25SA11081100596↗

THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AWARD WILL ACCOMPLISH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WATERSHED AND RECREATION RESTORATION PROJECT AT SKITTY LAKE ON THE NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS AND SEDIMENT DEPOSITED FROM STORM WATERS. THIS AWARD WILL ALSO ACCOMPLISH LARGE SCALE REFORESTATION ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT ACROSS 59,000 FORESTED ACRES IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE. THIS WORK INCLUDES PLANNING, SITE ASSESSMENTS, MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF STANDS, PLANTING TREES, RELEASING OF TREES TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH, PERFORMANCE TRACKING AND NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES TREATMENT. THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE FALL OF 2025 (SEPTEMBER 15, 2025) AND CONTINUE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15, 2035. DISASTER FUNDS WILL BE USED TO FUND PORTIONS OF SALARY AND TRAVEL COSTS FOR 7 NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION EMPLOYEES THAT WILL SUPPORT PROJECT COORDINATION, ENGINEER DESIGN REVIEWS AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FOR LARGE SCALE ACTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. DISASTER FUNDS WILL BE USED BY NFF TO SOLICIT AND MANAGE CONTRACTS TO COMPLETE ACTIVITIES.

Other Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance · Forest Service · to National Forest Foundation (UEI FBY6X9SYF3E1) · data as of 2026-09-30

Obligated to date$44.25M1 action

Period2025-09-19 → 2025-09-19first to last action

What it is

Program: Stewardship Agreements (Assistance Listing 10.701)
Where the work is: NC
Funding law: Other emergency or disaster supplementals
Topics: hurricane

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2025$44.25M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

1 action since 2025-09-19. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Amendment	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2025-09-19	0001	New award	$44.25M	THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AWARD WILL ACCOMPLISH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WATERSHED AND RECREATION RESTORATION PROJECT AT SKITTY LAKE ON THE NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST, INCLUDING THE…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