Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program
Forest Service · Opportunity USDA-FS-2026-GLRI-CFP
11:59PM Eastern Time
≈ 6 awards expected
Who can apply
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), other than higher education
About this opportunity
Federally recognized Indian Tribes, local government entities, and nonprofit organizations that are qualified to acquire and manage land may apply for up to $1,000,000 for the fee simple acquisition of private forest land in portions of the Lake Superior Basin of Michigan and Wisconsin. Projects submitted for funding consideration must be forested properties at least five acres in size that are threatened by conversion to non-forest uses and that provide community benefits including economic, environmental, educational, and recreational benefits. An additional focus of this opportunity is to protect, enhance and increase resilience of habitats necessary for sustaining native aquatic and terrestrial species important to the Lake Superior ecosystem. Competitive proposals will be those that demonstrate exceptional public benefits, meaningful community engagement, and strategic contributions to terrestrial habitat connectivity within the defined Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity Pilot Area.For additional information and requirements, please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity document linked in both the "Related Documents" tab and the "Instructions" link located in the "Package" tab.
Award history — Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFP) (Assistance Listing 10.689)
This program made 17 new awards in FY2025.
Across the 66 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.
New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Forest Service does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.
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