Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grants Program
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established both the PROTECT Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs. The PROTECT Discretionary Grants Program funds projects on a competitive basis that address the climate crisis by … Read more
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula Program
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established both the PROTECT Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs (described separately). The PROTECT Program helps increase surface transportation resilience to natural hazards, like flooding, through planning … Read more
Climate Resilience Regional Challenge
Through funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), this one-time program supports projects that build the resilience of coastal communities facing extreme weather, like hurricanes and storm surge, and other … Read more
National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, competitive and non-competitive program capacity funds will be provided through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) to protect and restore ecologically significant habitats, including … Read more
Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grants
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund competitive and non-competitive grants to protect, restore, and conserve ecologically significant coastal habitats. The projects will help communities increase resilience to natural hazards like … Read more
Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund (ECRF)
This program was established to increase resilience of coastal communities affected by federally declared disasters from hurricanes and wildfires. ECRF supports conservation projects to strengthen natural systems that will mitigate … Read more
National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF)
The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) funds conservation projects to restore or expand natural features to lessen the impacts of natural disasters. NCRF has four focus areas: (1) community capacity … Read more
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP Program)
Funding from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP Program) reconnects disjoined communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating transportation facilities such as highways and rail lines that block community connectivity. RCP … Read more
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
The Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program provides planning, design and construction of measures that address resource concerns in a watershed through technical and financial assistance. Eligible Uses Flood prevention, … Read more
State Fire Assistance
Through the State Fire Assistance program, the Forest Service supports and assists State Foresters and local communities in building capacity for wildfire prevention, mitigation, control, and suppression on non-Federal lands. … Read more
