List of Approved Grant Applications
Please Note: As positions become available with the Division of Forestry they will be advertised through and filled from applications filed with the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Visit our Employment page for information on applying.
Florida Forest Health Improvement Initiative
The Florida Forest Health Improvement Initiative was combined with the previously advertised Forest Ecosystem Enhancement Initiative. The goal is to improve the overall health of community forests. Funding will be used to provide grants to local governments, non-profit groups, and educational institutions, as much as $24,000 each with no matching requirement. Approximately 60% of the available funds will be awarded for tree planting projects on public lands. The concepts of Right Tree/Right Place and Going Native will be emphasized. The remaining funds will be awarded for remedial pruning to improve the health of existing publicly owned trees, treatments such as soil aeration to improve tree stability and nutrient uptake, and a limited amount for removal of hazardous trees. Grant recipients will have to hire private vendors to provide trees and perform these treatments.
Total available funding for these grants will be $1.4 million. The deadline for submission of applications is February 12, 2010.
Florida Community Fuels Management Program Phase II
- Approved 7/29/2009
- Amount Funded: $6,281,000
- Estimated Jobs Created: 132
- Contact:
Gerry LaCavera
850/921-3733 or Email
Provide funding through "no-match" State Fire Assistance grants for a five part project. (1) Three hazard mitigation teams that would be stationed geographically across the state to conduct prescribed burning/fuel reduction on private and state lands in Florida and to support wildfire efforts as needed. (2) Provide five heavy, low ground pressure mowers placed throughout the state for fuel reduction in the urban and rural interface in Florida. (3) Contract for mechanical fuel reduction in areas of high wildfire risk throughout Florida; strategically placed to provide protection to thousands of residents. (4) Contract for Community Wildfire Protection Plan development to include training and contracting for plan development in Florida's highest risk areas that are potentially threatened by wildfire. (5) Contract for Firewise program delivery to Florida's highest risk urban interface areas threatened by wildfire, this includes hiring two additional fire mitigation specialists.
Florida Community Fuels Management Program Phase I
- Approved 3/11/2009
- Amount Funded: $900,000
- Estimated Jobs Created: 13
- Contact:
Gerry LaCavera
850/921-3733 or Email
Provide funding through “no-match” State Fire Assistance grants for a four part project. (1) Contract for mechanical fuel reduction in areas of high wildfire risk throughout Florida, strategically placed to provide protection to thousands of residents. Projects would be at least one in all 15 Florida DOF field units targeting high risk areas. (2) Division of Forestry field unit personnel will conduct hazardous fuels treatments on private and public lands in addition to contracted fuels reduction projects. (3) Contract for Firewise program delivery to Florida’s highest risk urban interface areas threatened by wildfire, the Division has four to five programs ready to go based on funding. (4) Public wildfire prevention and safety education outreach through a multi-media approach.
Regional Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative and Fuels Management
- Announced May 5, 2009
- Funds Allocated August 17, 2009
- Total Amount Funded: $1,742,000
- Total Estimated Jobs Created: 57
- Contact:
Steve Jennings
850/414-9927 or Email
The longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most ecologically diverse in the world. Today, longleaf pine forests are a mere remnant of their former majesty as less than 3 percent of the acreage remains.
Funds for these programs of work are for projects that will be carried out on State and Private Lands. The majority of this funding will be used to hire contractors to perform longleaf ecosystem enhancements. Specific projects to be implemented in Florida are summarized below.
Public Lands Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration
Funds will be used to assist state lands in the implementation of longleaf pine ecosystem restoration including longleaf planting, prescribed fire, timber stand improvement, native understory establishment, and invasive exotic plant control
Private Landowner Incentive Program
Funds used to assist nonindustrial private forest owners to implement longleaf pine ecosystem restoration including longleaf planting, prescribed fire, timber stand improvement, native understory establishment, and invasive exotic plant control.
Longleaf Plant Materials Capacity
Funds are being used to increase production capacity for Longleaf planting stock and understory plant materials to meet growing demand.
Longleaf Ecosystem Inventory and Coordination
- Amount Funded: $168,007
- Estimated Jobs Created: 10
- Contact:
David Speake
850/414-9915 or Email
Funds will be used to conduct a variety of resource inventories in Longleaf ecosystems and coordinate management of longleaf pine ecosystems.
Longleaf Education & Outreach
Funds will be used to educate landowners and natural resources professionals in the latest technology on longleaf pine ecosystem restoration.
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