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Renewable Resources Extension Act

Program Information

Popular name

RREA and RREA-NFF

Program Number

10.515

Program objective

The goal of this program is to support extension activities designed to assist forest and range landowners and managers in making resource management decisions based on research findings and to support extension projects that focus on forest and rangeland renewable resources of national or regional relevance. Forest and rangeland resources include vegetation, water, fisheries and wildlife, soil, and recreation.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Not applicable.

  2. 2017

    Not applicable.

  3. 2018

    SPECIAL NOTE: See Assistance Listing # 10.500 (N) and (O) for pertinent details.

  4. 2019

    This represents a newly created Assistance Listing (CFDA) number, which was part of an initiative to break out the separate programs formerly contained in CFDA # 10.500 – Cooperative Extension Service (CES).

    There are 74 RREA Capacity-Funded programs are underway at the 1862, 1890 and 3 insular land-grant institutions with funding ranging from $13,500 to $98,593. Quantifiable impacts are anticipated to approximate the FY 2018 impacts as the funding remains level in FY 2019.

    Four (4) National Focus Funds projects will be awarded in mid-September 2019, totaling $300,000.

  5. 2020

    The RREA Capacity and National Focus Funds (NFF) programs will continue in FY 2020 if sufficient funding is available. The President’s FY 2020 Budget proposes a zero appropriation for the RREA Program. If Congress provides funding for FY 2020, the impacts of the capacity program and the National Focus Fund program is contingent upon the appropriation.

  6. 2024

    An award issued under this program benefitted landowner management of encroaching woody species with prescribed fire and other approaches through social media and field days to maintain ecosystem services.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

NIFA works in partnership with grantees to ensure responsible stewardship of federal funds. Grantees and partners are required to comply with all relevant rules and regulations. The following resources are provided to NIFA’s partners and award recipients to support their adherence to federal regulations governing program performance: 1.) NIFA Federal Regulations page: https://nifa.usda.gov/federal-regulations 2.) NIFA Regulations and Guidelines webpage: https://nifa.usda.gov/regulations-and-guidelines 3.) NIFA Policy Guide: https://nifa.usda.gov/policy-guide 4.) NIFA Award Terms and Conditions page: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/regulations-and-guidelines/terms-conditions 5.) NIFA Grant Application Guide: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nifa-22-001-nifa-grants-application-guide 6.) NIFA Certifications and Representations page: https://nifa.usda.gov/certifications-and-representations 7.) NIFA Acknowledgment of USDA Support page: https://nifa.usda.gov/acknowledgment-usda-support-nifa 8.) NIFA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Page: https://nifa.usda.gov/foia 9.) National Environmental Policy Act Policy and Guidance page https://nifa.usda.gov/nepa-policy-and-guidance 10.) NIFA Research Misconduct page: https://nifa.usda.gov/research-misconduct 11.) 7 CFR Chapter 34: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXIV 12.) Capacity Program Distribution Schedules: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/capacity-program-distribution-schedules 13.) NIFA’s Competitive Peer-Review Process: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nifa-peer-review-process-competitive-grant-applications