Request for Application

The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), as amended in 2008 through Public Law 110-246, gives the United States Forest Service the authority to provide financial and technical assistance to states and others on a variety of forestry issues.  These issues include (but not limited to) forest management and stewardship, fire protection, insect and disease control, reforestation and stand improvement, and urban forestry.

States are responsible for reporting accomplishments on an annual basis (End-of-Year Reports) providing documentation of grant expenditures in accordance to the grant narrative. This requirement is in compliance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is referenced within the Award Letter signed by each state authorized signatory. Forest Service Program Managers will send their state counterparts the End-of Year Report format. These reports should link financial expenditures with program accomplishments, and compare accomplishments with targets provided in grant narratives. States should identify reasons for, and resolution of, significant deviations from the grant narrative.

FY 2012 grants will be monitored by the Forest Service Program Managers by means of phone calls, emails, site visits, technical assists and/or program reviews such as Federal Excess Personal Property reviews. Any visit to the state will be coordinated with the appropriate program manager.

For each program/competitive grant, states will need to submit a separate narrative. The first narrative format is the Generic Program/Competitive Project Grant Narrative. This document contains the information in general terms that should be included in the grant narrative. Specific information related to each program follows the Generic example. As a state writes their grant narrative for 2012, it is recommended that they have a copy of the Generic Program/Competitive Project Grant Narrative in front of them while inputting information into their program area format. The Forest Service has organized information needed into three different categories: Boiler Plate, [Instructions], and <>. Please see the descriptions below to see how things are organized and coded.

Please see Appendix A for the Budget information. States will need to submit a worksheet A (Federal Cash to Cooperator) for each normal program and for each competitive grant they are receiving funds for. For the competitive grants, States will need to specify job codes/budget line items in the column to the left of the Total. States will also need to submit one worksheet B and C for the entire Consolidated Grant (it does not need to be broken out by program area).

Below are the Regional Projects that received funding for FY 2012.

The following states funds for travel have been sent to the Mississippi Forestry Commission and are not a part of the Allocation Table. Please follow the guidelines associated with the grant to Mississippi.