The USDA Forest Service is requesting applications for Fiscal Year 2023’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Grant Program. This program will support reforestation, ecosystem restoration, and forest health improvement in the Great Lakes Basin through an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This year, we are announcing and awarding funding through two grant opportunities at the same time: (1) Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA); and (2) Forest Restoration (FR).
Submit applications by 6 p.m. ET on Oct. 23 on Grants.gov through two separate Requests for Applications:
1) The Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA) Request for Applications funds partnership work to address invasive plant species that pose significant ecological threats in the Great Lakes Basin.
2) The Forest Restoration (FR) Request for Applications funds projects that
- Mitigate Forest Insect and Disease Impacts through targeted reforestation and forest protection
- Reduce Runoff from Degraded Sites through Green Infrastructure that includes trees, or
- Restore and Connect Coastal and Riparian Forest Habitats.
Applicants can be State agencies, sovereign Tribal Nations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and local governments that work within the U.S. portion of the Great Lakes Basin. CWMA funding requests must be submitted through a CWMA or similar organized partnership that manages invasive plants across jurisdictional and land ownership boundaries in a defined area.
Full instructions and all other application materials are available through Grants.gov by searching opportunity number USDA-FS-GLRI-CWMA23 (for CWMA) or USDA-FS-GLRI-FR23 (for Forest Restoration).
Informational Webinars
A webinar for prospective applicants will be offered for both opportunities. Webinars will be recorded and posted for later viewing.
* CWMA Webinar Tuesday, Sept. 5: 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. Connection information will also be posted on the Grants.gov opportunity, and a recording will be posted to the GLRI CWMA website
- Microsoft Teams link: Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting (Meeting ID: 232 073 353 346 Passcode: 87jaEW) Or call in (audio only) +1 202-650-0123,,518536583# United States, Washington D.C. Phone Conference ID: 518 536 583#
* Forest Restoration Webinar Tuesday, Sept. 5: 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. Connection information will also be posted on the Grants.gov opportunity, and a recording will be posted to the GLRI Forest Restoration website
- Microsoft Teams link: Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting (Meeting ID: 295 621 790 749 Passcode: a3wsjN) Or call in (audio only) +1 202-650-0123,,416160517# United States, Washington D.C. Phone Conference ID: 416 160 517#
Links to these opportunities are included on our new Eastern Region grants page: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r9/workingtogether/grants
Please share this grant opportunity within your organization, and with others that may have interest and capability to apply to this program.
Questions should be directed to the contacts in the RFA Instructions for each opportunity or erin.barton@usda.gov, 612-476-5849.
Jacob Roos, Urban Forestry Director
Division of Forestry
402 W Washington St, W296, Indianapolis, IN 46204
C: 463-253-8217
O: 317-234-4386