OpportunityTitle: Community Forest and Open Space Program
CategoryExplanation: Provides financial assistances to Tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations (whose mission is to conserve and protect land) to establish community forest through fee simple aquisition of private forest land from a willing seller.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible entities are local governments, federally recoginzed tribes and Alaskan Native Corporations, and non-profits who are eligible to hold title to land for conservation purposes.
Description: Based on the President&apos;s request, anticipated funding for this program is $4 million. Individual grant applications may not exceed $400,000, which does not include technical assistance. Federal obligation under this program is contingent upon the availability of final appropriations.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Contact
GrantorContactText: Maya Solomon &lt;br/&gt;Program Coordinator &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-205-1376
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be submitted to the State Foresters in which the property will be acquired or Tribal official, in the case of Tribal applicants, by January 15, 2014. State Foresters and Tribal officials must forward applications to the Forest Service by February 17, 2014.