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Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund is sponsored by Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS). This program offers loans for equipment and other working capital needs for existing businesses or startups involved in wildfire risk mitigation. A woodworking business that utilizes wood from forest health projects or creates products for wildfire mitigation could be eligible.
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Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund | Colorado State Forest Service | Colorado State University Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund The Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund provides community-based financial lending capital to support forest and wood products businesses and compliments traditional grant programs.
The Forest Business Loan Fund (FBLF), established by Colorado House Bill 09-1199 (HB-1199), provides lending capital to businesses that “harvest, remove, use, and market beetle-killed and other timber taken from private, federal, state, county, or municipal forestlands as part of wildfire risk reduction or fuels mitigation treatment.
” The purpose of the FBLF is to help retain forest-based businesses, maintain and/or increase local jobs, and contribute to the stability of local economies. A business must be for profit. State and local governments as well as community and non-profit organizations are not eligible.
A business must have a physical address within Colorado. A business must “harvest, remove, use, and market beetle-killed and other timber taken from private, federal, state, county, or municipal forestlands as part of wildfire risk reduction or fuels mitigation treatment. ” Complete and submit the CSFS Business Loan Fund Application Worksheet (50 KB DOCX) and submit attachment via email to Tim Reader at [email protected] .
Schedule and participate in an onsite technical and financial review with CSFS Business Loan Fund staff Prepare and submit all required application materials to CSFS and its contracted lending partners Successful Candidates Should Demonstrate Ability to meet the legislative intent Technical and financial merit Business operational history Ability to retain or create jobs Rural community economic stability Funding & Financial Partner San Luis Valley Resources Development Group Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) Loan Policies (130 KB PDF) Collaboration Key to Investing in our Biomass Business Community Utilization & Marketing Forester Learn More About the Colorado Wood Utilization & Marketing Program Colorado Wood Utilization & Marketing Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund Type your address or the city or town where you live into the search field on this map.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Existing businesses or startups in timber, wood products, forestry, and wildfire mitigation. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund is funded by Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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USDA-FS-2026-CFP puts $4.95 million behind fee-simple forest acquisition, caps requests at $600,000, and requires a 50 percent non-federal match. But the deadline that will actually disqualify you is October 13 — the date your application must be in your State Forester's hands, two weeks before the Forest Service ever sees it.
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