DLNR News Release- Grant Applications Open For Wildfire Risk Reduction And Landscape Scale Restoration, Sept. 26, 2023
Posted on Sep 26, 2023 in Latest Department News, Newsroom
(HONOLULU) – Three grant opportunities to assist landowners in reducing fire risk and restoring landscapes are now open and accepting applications via the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). The opportunities include Landscape Scale Restoration grants, Community Wildfire Defense grants, and Wildland-Urban Interface grants. All three opportunities are funded by the US Forest Service and full details are available through the Hawaiʻi Awards and Notices Data System.
Landscape Scale Restoration Grants (October 16): Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) grants address priority landscapes and/or issues identified in the Hawaiʻi Forest Action Plan and encourage collaborative, science-based restoration projects that encompass a diversity of ownerships at a scale that can address the restoration objectives identified in the project. A project proposal MUST be designed to achieve one or more of the following Landscape Objectives:
- Reduce the risk of uncharacteristic…
