Funding Available for Restoration of Nonindustrial Private Forest Land Damaged by Natural Disasters

The USDA has announced $18 million is available for the restoration of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land damaged by natural disasters. Funding is through the USDA’s Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) and is administered by the Farm Service Agency.

To be eligible for EFRP, land must:

• Have existing tree cover (or had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster and is suitable for growing trees); and,

• Be owned by any nonindustrial private individual, group, association, corporation, or other private legal entity that has definitive decision-making authority over the land.

Additional details, eligibility requirements and information on how to apply can be found in English here and in Spanish here.