USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration Program

USDA Forest Service competitive grants for cross-boundary, landscape-scale forest restoration projects. Funds work on private and state-owned forests that delivers measurable water quality, habitat, climate, and wildfire-resilience outcomes.

The Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) program is the U.S. Forest Service's competitive grant program for cross-boundary forest restoration on non-federal lands. LSR funds projects that work across ownership boundaries — private forests, state forests, watershed associations, conservation districts — to deliver landscape-scale outcomes for water quality, forest health, wildlife habitat, climate resilience, and where applicable wildfire risk reduction.Pennsylvania receives consistent annual LSR funding through the PA Bureau of Forestry. Eligible activities include riparian forest buffer installation, forest stand improvement in headwater watersheds, invasive species control, source water protection forestry, and forest carbon sequestration. Awards typically range from $100,000 to $500,000 with strong preference for projects that align with state forest action plans.For SW PA watershed groups in forested headwaters of the Allegheny, Monongahela, Youghiogheny, and Casselman basins, LSR is the right funding source for any project that combines forest stewardship with water resource protection — and PA Bureau of Forestry staff are accessible partners for application development.