36 CFR 230.5
§ 230.5 Ranking criteria and proposal selection.
United States · 36 CFR — Parks, Forests, and Public Property · Status: effective
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- 36 CFR 230.5, § 230.5 Ranking criteria and proposal selection, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/159588
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The Forest Service will evaluate all applications received by the State Foresters or equivalent officials of the Indian Tribes and award grants based on the following criteria:
(a) Type and extent of community benefits provided (§ 230.2);
(b) Extent and nature of community engagement in the establishment and long-term management of the community forest;
(c) Extent to which the community forest contributes to a landscape conservation initiative;
(d) Likelihood that, unprotected, the property would be converted to nonforest uses;
(e) Amount of cost share leveraged;
(f) Extent of due diligence completed on the project, including cost share committed and status of appraisal;
(g) Costs to the Federal Government; and
(h) Additional considerations as may be outlined in the RFA.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.