Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Program is a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service that funds projects removing hazardous fuels from national forests and grasslands and transporting them to facilities where woody materials can be processed into wood products and services.

This work reduces wildfire threats to communities, critical infrastructure, and recreation areas while supporting local forest product facilities and rural economies. Eligible applicants include businesses, nonprofits, and state, local, and tribal governments. Award amounts vary depending on project scope.

This program directly supports both forest health and rural economic development through coordinated fuel removal efforts.

Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Grants | US Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Grants Logs removed as hazardous fuels from Fremont-Winema National Forest in Oregon being unloaded from a rail car in Hulett, WY.

( Image courtesy of Dan Buehler of Neiman Enterprises in Hulett, WY ) Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance grants support projects that remove hazardous fuels from national forests and grasslands and moves them to facilities where the woody materials may be used for various wood products and services.

This type of work contributes to reducing hazardous fuels that pose wildfire threats to communities, critical infrastructure and recreation areas while supporting local forest product facilities and rural economies. The forest products industry is a key partner to help maintain forest health and resilience while reducing wildfire risk.

Successful forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction are dependent on a robust forest products industry, which also can help to identify innovative solutions, explore new markets and contribute to local economies with jobs and opportunities.

2025 Hazardous Fuels Transportation Project Selections Note: All dollar amounts are maximum amounts dependent on actual eligible expenses incurred The following projects selected for the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Grants below met several key criteria.

The projects: demonstrated a clear justification outlining why removal and transportation of the forest products were infeasible without the incentive, for example, mill closures resulting in longer hauls or hauling optional material where hauling costs exceed product value. were in a very high or high wildfire hazard potential area or other priority area identified in state forest action plans.

contained eligible projects, forest products and matching funds. NORTHERN REGION 1 - Montana, Northern Idaho, North Dakota, and parts of Washington and Wyoming PROJECT AWARD DS Jr Trucking Inc.: The project is on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana.

The closure of two sawmills in western Montana resulted in an extra haul distance of 134 miles for sawlogs and 152 miles for non-saw logs from the project to alternate locations. Anticipated project accomplishments include transporting 66,528 tons/10,644 MBF of sawlogs and non-saw logs that will be used to produce lumber and wood chips.

$896,667 Sun Mountain Lumber: This award consists of two projects that include the removal of woody biomass material from several national forests in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The expected result is 59,600 tons/9,536 MBF of material that will be hauled over 12 months and will support crucial forest product industry, especially in Montana, Idaho and South Dakota.

Products produced include paper, biomass power, and panels from sawmill residuals. $906,656 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 2 - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, most of South Dakota, and Wyoming PROJECT AWARD Entermountain Enterprises: The project is on the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado. An estimated 3,354 tons/516 MBF of biomass material will be transported and manufactured into fuelwood and other forest products.

$64,500 JT Timber Falling Inc.: The project is located adjacent to and will benefit the Pike National Forest in Colorado. The project includes the transportation of about 2,500 tons/420 MBF of non-saw material to be used for terrestrial biomass carbon storage.

$113,750 National Forest Foundation: This award consists of two projects located on the San Juan National Forest in Colorado, Medicine Bow-Routt in Colorado and Wyoming, and Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. An estimated 38,040 green tons/9,098 MBF of logs, slash and firewood would be transported and utilized to produce biomass power, fuelwood, and various other forest products.

$568,800 Sun Mountain Lumber: The project is on the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. Approximately 7,000 tons/1,120 MBF of non-saw and fuelwood material will be transported and used to manufacture posts, poles, fuelwood, and other products. This project supports important forest product industry in South Dakota and Wyoming.

$143,500 VM West LLC: This award consists of two projects on the Pike and San Isabel national forests in Colorado. Approximately 8,216 tons/1,255 MBF of saw and non-saw material will be transported to multiple facilities and used to manufacture lumber and various other forest products.

$314,007 SOUTHWESTERN REGION 3 - Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Oklahoma and Texas PROJECT AWARD Chicanos Por La Causa New Mexico: The project includes hauling decked fuelwood logs from the Carson National Forest in New Mexico. An estimated 3,000 tons/450 MBF will be manufactured into firewood and hauled to communities and households that are unable to procure firewood on their own.

