Forest Health and Watershed Grant Programs – NFWF & SNC
Candace Leong, Manager, Northern California Forest
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Phone: 415-593-8253
Candace.Leong@nfwf.org
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are proud to announce that the Summer 2019 Northern California Forests and Watersheds Request for Proposals (RFP) is anticipated to be released July 2019!
As a potential grant applicant, you are more than welcome to begin brainstorming potential projects and partnerships in anticipation of the upcoming RFP. Feel free to review the previous RFP and Appendix at www.nfwf.org/norcal as the format and types of projects will be similar. Another email will be sent when the Summer 2019 RFP is live.
Grant funding for the Storrie Fire in Lassen National Forest and other areas for California meadow restoration that benefit Desert Terminal Lakes basins will be available for the following project categories:
- Watershed restoration and management
- Species management
- Forest and upland restoration and management
- Recreational and non-natural features
As a reminder, non-federal match will be a factor in the proposal evaluation, but it is not the only factor. If non-federal match is a concern, please contact NFWF’s Candace Leong at Candace.leong@nfwf.org as we encourage everyone to apply.
ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS THROUGH AUGUST 5, 2019
- 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.
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy also offers:
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS for nonprofit organizations and agencies in the Sierra Nevada Region can request a free grant writing workshop for their area. These are intensive, interactive, two-day workshops with a maximum of 15 participants.
& MORE INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE with questions about a specific grant or a general funding strategy for your organization? Individual funding assistance is available to nonprofit organizations, agencies and local governments in the SNC Region.