Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FS BIL R9 INVASIVES STATE CAPACITY
The R9 BIL State Capacity Program for Invasive Species (Non-Federal Lands) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, designed to help state governments strengthen and sustain their ability to prevent, detect, and respond to invasive species threats on non-federal lands. It is tied to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (also referred to as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, IIJA) and supports the broader ecosystem restoration goals in that legislation, specifically the provision focused on invasive species. The central idea is to ensure states have the staffing, planning, monitoring, and operational capability needed to act quickly and strategically, rather than reacting only after an infestation has become widespread and expensive to manage.
The program emphasizes forest health management on non-federal lands, which can include a wide range of practical, on-the-ground activities and supporting capacity. Examples mentioned in the opportunity include detection surveys and other early identification efforts, ongoing monitoring, evaluation of conditions and risks, prevention strategies to reduce the chance of new introductions or spread, and suppression activities when outbreaks occur. The threats covered are broad and include invasive insects, forest diseases, and invasive plants. The grant is meant to support interventions that sustain the health of forest ecosystems and protect tree species with high ecological value, which can include species that play an outsized role in habitat quality, watershed function, biodiversity support, or resilience to climate and disturbance.
A key theme is acting earlier in the "invasion curve," meaning the Forest Service is encouraging states to focus on the phases where rapid response and containment are most effective. In practice, that often means investing in regional or sub-regional coordination, improving surveillance coverage, and targeting likely introduction pathways or "points of entry" where invasive species are more likely to arrive and spread. By prioritizing early-phase action, states can often prevent a localized issue from becoming a long-term, landscape-scale problem that would require significantly more resources and cause greater ecological and economic damage.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered as a grant under CFDA number 10.680, with eligibility limited to state governments. The funding opportunity number is USDA FS BIL R9 INVASIVES STATE CAPACITY, and it was created on October 24, 2022, with an original closing date of December 16, 2022. The opportunity anticipated up to 21 awards, with an award ceiling listed as 56,666. Overall, the grant is structured to reinforce state-level capacity and readiness for invasive species work on non-federal lands in alignment with BIL ecosystem restoration priorities, with particular attention to coordinated, early, and strategically targeted action.Apply for USDA FS BIL R9 INVASIVES STATE CAPACITY
- The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service in the environment, infrastructure investment and jobs act (iija), natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R9 BIL State Capacity Program for Invasive Species (Non-Federal Lands)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.680.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 24, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 16, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $56,666.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 21 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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