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Preparing for Wildfires | Prescribed Fire Grant TFS
PREPARING FOR WILDFIRES
  • PREPARE FOR WILDFIRES: PRESCRIBED FIRE GRANT

    Texas A&M Forest Service offers grants to landowners to complete prescribed fires on private land. Each grant targets landowners in different priority areas across the state.

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    View an Interactive Map to Determine Eligibility and to Apply

     

     Prescribed Fire Grant Application Period for CPP, SFC-ETX, and NRCBW Grants has closed and will reopen September 1-29, 2025.  Click link above to check eligibility.

     

    SFAM Plains Prescribed Fire Grant provides assistance to communities that have been or may be threatened by
    wildland fire by funding prescribed burning to reduce hazardous fuels in and around communities. Treatment areas will be located adjacent to priority communities in Texas that are at highest risk for loss during a Southern Plains Wildfire Outbreak event. The goal is to protect high-risk communities and aid in ecosystem restoration by utilizing prescribed fire to consume excess vegetation before it contributes to catastrophic wildfire. Priority will be given to treatments sites that provide protection to the highest risk communities based on data from the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (TxWRAP) and those communities that contain ecosystems that will benefit from prescribed fire.

    The Community Protection Program Grant provides assistance to reduce the hazard of high-risk fuels on private lands through the use of prescribed burning. The treatment area will be within 10 miles of a National Forest boundary. The grant's goal is to protect high-risk communities and associated forest resources by reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire on private and public lands. Priority will be given to projects that meet both criteria.


    The State Fire Capacity near Federal Lands in East Texas Prescribed Fire Grant provides assistance to reduce the hazard of high-risk fuels on private lands and non-federal public lands through the use of prescribed burning. Treatment areas will be in 20 East Texas counties that contain concentrations of federal lands, have a high social vulnerability index rating, and high risk fuels (See interactive eligibility map).  The goal is to protect communities and aid in ecosystem restoration by utilizing prescribed fire to consume excess vegetation before it contributes to catastrophic wildfire. Priority will be given to treatments sites that are within a CWPP, located near federal lands, a Firewise USA site, and near homes based on Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (TxWRAP). This program has previously been known as the State Fire Capacity in Central and East Texas Grant and the State Fire Assistance for Mitigation Grant.


    Neches River and Cypress Basin Watershed  Restoration Program - Prescribed Fire Grant provides assistance to landowners in utilizing prescribed fire for ecological improvement to the Neches River and Cypress Basin watersheds. This program will benefit the public and natural resources through improvement of water quality and quantity, control of invasive species and enhancement of wildlife habitat. Treatment areas will be private property in the Neches River and Cypress Basin Watersheds. Priority will be given to prescribed burn treatments that promote native ecosystem restoration, are in priority watershed protection zones and near public land. 


    The Texas Longleaf Conservation Assistance Program provides eligible landowners with financial and technical assistance for establishing, enhancing and managing longleaf pine. Landowners with property within ten East Texas counties which include Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, San Augustine, Sabine, San Jacinto, Trinity and Tyler are eligible to apply. Approved participants may receive up to 50% payment not to exceed a standard cap rate for implementing approved conservation practices. Approved conservation practices include prescribed burning, reforestation, site preparation and forest stand improvement.

    Funding for this program is provided by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and are administered through the Texas Longleaf Pine Implementation Team and Texas A&M Forest Service. 


     + SFAM Plains Prescribed Fire Grant
     + Community Protection Program - Prescribed Fire Grant
     + State Fire Capacity near Federal Lands in East Texas - Prescribed Fire Grant
     + Neches River and Cypress Basin Watershed Restoration Program- Prescribed Fire Grant
     + Texas Longleaf Conservation Assistance Program
     + Texas Climate Smart Initiative
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