Overview

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Grant Program is a competitive grant program for fuels treatment, education, and mitigation planning on non-federal lands using USDA Forest Service State, Private, and Tribal Forestry State Fire Assistance funds. The goal of the Western WUI Program is to assist with reducing hazardous fuels and restoring fire-adapted ecosystems, by completing fire mitigation work, improving prevention education, and planning Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP).

This grant requires a 1:1 match for funds up to a maximum of $300,000 per request, for all applicants except the Pacific Islands (excluding Hawai’i). 

The Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) is charged with delivering the WUI competitive grant process in the West. The CWSF WUI grants team reviews, scores, and makes recommendations on project proposals from Western states and Pacific Islands, which are passed along to the CWSF leadership for approval. Proposed projects recommended for funding are then sent to the USDA Forest Service Washington Office.

In FY 2025, 76 eligible applications were submitted requesting a total of $21,036,068. The Western region awarded 52 of the applications for a total of $13,942,000.

General Information 

Only state/Pacific Island government agencies/organizations can submit applications for the WUI Grant Program. All other applicants must submit their forms to their appropriate state/Pacific Island government agency/organization by the deadline established by each state/Pacific Island government agency/organization given to them.

Please email Leena Visnak at lvisnak@westernforesters.org for more information on how to participate in the WUI Grant Program, including for state/Pacific Island specific contact information. 

More information can be found by visiting www.forestrygrants.org.

FY 2025 Grant Information

The FY 2025 WUI grant application period opened on September 13, 2024, and closed on December 20, 2024. 

• FY 2025 WUI Funding Advisory Recommendation Letter
• FY 2025 WSFM WUI Grant Instructions to States
• FY 2025 WSFM WUI Grant Application (Note that this document is for proposal development only. Applications must be submitted to the appropriate state/island forestry entity and entered into the online submission system.)

Advisory Recommendation Archive

• FY 2024 Recommendations
• FY 2023 Recommendations
• FY 2022 Recommendations
• FY 2021 Recommendations
• FY 2020 Recommendations
• FY 2019 Recommendations
• FY 2018 Recommendations

Contact Information

For additional information on the WUI Grant Program, please contact Leena Visnak at lvisnak@westernforesters.org.