Forest Landowner Support (IRA)

Forest Landowner Support provides competitive grant opportunities to entities and organizations for delivering technical and financial assistance to private forest landowners. The USDA Forest Service made $150 million from the Inflation Reduction Act available to help underserved and small-acreage forest landowners connect to emerging voluntary climate markets.

Eligible entities include Tribal governments and organizations, states, local governments, public and private non-profits, and for-profit entities. The program supports underserved landowners and small-acreage landowners (owning less than 2,500 acres) in emerging private markets for climate mitigation and forest resilience.

Applicants could submit up to three proposals for up to $25 million total, and submit separate proposals to different tracks (which had varying deadlines). Supported activities include connecting landowners with emerging climate markets, state-endorsed cost-share payment programs for forest management on private land, and state/non-profit programs that pay landowners for practices that increase carbon sequestration and storage.

See the Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) on the USDA Forest Service Forest Landowner Support page for eligibility, deadlines, and proposal requirements.