Matching Awards Program (MAP)
MAP: Connecting People to Forests, focuses primarily on in-person community engagement and completion of appropriate stewardship activities. Program goals are to create lasting change that will allow all communities opportunities to benefit from activities on National Forest System lands or adjacent public lands.
Organization
National Forest Foundation
Eligibility
Nonprofit Organization
Government and Tribes
University or School
Focus
Education
Maintenance and Stewardship
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