2025 Forest Service Eastern Region Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy NOFO

The U.S. Forest Service supports moving toward shared stewardship across Landscapes as part of a conceptual framework for making strategic investments across landscapes to co-manage wildfire risk and achieve positive outcomes at the most appropriate scale. Within this framework, Eastern Region Cohesive Fire Strategy Competitive Request for Applications is designed to support and carry out the first two goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (NCS) across the Midwestern and Northeastern States as well as meet the intent of the current year budget direction. These first two national goals are:

Government

• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Special district governments
• City or township governments
• County governments
• State governments

Miscellaneous

• Other

Education

• Independent school districts
• Public and state institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
• Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)