$84,536 Joe Dirt Excavating Inc.: This award consists of two projects on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. The projects include hauling slash and mill residuals to a wood energy power plant that produces electricity to the grid. The estimated volume transported is 44,040 tons/7,046 MBF.

$1,114,484 National Forest Foundation: The project is on the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. An estimated volume of 21,000 tons/3,354 MBF of slash will be transported and used to produce wood bioenergy to the domestic electrical grid. $632,080 Reidhead Forest Management LLC: The project is on the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona.

Mill residuals with an estimated quantity of 10,000 tons/1,600 MBF will be hauled and manufactured into value-added products, including certified playground surface material, animal bedding, and soils amendment products. $220,500 INTERMOUNTAIN REGION 4 - Utah, Nevada, western Wyoming, southern and central Idaho PROJECT AWARD Idaho Department of Lands Good Neighbor Authority: The project is on the Payette National Forest in Idaho.

Sawtimber in the estimated amount of 8,199 tons/1,450 MBF will be transported for lumber or engineered wood product production. $172,685 Last Chance Lumber: This project is on the Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah. The project includes the transportation of 4,160 tons/667 MBF of non-saw material to produce wood chips, wood pellets, and other forest products.

$186,068 South & Jones Timber Company Inc.: The project is on the Ashley and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache national forests in Utah and involves the transportation of non-saw material fuelwood and other forest products. The estimated 31,200 tons/4,992 MBF to be hauled and utilized will help retain crucial forest product industry in Utah and Wyoming. $400,000 Upper Valley Contracting LLC: The project is on the Boise National Forest in Idaho.

An estimated 9,000 tons/1,440 MBF of non-saw material will be hauled and produced into firewood and various other forest products. $451,667 PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION 5 - California and Hawaii The project is on the Stanislaus National Forest in California. Approximately 32,950 tons/5,272 MBF of biomass material will be transported to wood biomass energy facilities that produce electric energy to the domestic grid.

$1,174,556 County of Placer, California: This biomass transportation project is on the Tahoe National Forest in California. An estimated 2,520 tons/403 MBF will be transported to wood biomass energy facilities that produce electricity for the domestic grid. $87,987 Crook Logging Inc.: This project is on the Stanislaus National Forest in California.

Approximately 54,000 tons/6,429 MBF of sawlogs and biomass will be transported and utilized by industry. Sawlogs will be manufactured into lumber products at a sawmill that is a longer haul due to market conditions. Biomass will be transported to biomass powerplants to produce electricity for domestic consumption.

$480,000 Cross Check Services LLC: Two projects benefitting National Forest System lands are adjacent to the Tahoe National Forest in California. The projects include transportation of an estimated 34,500 tons/4,260 MBF of low-value logs to a biomass power plant for domestic electric energy production. $582,225 Franklin Logging Inc.: Five projects are on the Klamath, Modoc and Shasta-Trinity national forests in California.

These projects include the transportation of 59,046 tons/9,731 MBF of sawlogs and biomass. Sawlogs will be produced into lumber products and biomass will be used for biomass power generation to the domestic electrical grid. $1,968,307 Honey Lake Power: The project is on the Lassen National Forest in California.

An estimated 4,800 tons/872 MBF of biomass will be transported to the facility for biomass power generation to the domestic grid. $228,909 National Forest Foundation: The biomass removal project is on the Tahoe National Forest in California. Approximately 11,026 tons/1,203 MBF will be transported to a biomass power plant for the production of domestic electric energy.

$850,000 Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station: The project is on the Stanislaus National Forest in California. An estimated 15,000 tons/2,400 MBF of biomass will be transported to produce biomass power, which will be added to the domestic grid. $521,625 Pit Resource Conservation District: The biomass removal project is on the Modoc National Forest in California.

Approximately 5,000 tons/800 MBF of biomass will be transported to a biomass power plant to produce domestic electrical energy. $225,000 Sierra Valley Enterprises: The project is on the Eldorado National Forest in California and includes the removal and transportation of sawlogs. The distance for hauling sawlogs increased by 142 miles due to market changes.

