Federal Programs from Forest Service

The United States Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.
Forestry Research
Forest Service
To extend fundamental research activities of the Forest Service by awarding grants to nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and organizations engaged in renewable resources resear...more

Cooperative Forestry Assistance
Forest Service
With respect to nonfederal forest and other rural lands to assist in the advancement of forest resources management; the encouragement of the production of timber; the control of insects and diseases ...more

Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal
Land

Forest Service
To share receipts from the National Forests with the States in which the National Forests are situated....more

Schools and Roads - Grants to Counties
Forest Service
To share receipts from the National Grasslands and Land Utilization Projects (LUP) with the Counties in which the National Grasslands and LUP"s are situated....more

National Forest_Dependent Rural Communities
Forest Service
Provide accelerated assistance to rural communities faced with acute economic problems associated with Federal, State or private sector resource management decisions and policies and that are located ...more

Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund
Forest Service
To counter the effects of the declining timber program of the Tongass National Forest....more

Rural Development, Forestry, and Communities
Forest Service
To help rural areas analyze and assess forest resource opportunities, maximize local economic potential through market development and expansion, and diversify communities' economic base....more

Forest Products Lab: Technology Marketing Unit (TMU)
Forest Service
Increase the amount of biomass used from the National Forest and associated lands involved with hazardous fuel reduction activities. The program will is designed to assist small forest products busine...more

Urban and Community Forestry Program
Forest Service
To plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces and related resources in and adjacent to cities and towns to improve urban livability; to link governmental, private and grassro...more

Forest Legacy Program
Forest Service
To effectively protect and conserve environmentally important forest areas that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses, through conservation easements and other mechanism. The FLP is a volunta...more



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