Funding Received: $23,170,000
SNC is working to increase regional capacity to plan and implement projects that improve forest health and fire resiliency.
This funding will allow SNC to work closely with existing RFFC subgrantees and other sub regional partners, as well as
Sierra Nevada Tribes and the Intertribal Indigenous Stewardship Council, to identify an effective suite of subgrants to
help meet needs across the RFFC planning areas so that the Sierra Nevada Region as a whole can level up in its
collective capacity to plan, fund, and implement restoration projects to increase the pace and scale of forest
resilience projects. Subgrants will include:
- Additional allocations to subgrantees for expanded capacity building, planning, project development, or demonstration projects
- Allocations to new Subgrantees for capacity building, planning, and project development, focusing on areas or partners not fully covered in the initial rollout of the RFFC program
- Technical assistance Subgrants or contracts for activities that support one or more RFFC planning areas.
This funding will help build the capacity of SNC and their partners, help increase the scale and speed of project development so that implementation programs have extensive statewide lists of shovel ready projects, including a directed subgrant program providing funding for CEQA/NEPA to move projects to shovel-readiness, with a focus on RFFC planning areas needing project pipeline development. Funding will also be used in those planning areas to overcome other barriers related to developing project pipelines. Finally this funding will support demonstration projects that implement techniques or partnerships new to an area, highlight innovative technology or approaches, and may be scaled up or replicated.
