Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Northeast and Midwest

The Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program aims to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority rural forest landscapes. The program supports high-impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private resources, and further priorities identified in each State Forest Action Plan or equivalent restoration strategy. Eligible applicants include State Forestry Agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribes. The program requires a minimum Federal funding request of $25,000 and 1:1 allowable matching funds. • The program focuses on rural forest lands in the Northeast and Midwest states. • Projects must include on-the-ground outcomes on nonindustrial private and/or State or local government forest land. • Projects must result in accomplishments for at least one of the national LSR quantitative measures. • Projects must address priority issues/landscapes in the relevant State Forest Action Plan(s) or equivalent restoration strategy. • Projects must address one or more of the National Objectives for LSR.