CAL FIRE Awards Forest Health and Research Grants and Opens Solicitation of Wildfire Prevention Grants

June 5, 2025 – Nearly $72 Million Awarded to Landscape-Scale Forest Health Projects: CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Program has awarded $72 million to 12 grants to local and regional partners carrying out projects on state, local, tribal, federal, and private lands. Funded projects will employ a wide array of forest management strategies, with goals of wildfire resilience, watershed protection, habitat conservation for endangered species, recovery of fire-scarred and drought-impacted forests, and the reintroduction of fire as a natural ecological process. Several of the funded projects also include community outreach and long-term strategic planning through the California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP); three-fourths of the awarded projects will benefit disadvantaged or low-income communities.

June 27, 2025 – $5.9 Million Awarded to Support Cutting-Edge Scientific Research: CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Research Program has awarded $5.9 million to support 15 scientific research studies that are expected to increase our understanding of relatively understudied vegetation types like chaparral, mountain meadows, and oak woodlands; strengthen frameworks for evaluating costs and benefits of fuel treatment strategies; and expand cutting-edge tools for forest monitoring and prescribed fire planning.

June 25, 2025 – Up to $135 Million is Available for Wildfire Prevention Projects: On June 25, CAL FIRE’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program announced the solicitation for projects in and near fire threatened communities to improve public health and safety. Project types include hazardous fuels reductions, wildfire prevention planning, and wildfire prevention education. The deadline for applications is August 6.