Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 West | USDA FS 2023 LSR WEST

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FS 2023 LSR WEST

The Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 West (Funding Opportunity Number: USDA FS 2023 LSR WEST) is a competitive discretionary grant offered by the USDA Forest Service to support collaborative, science-based restoration work on priority rural forest landscapes. The core goal is to fund projects that create real, on-the-ground improvements at a meaningful scale, with an emphasis on measurable outcomes that can be tracked across the landscape rather than small, isolated activities. The program is designed to encourage partnerships among agencies, organizations, and local stakeholders, and it favors proposals that bring multiple parties to the table, use the best available science, and align with a broader restoration strategy already identified by the state or an equivalent science-driven planning framework.

A key requirement of this opportunity is alignment with a State Forest Action Plan (or an equivalent science-based restoration strategy). In practical terms, applicants are expected to show that their proposed work directly advances priorities already recognized by state-level forest planning, such as reducing wildfire risk, improving forest health and resilience, addressing insect and disease impacts, restoring watersheds, improving habitat, or supporting other ecological and community protection objectives. The Forest Service highlights that strong proposals typically show clear connections between planned treatments and expected benefits, such as improved resilience to fire or drought, reduced hazardous fuels, enhanced watershed function, or improved ecological conditions that can be monitored and reported.

The grant is intended for projects located in western states and U.S.-affiliated Pacific jurisdictions, specifically: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, as well as the Territory of American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The focus on these locations reflects the program's aim to drive landscape-scale restoration in areas where rural forest conditions and risks, including wildfire and other stressors, often require coordinated multi-ownership and cross-boundary action.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state governments, county governments, cities or townships, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), as long as they are not institutions of higher education). This range is meant to encourage a mix of public, academic, and nonprofit-led collaborations, and it supports the idea that restoration at scale often depends on pooled capacity, local knowledge, and shared implementation across jurisdictional lines.

From a funding standpoint, the opportunity uses a grant instrument under the Environment and Natural Resources activity category and is associated with CFDA 10.664. The listed award ceiling is $300,000. While the posting notes expected awards, the number is not specified in the provided data, so applicants typically should plan for competitive selection and should not assume awards are guaranteed. The original closing date shown for this cycle is November 4, 2022, and the opportunity was created on August 22, 2022, indicating this is the FY 2023 West cycle as posted for that timeframe.

The program places special emphasis on leverage and impact. Applicants are expected to show how their project will leverage public and private resources, which often means documenting partner contributions such as matching funds, in-kind labor, equipment use, monitoring support, or complementary funding from other sources. The Forest Service also signals a preference for "high impact" projects, meaning proposals should clearly describe what will happen on the ground (for example, acres treated, miles of stream improved, priority areas restored, or communities better protected) and how those actions connect to measurable landscape outcomes over time.

Finally, the notice clarifies that there is a separate FY 2023 request for proposals specifically for federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native Corporations/Villages, posted separately on Grants.gov. Applicants in those categories are directed to use the "Related Opportunities" link to locate the appropriate solicitation. The listing also notes that to view LSR funding opportunities for the West and South more broadly, applicants should use the "Related Opportunities" section, which suggests parallel solicitations may exist for other regions or applicant types.

• The Forest Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 West" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.664.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-08-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-11-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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