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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) <b>Healthy Forest Initiative Grant Program </b>is now accepting project applications. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DFFM,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> with funding provided by the State
of Arizona, USDA Forest Service, and DOI Bureau of Land Management is soliciting project proposals from <b>$60,000 to $500,000 </b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">for fire prevention, critical infrastructure protection, and forest and watershed
restoration through reduction of hazardous vegetation. <span style="color:black">Projects may occur on state, federal, tribal and private lands in Arizona.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Projects should complement strategically planned or existing fuels management initiatives, such as State of Arizona, US Forest Service, or Bureau of Land Management
thinning projects. Priority will be given to projects that target high risk areas, have a clear sustainability plan, and that support private industry and/or Arizona’s wood products industry.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eligible grant recipients include fire departments and fire districts, government organizations (including state, county, and local), public educational
institutions, 501(c) non-profit organizations and Indian Tribes. Private landowners qualify if working through one of the eligible applicants listed above, but cannot apply directly. For-profit companies do not qualify. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.7pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Applications are due no later than: June 28, 2024</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.7pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All applications must be completed and submitted online at the following link
</span></b><a href="https://gn.ecivis.com/GO/gn_redir/T/1ugr9k91mss25" target="_blank">https://gn.ecivis.com/GO/gn_redir/T/1ugr9k91mss25</a>
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Guidelines and Instructions can also be found through the same link.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For questions, contact the grant program at (602) 771-1575 or <a href="mailto:grants@dffm.az.gov" target="_blank">grants@dffm.az.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jennifer Weber<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Pesticide Safety Education Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">MARICOPA COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">4341 E. Broadway Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office: (602) 827-8222<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:jennyweber@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">jennyweber@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">extension.arizona.edu/maricopa</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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