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FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION

THE FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTARY PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IN WHICH THE FOREST SERVICE WORKS WITH LANDOWNERS, STATES, TRUSTS AND OTHERS TO CONVEY LAND OR LAND INTERESTS TO ACHIEVE CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES.

FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE USED TO EDUCATE LANDOWNERS, RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATION ON NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANTS AND INSECTS, AND NATIVE INSECTS AND PATHOGENS THAT CAUSE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO THE FORESTS OF GEORGIA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INVASIVE PLANTS AND INSECTS THAT THRIVE IN OPEN FOREST CONDITIONS. FUNDING WILL BE USE TO COVER TIME SPENT BY FOREST HEALTH STAFF TRAVELING AND PRESENTING PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO SPONSORING EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT FOREST HEALTH IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS ESTABLISHING FOREST HEALTH MONITORING PLOTS TO EVALUATE ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT INSECTS AND PATHOGENS THAT EFFECT FORESTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DAMAGE CATEGORIES, LATITUDES AND STAND AGES. UGA WILL COLLABORATE WITH STATE AGENCIES AND USFS TO DEVELOP A VISUAL ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL FOR RAPID AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS. PLOTS WILL BE MONITORED FOR 1-3 YEARS POST HURRICANE HELENE. INITIAL PLOTS ARE PLANNED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN LATE SUMMER TO EARLY FALL 2025. THE GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION (GFC) WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING AND REQUESTING PERMISSION FOR MONITORING ACCESS ON PRIVATE LANDS. FUNDING WILL COVER THE COST OF TECHNICIAN EXPENSES FOR FIELD WORK AND TRAVEL, PLUS TIME SPENT BY GFC EMPLOYEES FINDING SITES FOR MONITORING ACCESS ON PRIVATE LANDS. AFTER THE MONITORING HAS ENDED OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL BE PRODUCED BASED ON THE DATA COLLECTED. ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE INSECTS ARE MONITORED ANNUALLY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND DISTURBED/STRESSED FOREST STANDS CAN BE A HAVEN FOR THE SPREAD OF PESTS. USING ALREADY IN PLACE TRAPPING PROTOCOLS WE WILL EXPAND SEVERAL OF OUR MONITORING PROGRAMS IN DISASTER DECLARED AREAS TO MONITOR FOR PESTS SUCH AS PINE BEETLES, SPONGY MOTH, AND EMERALD ASH BORER FOR 2-3 YEARS POST HURRICANE. ADDITIONAL MONITORING PROVIDES A BASIS FOR EARLY DETECTION AND RAPID RESPONSE EFFORTS TO ENHANCE THE PROTECTION OF GEORGIA'S FORESTS FROM NONNATIVE INSECTS, AND DISEASESNON-NATIVE, INVASIVE PLANTS CAN CAUSE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO FORESTS OF GEORGIA. CURRENTLY AMPLE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS HURRICANE HELENE'S EFFECT ON PRIVATE LANDS BUT NOT ON STATE LANDS. STATE LAND MANAGERS WILL SURVEY AND TARGET STANDS THAT HAVE OPEN FOREST CONDITIONS IN WHICH NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANTS THRIVE. TARGETED TREATMENTS BY GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION FORESTRY TECHNICIANS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON TALLOW TREE, CHINESE PRIVET, JAPANESE CLIMBING FERN, CALLERY PEAR, AND ADDITIONAL NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANTS AS NECESSARY THAT INHABIT STATE PROPERTY. MULTIPLE TREATMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE ERADICATION.

GEORGIA RESILIENT FOREST INITIATIVE PROGRAM

GEORGIA COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE GRANT CONSOLIDATING COOPERATIVE FORESTRY FOREST HEALTH AND COOPERATIVE FIRE PROGRAMS

AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE IN THE COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE ACT (PL 95-313, AS AMENDED), THIS CONSOLIDATED PAYMENT GRANT (CPG) IS THE PRIMARY AWARD INSTRUMENT THROUGH WHICH THE USDA WORKS WITH AND THROUGH THE GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION TO COOPERATIVELY SET PRIORITIES FOR AND IMPLEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON STATE, PRIVATE, AND MUNICIPAL FOREST LANDS THAT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY BENEFIT THE HEALTH OF FEDERAL FOREST LAND AND THE NATION S FORESTS. THIS AWARD CONSISTS OF THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, FOREST HEALTH PROTECTION PROGRAM, URBAN & COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM, STATE FIRE CAPACITY PROGRAM, VOLUNTEER FIRE CAPACITY PROGRAM, AND LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION PROGRAM FUNDING. THROUGH THIS AWARD, DIRECT ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS, PRODUCERS, PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS, AND MUNICIPALITIES TO FIGHT FIRES, REDUCE FIRE RISK, FIGHT DAMAGING INSECTS AND DISEASES, PRODUCE TIMBER, AND STEWARD THEIR FORESTS.