An estimated 24,857 tons/3,200 MBF will be transported and utilized to produce lumber products. $200,000 Tuolumne Biomass LLC: The biomass removal project is on the Stanislaus National Forest in California. Approximately 28,000 tons/4,480 MBF will be transported to a biomass powerplant to produce domestic electrical energy.

$362,505 Yosemite/Sequoia RCDC: The project is on the Sierra National Forest in California. Approximately 4,400 tons/704 MBF of sawlogs and biomass will be transported and utilized. Small sawlogs will be hauled to a small log sawmill and produced into lumber products.

Biomass will be hauled to a biomass powerplant and produced into domestic electrical energy. $415,179 PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION 6 - Oregon and Washington PROJECT AWARD Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC: Two sawlog removal projects are on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon. Approximately 15,424 tons/2,373 MBF will be transported and produced into lumber and engineered wood products.

$385,138 Dodge Logging Inc.: A biomass project on the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon will haul approximately 20,000 tons/3,200 MBF in chip form for the production of paper products. $648,000 Gilchrist Forest Products LLC: The project is on the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, and Umpqua national forests in Oregon.

An estimated 45,108 tons/7,217 MBF of mill residuals will be transported to a biomass power plant for domestic electrical energy production. $588,648 Heartwood Biomass Inc.: This award consists of two projects on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon. An estimated 51,744 tons/8,279 MBF of sawlogs and biomass will be transported and used.

Sawtimber will be hauled to a sawmill to produce lumber products. Non-saw will be hauled and used to produce posts and poles, wood straw, firewood, and wood chips. $773,031 Iron Triangle LLC: Multiple projects are on the Malheur National Forest in Oregon.

Products include sawlogs and non-saw transported to multiple mills in Oregon and Idaho. An estimated 264,494 tons/45,080 MBF will be hauled to various sawmills and biomass facilities to produce lumber, engineered wood, post and pole, and various other uses. $4,665,063 Rude Logging LLC: The biomass removal project is on the Malheur National Forest in Oregon.

Approximately 20,538 tons/3,160 MBF will be transported to utilization facilities that produce firewood, fence posts, and stays. $410,748 SOUTHERN REGION 8 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico PROJECT AWARD Good Hope Inc.: The project is located on the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana.

An estimated 1,216 tons/195 MBF of pulpwood will be transported for wood pellet production. $14,755 Kentucky Hardwood Lumber Co. Inc.: Two pulpwood projects are on the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky.

Approximately 11,050 tons/1,513 MBF will be transported to a chip mill for paper production. $110,500 Taras Timber LLC: A pulpwood removal project on the National Forests in Mississippi will transport approximately 26,018 tons/4,163 MBF of pulpwood for paper products and energy use. The haul distance was increased from the appraised mill by 32 miles due to market conditions.

$112,671 Willhite Forest Products: Five projects are on the Ozark-St Francis National Forest in Arkansas. Approximately 30,212 tons/4,835 MBF of pulpwood will be chipped and transported to produce paper products.

$976,878 EASTERN REGION 9 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin PROJECT AWARD Hartree Partners: The biomass project is on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. Approximately 22,500 tons/5,600 MBF will be transported to biomass powerplants for domestic electrical energy production.

$270,000 2024 Hazardous Fuels Transportation Project Selections ( All dollar amounts are maximum amounts dependent on actual eligible expenses incurred ) PROJECT AWARD Sun Mountain Lumber: Project includes removal of woody biomass material from National Forests in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, many of which are included in Community Wildfire Protection Plans, high-risk firesheds and State Forest Action Plans.

The result expected is 93,080 green tons of material will be hauled over 12 months and will retain crucial forest product industry, especially in Montana and South Dakota. $1,753,875 Willis Enterprises, Inc: Project includes the removal of pulp log material from various high-risk fire-sheds in Montana, including the Kootenai Wildfire Crisis Landscape, and will haul 8,950 green tons.

This will retain crucial forest product industry in Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Washington. Willis Enterprises also partners with the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribe. $339,000 F.

