Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants Solicitation 2026

Purpose: Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants is part of CAL FIRE’s Climate and Energy Program and supports California Native American tribes in managing ancestral lands, implementing and promoting Traditional Environmental Knowledges in wildfire resilience, and establishing wildfire safety for tribal communities. Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants fund projects that serve California Native American tribes, support Traditional Ecological Knowledge and cultural fire, improve forest health through forest fuels reduction, pest management, reforestation, biomass utilization, forest watershed restoration, upper watershed, riparian, and mountain meadow restoration, or research thereof, and directly or indirectly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These projects address critical needs in tribal communities, and may include a combination of: Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants: Eligible Geographies: Ancestral homelands within California (as defined by the applying tribe) are eligible. The grantee must have long-term access to the land. Multiple geographic locations may be included in the same proposal. Matching Funding: Match funding is optional but not required.

• PSCAgriculture, Disadvantaged Communities, Disaster Prevention & Relief, Employment, Labor & Training, Environment & Water, Food & Nutrition, Parks & Recreation

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  tribalwildfireresiliencegrants@fire.ca.gov