Program list updated: March 7th, 2025.

Mariposa County Resource Conservation District: Currently offering a home hardening program that provides free assessments and a comprehensive report with recommendations on how to retrofit components of your house as well as recommendations on how to improve your defensible space.  Go to their website for more information on how to apply.  For more information on home hardening go to Living With Fire - How to Make My Home Fire Safe.

Mariposa Fire Safe Council:  Currently offering a free brush and chip program for the defensible space within 100 feet of their inhabited residential home.  This program provides compliance with California Public Resources Code 4291. 

Eastern Madera Fire Safe Council: Currently offering multiple homeowner assistant programs for defensible space, chipping, and hazard tree removal.  Apply online at Eastern Madera Fire Safe Council - Homeowner Assistance Application .  They also partner with local agencies for workshops, town halls, and mixers focused on wildfire resilience to educate homeowners.  

Coarsegold Resource Conservation District:  Currently coordinating  the set up of Firewise Communities which offers many different types of assistance like homeowners insurance discounts and grant funds for your neighborhood.  The CRCD also offers technical assistance and free assessment on your homes defensible space.  If you are in the Eastern Madera County region contact them about how you can become a Firewise Community.   

The EQIP grant offers many different types of assistance to different types of land owners with no requirements on the size of your land.  In this region, most EQIP grants pay for brush management,  weed treatment, tree and shrub establishment, tree and shrub site preparation,  and other land conservation treatments.  These treatments remove woody material from the property like underbrush and dead or dying trees.  Removing this fuel reduces the wildfire risk on your property.  These grants can partially pay or completely pay for your whole property to receive treatment through mastication, pile burning, hand work, or whatever the Registered Professional Forester prescribes.  

To apply for the grant  contact your local NRCS/USDA office.   Find your local service center here.  

If you need assistance in applying, we can help walk you through the process and assist in you in the paperwork.