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36 CFR §230.5

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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:
  1. (a)Type and extent of community benefits provided (§ 230.2);
  2. (b)Extent and nature of community engagement in the establishment and long-term management of the community forest;
  3. (c)Extent to which the community forest contributes to a landscape conservation initiative;
  4. (d)Likelihood that, unprotected, the property would be converted to nonforest uses;
  5. (e)Amount of cost share leveraged;
  6. (f)Extent of due diligence completed on the project, including cost share committed and status of appraisal;
  7. (g)Costs to the Federal Government; and
  8. (h)Additional considerations as may be outlined in the RFA.