H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Company: Project includes the removal of non-saw, biomass and slash material from various high-risk fire-sheds in Montana, including the Kootenai Wildfire Crisis Landscape, and will haul 18,900 green tons. This project will retain crucial forest product industry in Montana.

$252,161 This project includes the removal of almost 29,000 tons of sawlog and non-saw material that is Timber Subject to Agreement from fire-risk firesheds in forests in South Dakota and Wyoming. The projects occur in underserved areas and Sandford employs tribal members from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. $151,000 VM West: This project includes the removal of 1,741 ccf of sawlog and non-saw material.

This project is within the Colorado Front Range Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape. $175,000 Routt Millworks: This project includes the removal of 385 loads of sawlog material. This project is within fire-sheds included in the Colorado State Forest Action Plan and Wildfire Crisis Strategy.

$21,500 National Forest Foundation: Wood for Life Program provides firewood from high-risk fire-sheds in national forests in Wyoming and Colorado to tribes, including the Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapahoe, Navajo Nation, and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes. An estimated 500 loads of firewood will be provided to tribes.

$100,000 PROJECT AWARD White Mountain Lumber: This project involves the removal of hazardous fuels material (up to 153,842 tons) from three national forests in Arizona within a Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape. This woman-owned Arizona mill is using innovative methods to remove and use woody material from extended haul distances. This company employs local Indigenous tribal members.

$451,724 Arizona Log and Timberwood: This project will move hazardous fuels material (46,560 tons) of timber subject to agreement that otherwise likely would not be removed. The project is within a Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape. $403,200 Lignetics: This project will remove hazardous fuels material from three national forests in Arizona within a Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape.

The Woodyard project will remove approximately 208k tons, the Satellite Woodyard project will remove approximately 20k tons to be stocked-piled so the material will be available to the mill for the winter, which is normally an off season. The Residuals project will remove up to 43,900 tons of hazardous fuels material. These three projects provide a critical outlet for these hazardous fuels materials.

$1,453,500 Miller Timber Services Inc.: The work is a critical hazardous fuels removal/reduction project in partnership/coordination with Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico Forest Service, Cimmaron Watershed Alliance and Blanca Forest Products. The project area is adjacent to the Carson National Forest and will improve 24,000 acres by removing 12,000 tons of roundwood biomass logs and 5,000 tons on pine sawlogs.

This project is also part of the Colfax County Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the New Mexico Forest Action Plan. $332,640 PROJECT AWARD National Forest Foundation: The Wood for Life project will remove very low value hazardous fuels material (up to 1,500 cords) from two national forests that are within a Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscape. This material is then supplied to tribal communities that rely on the wood for heating.

$125,000 Last Chance Lumber: This project will remove dead and downed hazardous fuels material from the Manti – La Sal National Forest that would otherwise be left to burn and reduce the chance of seedling survival and increase the fire danger. They will remove up to 3600 ccf.

$418,650 PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION 5 PROJECT AWARD Peterson Timber: The project is located in high-risk fire-sheds within the Park Fire area on the Lassen National Forest. It includes the removal of post-fire roadside hazard trees converted to cull logs and chips from 762 acres. $951,588 Honey Lake Power: The project is within the Dixie Fire area on the Lassen and Modoc national forests in a high-risk firesheds.

The project includes the removal of post-fire hazard trees in the form of biomass and cull logs. $649,064 Franklin Logging: The project is within the Klamath Basin Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape and includes the removal of wood chips. This material is Timber Subject to Agreement from projects within the Antelope Fire area.

$1,436,378 Sierra Tahoe Environmental Management: The project is within the Plumas Community Protection Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape and includes the removal of post-fire hazard trees in the form of cull logs from 520 acres within the Dixie Fire.

$142,500 Pacific Ultra Power: This proposal includes several projects, which are within the Stanislaus Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape, giant sequoia groves and other high-risk firesheds. These projects include the removal and utilization of biomass. $1,022,758 Tahoe Forest Products: This project is within the Stanislaus Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape and includes the removal of sawlogs from approximately 1,000 acres.

