Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) program is funded by the USDA Forest Service to mitigate risk from wildland fire within the Wildland Urban Interface (the zone of transition between wildland/unoccupied and developed land). Funds are made available and awarded annually through a competitive process requiring a 50/50 match with emphasis on hazardous fuel reduction in the WUI, information and education, assessment, and planning, and monitoring through community and landowner action. DOFAW is looking for other non-federal landowners, agencies and organizations interested in collaborating on joint projects across land ownership and management boundaries. Communities that have developed a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) can apply for funds through the WUI grant program to implement educational or fuels reduction projects. Currently, there are 14 community wildfire protection plans statewide (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/fire/community-riskreduction/community-wildfire-protection-plans/). Alternatively, communities can apply for funds to develop a new CWPP if one does not already exist.
