The U.S. Forest Service is accepting applications for $41 million in grants to support innovation and markets for wood products and renewable wood energy.
The grants, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, are intended to support local economies and address climate change by expanding the use of wood products and energy, according to a Jan. 31 news release.
“These grant programs provide opportunities for communities and businesses to develop innovative uses and markets for wood, a renewable and economical resource," Forest Service Chief Randy Moore said in the release. "Previous Wood Innovations Grants are making a difference across the country, and we are pleased to continue supporting wood use ingenuity that helps our communities and forests.”
The grants will restore forests to health, reduce wildfire risk, fight climate change and sustain local economies by finding new uses and expanding existing uses of materials from overgrown forests, according to the release.
The application deadline is March 23, the news release said.
Not only are these grants helping support local economies by expanding the potential of wood products and wood energy, they are also helping address critical issues like climate change, according to the release. By finding new uses and expanding current uses for wood products and energy made from materials removed from unhealthy, overgrown forests, we can restore forests to health, reduce wildfire risk, fight climate change and sustain local economies.
