SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah, Idaho, and Nevada, will be receiving additional funds from the USDA Forest Service to help reduce wildfire risk.

In 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service started a competitive grant program funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that would provide $1 billion over five years to reduce wildfire risk.

The funds from this program are meant to go to communities that have limited resources but have a high or very high wildfire hazard potential.

In 2025, USDA Forest Service received over 570 applications from 40 states, three U.S. territories, and 48 tribes of Alaska Native Corporations. In total, the grant applications requested $1.6 billion.

After careful review from panels made up of representatives from Tribes a

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