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2026 Wildfire Resilience Block Grants is sponsored by Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. CAL FIRE's Wildfire Resilience Program awards funding to build local capacity while providing financial and technical forestry assistance to nonindustrial forest landowners.
The power of this program comes from the regional partner’s ability to set parameters for assistance that directly meet the unique needs of the landowners in their local region.
Projects under this grant: Make funding available through agreements with private nonindustrial forest landowners to pay for specific, non-commercial ecological forest improvement and wildfire resilience practices to the extent they support reforestation and longevity of existing regeneration.
Provide technical assistance to promote information sharing and education on the full range of effective reforestation practices and opportunities as well as forest management education and management planni Promote long-term storage of carbon in forest trees and soils through reforestation and reduction of forest overcrowding and pests.
Further the goals of the California Forest Carbon Plan, California’s Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy, California’s Wildfire & Forest Resilience Action Plan, California’s Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire, and AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan. CAL FIRE seeks to significantly increase reforestation of forests degraded by overcrowding, drought, pest infestation, and catastrophic fire.
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Established based on 2018 Senate Bill 901, the Wildfire Resilience Program is tasked with assisting nonindustrial timberland owners with wildfire resilience efforts by providing technical and financial assistance for their forest management needs.
The Wildfire Resilience Program includes several state forestry assistance programs within CAL FIRE that share the goal of improving the health and productivity of private forest lands and reducing the threat posed from wildland fires.
## Wildfire Resilience Sub-Programs ### Forest Legacy Program _The Forest Legacy Program_ protects environmentally important forest land threatened with conversion to non-forest uses by providing funding for purchase of working forest conservation easements or fee title to willing sellers of forested lands.
### CFIP and Wildfire Resilience Block Grants _The Forest Stewardship Program_ offers technical and financial assistance opportunities to assist individual landowners with land management planning, conservation practices to enhance wildlife habitat, and practices to enhance the productivity of their forested land. ### Reforestation Services Program _The L. A.
Moran Reforestation Center_ specializes in cone processing and seed storage as well as nursery grown, native tree seedlings which combine to provide private landowners with the seeds and seedlings needed to restore forests lost to pest, disease or wildfires.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit; Other Legal Entity; Public Agency. Applicants are limited to Resource Conservation Districts (RCD’s), local and state agencies, and special districts capable of acting as lead agency for CEQA projects. These applicants must demonstrate they have the capacity to deliver a forestry based technical and financial assistance program to non-industrial forest landowners. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows between $100,000 and $5,000,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for 2026 Wildfire Resilience Block Grants are due August 7, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
2026 Wildfire Resilience Block Grants is funded by Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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