GEORGIA CONSERVATION RESERVE INITIATIVE

GEORGIA NATIONAL PASS THROUGH PARTENER INFLATION REDUCTION ACT URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY EXPANSION

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FOREST LEGACY ACQUISITION

GEORGIA 2024 CROSS BOUNDARY WILDFIRE MITIGATION ON NON FEDERAL LANDS

GEORGIA INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FOREST LEGACY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING

THE COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE ACT (CFAA) REQUIRES EACH STATE FORESTRY AGENCY TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY FOR FOREST RESOURCES, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS STATE FOREST ACTION PLAN (SFAP), TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDS UNDER THE AUTHORITIES OF THE ACT. IIJA DIVISION J PROVIDES DIRECTION TO THE FOREST SERVICE TO AWARD GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT PRIORITIES DESCRIBED IN STATE FOREST ACTION PLANS. ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 14225 TO SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE EXPANSION OF AMERICAN TIMBER PRODUCTION BY ENGAGING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FORESTS, REDUCE SPREAD OF DISEASE AND INSECTS, THIN FUELS, AND MANAGE FORESTS TO PRODUCE TIMBER AND OTHER ECONOMIC BENEFITS.

GEORGIA FISCAL YEAR 24 STATE FOREST ACTION PLAN

THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE FOREST SERVICE FOREST INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RECOVERY NEEDS. GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION WILL ASSIST THE FOREST SERVICE WITH FOREST STAND DELINEATION, STAND INVENTORY AND STAND DIAGNOSIS ACROSS THE CHATTAHOOCHEE-OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. THESE ACTIONS WILL LEAD TO THE IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS FOLLOWING IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE USING FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RELIEF ACT.

THE EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM (EFRP) HELPS NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLAND OWNERS RECOVER FROM NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS WILDFIRES, HURRICANES, TORNADOES, AND OTHER QUALIFYING EVENTS. EFRP PROVIDES FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR APPROVED PRACTICES THAT RESTORE FOREST HEALTH, MITIGATE FURTHER DAMAGE, AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT. PRACTICES INCLUDE DEBRIS REMOVAL, SITE PREPARATION FOR NATURAL REGENERATION OR TREE PLANTING, TREE PLANTING, FOREST STAND IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTORING FORESTLAND ROADS AND STREAM CROSSINGS TO FACILITATE MANAGEMENT AND HARVEST OPERATIONS. THE USDA FOREST SERVICE (FS) RECEIVES EFRP FUNDS FROM THE USDA FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) AND REIMBURSES STATE FORESTRY AGENCIES FOR PROGRAM OVERSIGHT AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LANDOWNERS WITH TIMBER DAMAGE OR LOSS. THE COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE ACT ALLOWS THE FS GRANT AUTHORITY FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP AND RURAL FORESTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, CFDA 10.678. THESE FUNDS ARE SUPPLIED TO THE FS THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH FSA AS NEEDED BASED ON DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOR DISASTERS OCCURRING ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2010. FUNDING AMOUNTS VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON DISASTER DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS AND DISASTER LOCATIONS AS DESIGNATED BY FSA.

GEORGIA FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS

GEORGIA FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS

COOPERATIVE/ MUTUAL AID FIRE ASSISTANCE PAYMET / FMMI DOC NUM 1948099108 / VENDOR GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION / START DATE 20240711 / END DATE 20240912

GEORGIA 2024 CROSS BOUNDARY WILDFIRE MITIGATION ON NON FEDERAL LANDS

COOPERATIVE/ MUTUAL AID FIRE ASSISTANCE PAYMET / FMMI DOC NUM 1944335123 / VENDOR GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION / START DATE 20230813 / END DATE 20231018