USDA's Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service are working together to improve the health of forests where public forests and grasslands connect to privately owned lands.
Through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership, the two USDA agencies are restoring landscapes, reducing wildfire threats to communities and landowners, protecting water quality and enhancing wildlife habitat.
The partnership began in 2014, and each year the agency selects new three-year projects.
2020 Projects
The Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest more than $41 million this fiscal year to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality and restore healthy forest ecosystems on public and private lands. Funding for 36 projects includes $10.6 million for 16 new projects and $30.5 million to complete work on 20 projects previously selected in 2018 and 2019.
Project Area Accomplishments
This year’s selections bring the total number of Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration projects to 85. Since 2014, these projects have delivered important forest and rangeland funding to 40 states and Puerto Rico. They provide private landowners with conservation resources that help them complete restoration efforts on their land for healthier and more resilient forest ecosystems.
The efforts of the Joint Chiefs' have produced outstanding results that can be explored here.
2015 - 2017 Projects
2014 - 2016 Projects
The complete list of the 2014 - 2016 projects.
Program Contacts:
Clint Cross, FS
202-205-0995
clintcross@fs.fed.us
Matthew Vandersande, NRCS
202-690-1588
matthew.vandersande@usda.gov
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