New Mexico Counties is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Wildfire Risk Reduction Program. This grant program assists communities throughout New Mexico to reduce the risk posed by wildland fire on non-federal lands. Funding for this program is provided by the National Fire Plan through the Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management for communities in the wildland-urban interface and is intended to directly benefit communities that may be impacted by wildland fire initiating from or spreading to BLM public land.
Funding categories include:
Click to view the Wildfire Risk Reduction Program application checklist
CWPP updates up to $25,000/project
Education and outreach activities up to $20,000/project
Hazardous fuels reduction projects up to $100,000/project
Project proposals require a minimum 10% in-kind cost share and must be completed within the 12-month award timeline of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Applications are due to the local BLM field office for signature(s) by Friday, March 1, 2024, and completed application(s) with all signatures are due to NMC by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2024.
Please contact Aelysea Webb at (505) 395- 3403 or awebb@nmcounties.org for more information.
