilities that increase capacity to improve forest and watershed health.
Awards up to $100,000 for Category Two projects to fund pre-project activities necessary for a specific future on-the-ground project or projects. The future project(s) must be clearly identified.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are public agencies, qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities recognized on the current United States Federal Register or the Native American Heritage Commission as a California Native American tribe.
Schedule
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 5, 2019 | Pre-application due |
| August 5 – September 27, 2019 | Site visits to all Category One project sites |
| October 17, 2019 | Full application due by 5pm |
| March / June 2020 | Anticipated grant awards |
Previous Grant Information
| Application Deadline | Board Authorizations Dates and Amounts |
|---|---|
| September 1, 2015 | December 2015: 5 projects awarded for $853,190 March 2016: 2 projects awarded for $609,808 |
| March 1, 2016 | June 2016: 10 projects awarded for $3,235,282 September 2016: 5 projects awarded for $2,028,722 |
| September 1, 2016 | December 2016: 10 projects awarded for 3,154,828 |
| November 1, 2017 | March 2018: 15 projects awarded for $2,964,338 June 2018: 7 projects awarded for $3,491,121 |
| October 1, 2018 | March 2019: 21 projects awarded for $11,830,183 June 2019: 4 projects recommended for $2,258,201 |