(Washington)- New investments from the Biden-Harris administration are focusing on rural, and traditionally under served communities.
The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced $20.5 million in grants to help states or federally recognized tribes establish temporary bridge programs to help protect water resources during forest related operations and to assist wood processing facility owners to establish, reopen, retrofit, or expand. The grants are focused on sawmills or other wood processing facilities that purchase and process byproducts from forest restoration activities.
Forest Chief Randy Moore says, “We are working to increase economic opportunities for rural and tribal communities adjacent to national forest and grasslands.” He continued, “today’s investments will expand these opportunities and provide much needed financial resources to restore and conserve our forests.”
