Texas A&M Forest Service offers grants to landowners to
treat vegetation on private land. Each
grant targets landowners in different priority areas across the state.
SFAM Mechanical Fuel Reduction Grant Eligibility Map
SFAM Mechanical Fuel Reduction Grant Application
The State Fire Assistance for Mitigation - Mechanical Fuels Grant provides
financial assistance to reduce the hazard of high risk fuels on private lands through
the use of hazardous fuel reduction. The grant’s goal is protect high
risk communities within the 32 high risk counties in Central Texas identified
by Texas A&M Forest Service Mitigation and Prevention Department.
Priority will be given to landowners that live with in the 32 high risk
counties, are located in a county or city that has an active Community Wildfire
Protection plan, or live with in a Firewise USA Site.
+ Scope of Project
Reduce the risk of home loss to wildfire through the use of
accepted mechanical fuel reduction practices. Projects will be located in 32
counties in Central Texas identified by Texas A&M Forest Service Mitigation
and Prevention Department as high priority, (see attached map). The goal of the
grant is to protect high risk communities by reducing the risk of catastrophic
wildfire on private and public lands. Grant recipients will be reimbursed for
actual costs up to the thresholds listed in the grant application for conducting mechanical fuel
reduction projects on their property. Work will be conducted by a private
contractor of the landowner’s choosing or by the landowner and his or her
employees.
+ Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator Map