COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM (CFLRP)

This briefing describes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), a USDA Forest Service initiative established in 2009 to fund science-based ecosystem restoration in priority forest landscapes to mitigate climate change and reduce wildfire risk.

• The CFLRP aims to mitigate climate change by restoring forest landscapes that sequester carbon and building resilience to wildfires by reducing fuel loads to lower wildfire intensity.
• Since its inception, the program has established 224,000 acres of forest through tree planting and reduced wildfire risk across 4.5 million acres through 24 projects.
• Funding for the CFLRP includes a $100 million allocation from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Additionally, the 2018 Farm Bill authorized $80 million in discretionary annual funding through FY 2023, with $32 million appropriated in FY 2023 and $28 million in FY 2022.
• 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, though it may include land under the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, or other federal, state, tribal, or private land.
• Eligible proposals must be developed through a transparent, nonexclusive collaborative process involving multiple interested persons with diverse interests.
• The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost for monitoring and carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land. Expenditures are limited to $4,000,000 per proposal in any single fiscal year and generally cannot exceed a 10-year period, though a one-time extension of up to 10 years may be granted.
• The Secretary selects the best proposals after consulting an advisory panel of no more than 15 members. This panel must include experts in fields such as fire ecology, fire management, rural economic development, fish and wildlife ecology, and strategies for ecological adaptation to climate change.

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} }