Regenerate New York Forestry Cost Share Grant Program (Regenerate NY)

DEC cost-share grant for non-industrial private forest landowners (under 2,500 acres), not-for-profits, tribes, and entities acting on their behalf to establish or regenerate forests on 5+ acres: afforestation/reforestation, regeneration silviculture, forest-health thinning, competing-vegetation control, and deer exclosures. Five rounds to date; Round 5 closed March 30, 2026 with a new performance-based advance-payment structure.

Non-industrial private landowners—any Individuals, trusts, corporate entities, or other for-profit entities—who own less than 2,500 acres of land; not-for-profit organizations and state or federally recognized Indian Nations or Tribes; companies or organizations acting on behalf of non-industrial private landowners (SWCDs, private forestry businesses, tree-planting businesses, 501(c)(3)s). Projects must treat five acres or more and be completed within three years.

10% match (local or in-kind, non-state/federal); performance-based payments: 75% of first-year costs upfront, 15% after year-one report plus 75% of next year, final 10% held to project end; projects up to 3 years.

Published amounts: Small budget projects –awards range from a minimum of $10,000 up to $49,999 .. Large budget projects – awards range from $50,000 up to a maximum of $1 million. A 10% match is required.

Apply through the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) Grants Management portal with a workplan and Excel budget workbook; see the Request for Applications (RFA). Registration help: (855) 233-8363 / helpdesk@sfs.ny.gov.

Deadline text on the page: Round 5 of Regenerate NY is now closed. Awards are anticipated to be announced in late 2026 or early 2027. .. This grant is now closed. Bid requests exhausted grant funds on March 30, 2026, signaling the end of the application period.