Workshops Offered on How to Prepare Applications for Community Wildfire Defense Grants “Up to $250 million may be awarded in grants”

Forest Service News Release

Yreka, Calif., August 2, 2023— The USDA Forest Service is offering in-person workshops and webinars on how to prepare an application for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG). The 2023 open period for grant application submittal is July 31 to October 31, 2023. The CWDG program is intended to help at-risk-local communities and tribes plan for and reduce the risk of wildfire on private lands. Non-profits, state, county, and community government agencies…