2025 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program

2025 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program is sponsored by USDA Forest Service. Provides financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects in areas at risk of unnaturally severe wildfire or insect or disease infestation.

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gov Maintenance Calendar 2025 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program Department of Agriculture Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:USDA-FS-WPIA-2025 Funding Opportunity Title:2025 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Natural Resources Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings:10.

725 -- Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Oct 24, 2024 Original Closing Date for Applications:Dec 18, 2024 Current Closing Date for Applications:Dec 18, 2024 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 20,000,000 Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility:For-profit entities, state and local governments, Indian Tribes, school districts, communities, not-for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, and ports) ## Additional Information Agency Name:Forest Service Description:The USDA Forest Service is announcing the availability of $20 million to provide financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects in areas at risk of unnaturally severe wildfire or insect or disease infestation through funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

The intent is to substantially decrease the cost of conducting restoration projects involving vegetation removal on federal and Tribal lands and invest in surrounding communities. These ecosystem restoration byproducts could include trees and woody biomass harvested through timber sales, thinning, hazardous fuels reduction treatments, or other restoration management activities.

Funding priority will be to provide financial assistance to an entity seeking to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility that will utilize the byproducts from projects on federal land, Tribal forestland, and Tribal rangeland that have been identified as at risk for fire, insect, or disease and a high priority for ecological restoration.

To be eligible for funding, the project facility must be in close proximity to federal or Tribal lands and procure significant percentages (approximately 50% or greater) of raw materials from federal or Tribal lands.

Successful applicants will address how financial support will enable increased utilization of byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects on federal or Tribal lands that are in close proximity to a wood products processing facility and how this assistance will help reduce restoration costs. The grants and agreements awarded under this announcement will support the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Pub. L.

117-58 (11/15/2021), Sec. 40804(b)3. Link to Additional Information:Wood Innovations Homepage Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Wood Innovations Specialist Email address for Adam Smith #### Health & Human Services * Frequently Asked Questions ## Your session will expire in 3 minutes.

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