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# Grants & Agreements

A cooperative agreement is used to document assistance when substantial involvement is expected between the Forest Service and the recipient.

A grant is financial assistance that is used to carry out a specific project that will help the public, but does not require substantial involvement between the Forest Service and the recipient.

## **Overview**

Intermountain Region Grants and Agreements provides program guidance and technical support for grants and agreements. The majority of the federal financial assistance programs (grants and cooperative agreements) in the Intermountain Region are in support of State, Private and Tribal Forestry programs that include cooperative forestry grants through the state foresters and rural community and economic development grants awarded through a competitive process. The Forest Service has other authorities in support of National Forest Systems management that allow us to enter into cost share agreements non-competitively with local governments, Indian tribes, non-profit organizations, individuals, and in some cases, for-profit entities when there is a mutual benefit and interest.  

National USFS Grants and Agreements

## **Who Do We Help With Grant Administration?**

                    - Communities
                    - Forests or Grasslands administering the grants
                    - States
                    - Tribes
                    - Non-profit organizations
                    - Universities and Colleges

## **Opportunities**

                    - Training available on grants and cooperative agreements
                    - Call-when-needed resource for information on:  	- Regulations and authorities  	- Matching requirements  	- Form requirements

## **Staff Can Assist with**

                    - Completing applications for grant assistance
                    - Requesting reimbursements
                    - Administrative support for record keeping
                    - Clarification of technical terminology

## Recent Finalized Memorandum of Understandings

                    - Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, State of Wyoming  (Promote a Cohesive and Consistent Conservation Strategy for the Greater Sage-Grouse and its Habitat in Wyoming)
                    - Implementation of the Wyoming Rangeland Health Assessment Program
                    - Wyoming County Commissioners Association and the Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions
                    - Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Wyoming Woolgrowers Association and the Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions.

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