10.692: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act for Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)

10.692

Inactive

Forest Service (USFS) [USDA]

Aug. 11, 2017

Sept. 16, 2016

Funding is provided to the state forester or designated official as reimbursement for approved technical assistance provided to eligible forest landowners by the state forestry agency in support of USDA Farm Service Agency and the delivery of the Emergency Forest Restoration Program.

B - Project Grants

As directed under The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, state foresters or equivalent state officials of states with producers and landowners suffering forest damage from Hurricane Sandy, located in areas that were also named in a Major Disaster Declaration, who meet the program’s eligibility requirements qualify for these funds. Eligible states include: VA, WV, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH and OH, but not all counties in these states are eligible.

Private landowners suffering forest damage from Hurricane Sandy located in areas that were also named in a Major Disaster Declaration, who meet the program’s eligibility requirements qualify for these funds.