Forest Service Northeast and Midwest Landscape Scale Restoration 2021

The Forest Service is seeking applications for the Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) program, which aims to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes. The program will provide funding for projects that address priority issues and landscapes, produce measurable on-the-ground outcomes, and involve collaboration with partners. Eligible applicants include State forestry agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and units of local government. The program requires a minimum of $25,000 in Federal funding and a 1:1 match. Projects must be focused on rural lands and include on-the-ground outcomes on nonindustrial private and/or State or local government forest land. Some examples of eligible projects include water quality and watershed health improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, and ecosystem services projects. • Water quality and watershed health improvement • Wildlife habitat improvement • Ecosystem services projects • Community tree planting projects in communities with a population of less than 50,000 • Strategic outreach efforts to land managers/owners facing threats from urban sprawl, invasive species, and wildfire • Cross-boundary fuels management projects that are adjacent to National Forest System lands • Integrated efforts to improve management of nonindustrial private forest lands according to the State’s Forest Action Plan • Survey, prioritization, and treatment to control invasive plants in a high-priority landscape • Reducing risk in the wildland-urban interface to protect high-value assets such as drinking water and community infrastructure • Prevention and preparedness projects in advance of known invasive pests, with on-the-ground outcomes • Fuels management projects • Restoration of forests following damaging events to promote desired future conditions • Special surveys and technical assistance for forest health issues that exceed the resources available through core Forest Health Program (FHP) funding • Activities to better engage the public in forest health work to achieve on-the-ground outcomes