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Fuel Break and Forest Resilience Partnership

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Forest Health Assistance

Fuel Break and Forest Resilience Partnership

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In partnership with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Chelan PUD, and WA DNR, Cascadia is offering technical and financial assistance for forest health and wildfire resilience projects on private lands. If you are interested particularly in this grant, please contact Joe Hill at [email protected]. Otherwise, please fill out our Forest Health Interest Form and one of our foresters will reach out to help provide tailored advice as well as well as work to find the best funding assistance for your property/project.


Do you own forested land in the Upper Wenatchee Valley? You may qualify for fuels reduction assistance through our Fuel Break and Forest Resilience Partnership Program.

  • Program FAQs: For answers to commonly asked questions about this program, review our FAQs here.
  • Streamside Restoration and Enhancement: In addition to healthy forests, healthy streamside areas are critical to community and ecological health–as a living fire break, protecting drinking water, and for vital wildlife habitat. If you are interested in streamside restoration and enhancement, in addition to or separate from forest health treatments, fill out the form below or contact us at [email protected] or (509) 436-1601.

Please fill out the form below and our experts will contact you within two weeks to schedule a site visit:

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Announcements

Landowners interested in improving forest health, wildfire, and drought resilience, along with helping protect critical infrastructure, are encouraged to apply for the Fuel Break and Forest Resilience Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) before January 15th, 2025.

Cascadia Conservation District is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and other partners, to deliver the program, which has $1.63 of the original $2.1 million has been obligated for financial assistance. $470,000 currently remains. This is the fourth sign-up for this five-year program.

The RCPP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to plan and implement conservation practices to address natural resource concerns. This special RCPP covers the Upper Wenatchee Valley and focusses on land near Chelan Public Utility District (PUD) infrastructure, though all landowners are encouraged to apply.

Funding is limited and applications will be subject to a ranking system. In order to be eligible, it is important that interested parties contact their local Farm Service Agency office as soon as possible to ensure that their farm records are established and their eligibility paperwork is completed. FSA records will need to be established by the end of January to remain eligible.

For additional information, and to apply, please contact your local NRCS service center or Program Contact: Joe Hill at 509-306-8189.

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