The project was developed by the Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions collaborative group, which includes tribal representatives. $500,000 Heartwood: This project is within the Stanislaus Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape and includes the removal of 30,000 tons of biomass. This utilization facility adds unique hauling capacity for the use of small logs.

$418,000 National Forest Foundation: This project involves the removal of sawtimber from high-risk fire-sheds and the Wildland Urban Interface on the Inyo National Forest. The project will result in the removal and utilization of approximately 200 loads of sawtimber. $110,250 Sierra Valley Enterprises: This project is on the Tahoe National Forest within high-risk fire-sheds and Wildland Urban Interface.

The project includes the removal of approximately 4,000 tons of cull logs and biomass material from 753 acres. $482,845 Tulare County: This project is on the Sequoia National Forest within the Castle Fire area. It includes removal and utilization 9,590 tons of cull logs from 555 acres.

$326,720 Save the Redwoods League: This project is within high-risk firesheds and includes the protection of giant sequoia groves. The project includes the removal of biomass on the Sequoia National Forest and Tule Lake Tribal lands. $432,000 San Joaquin Forest Products: This project is within the Creek Fire Burn area on the Sierra National Forest.

It includes the removal of 18,000 tons of cull logs and biomass. Project partners include Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians of California and material will be utilized at the Fresno County Tribal Biomass Utilization Campus.

$800,000 PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION 6 PROJECT AWARD Malheur Lumber: This project is on the Ochoco National Forest in a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project and Joint Chief’s landscape and includes the treatment of 9,732 CCF of small diameter sawlogs and biomass on 1,073 acres. This project occurs within an underserved area impacted by mill closures.

$310,384 Vaagen Brothers: These projects occur within the Colville Wildfire Crisis Landscape in Washington and include sawlog and non-saw material and the treatment of 20,183 tons of Timber Subject to Agreement on approximately 3000 acres. These projects occur within underserved communities and project partners include the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

$181,421 Lomakatsi Restoration: Project includes the removal and innovative utilization of 7,500 green tons of biomass material within the Klamath River Basin Wildfire Crisis Landscape to create HumiSoil. Lomakatsi works with and employs many Klamath and affiliated tribal members.

$462,768 Biomass One: Project is within a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project landscape on the Roge River-Siskiyou National Forest and Crater Lake National Park. The project involves the removal of 15,000 green tons of biomass material on approximately 950 acres. $88,000 Mineral Creek Logging: Project includes removing 4,000 tons of non-saw Timber Subject to Agreement material from 402 acres on the Rogue River-Siskiyou.

This project provides benefits to underserved communities. $248,668 Forestry First: The projects occur within the Central Oregon Wildlife Crisis Landscape and involve the removal and use of 32,795 tons of biomass. This proposal would help retain crucial forest product industry in Oregon.

$712,577 Cow Creek/Umpqua Tribe: The project partner is the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indian Tribe and occurs on Umpqua Tribal lands adjacent to Forest Service lands in Oregon. The project includes 65,000 tons of material on 1,000 acres. Wood processing would occur at multiple sites including Umpqua Indian Forest Products.

$375,000 Iron Triangle: This project occurs on the Malheur National Forest and provides jobs in one of Oregon’s most economically disadvantaged areas that has been impacted by mill closures. The project includes removing approximately 240,000 tons of sawlogs and non-saw from almost 9000 acres.

$3,169,008 High Desert Partnership: This project occurs on the Malheur National Forest and helps address one of Oregon’s most economically disadvantaged communities. The project includes removing biomass from 300 acres and have been proposed by a community-led initiative that includes representation from the Burns Paiute Tribe.

$50,000 PROJECT AWARD Valley Wood: This project will treat approximately 500 acres of the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest by removing up to 30k tons of hazardous fuels materials. This project is within the Shortleaf Pine Initiative area. The change in haul destination has made the project not feasible due to an unforeseen haul destination change.

The local mills provide over 1,000 jobs to an underserved community. $175,000 Good Hope: This project will remove over 15k tons of hazardous fuels material from the Ouachita National Forest. This project is within a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project area and part of the Arkansas Forest Action Plan.

The change in haul destination has made the project not feasible due to an unforeseen haul destination change. $105,333