COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM (CFLRP)

The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a USDA Forest Service initiative designed to mitigate climate change and increase wildfire resilience through science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes. The program focuses on sequestering carbon, reducing hazardous fuel loads, and restoring critical habitats. Funding is provided through the Farm Bill and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with specific legal requirements for project eligibility, including a minimum landscape size of 50,000 acres and a collaborative development process involving diverse stakeholders. Since its inception, the program has reduced wildfire risk on 4.5 million acres and planted 224,000 acres of forest.

• The CFLRP aims to mitigate climate change by restoring forest landscapes to sequester carbon and build resilience against climate-driven wildfires by reducing fuel loads to lower wildfire intensity.
• Since the program's start, 24 projects have successfully established 224,000 acres of forest via tree planting and reduced wildfire risk across 4.5 million acres.
• Funding for the program is derived from multiple sources: the 2018 Farm Bill authorized $80 million annually through FY 2023, with $32 million appropriated in FY 2023 (up from $28 million in FY 2022), and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provided an additional $100 million.
• To be eligible for nomination, a proposal must be based on a landscape restoration strategy for a landscape of at least 50,000 acres, primarily consisting of National Forest System land, and must be developed through a transparent, nonexclusive collaborative process.
• The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund can cover up to 50 percent of the costs for carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land, with a cap of $4 million per proposal in any single fiscal year.
• Project selection criteria prioritize the strength of the ecological case, the effectiveness of the collaborative process, the potential for reducing long-term wildfire management costs, and the leveraging of non-Federal investment.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2023). COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM (CFLRP). https://www.eesi.org/files/Farm-Bill-2023-Side-by-Side-Collaborative-Forest-Landscape-Restoration-Program-CFLRP.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM (CFLRP). 2023. https://www.eesi.org/files/Farm-Bill-2023-Side-by-Side-Collaborative-Forest-Landscape-Restoration-Program-CFLRP.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{environmentalandenergystudyinstitute2023collaborative, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM (CFLRP)}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/Farm-Bill-2023-Side-by-Side-Collaborative-Forest-Landscape-Restoration-Program-CFLRP.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }