WASHINGTON
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November 17, 2022
(press release)
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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced $20.5 million in grants to help states or federally recognized tribes establish temporary bridge programs to protect water resources during -related operations and to assist processing facility owners to establish, reopen, retrofit, or expand. The grants are focused on or other processing facilities that purchase and process byproducts from restoration activities in areas of severe fire risk and insect or disease infestation. The funds, made available by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, support the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts to ensure tribes and historically marginalized or underserved communities receive equal access and opportunities to funding and programs, and to support community efforts vital to health. This funding opportunity also follows through on President Biden’s Executive Order directing USDA to scale up rural economic development and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s direction to the Service to find new ways to use byproducts from landscape improvement and wildfire mitigation projects to enhance while creating jobs and economic opportunities. “We are working to increase economic opportunities for rural and tribal communities adjacent to national and grasslands,” said Service Chief Randy Moore. “Our tribal, state and processing partners are working in the every day to improve health and protect water resources. Today’s investments will expand these opportunities and provide much needed financial resources to restore and our .” The $20.5 million being committing in fiscal year 2022 includes: As an example, in 2022, the San Carlos Apache Tribe was awarded $1 million as part of the Service Community Energy and Innovations grant program to purchase a dry kiln and planing mill. The funding will help the Tribe improve management while providing significant employment opportunities for tribal members. More information about these funding opportunities is available at the Service website and on Grants.gov. USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, promoting competition and fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate-smart food and practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov. # USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. The views expressed in content distributed by Newstex and its re-distributors (collectively, "Newstex Authoritative Content") are solely those of the respective author(s) and not necessarily the views of Newstex et al. It is provided as general information only on an "AS IS" basis, without warranties and conferring no rights, which should not be relied upon as professional advice. Newstex et al. make no claims, promises or guarantees regarding its accuracy or completeness, nor as to the quality of the opinions and commentary contained therein.
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