Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas Wildlife Resource Program

Deadline: 12-Jun-21

The Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is inviting proposals for the Montana/Dakotas Wildlife Resource Program to help ensure self-sustaining populations and a natural abundance and diversity of wildlife on public lands for the enjoyment and use of present and future generations.

The program is responsible for maintaining, restoring, and conserving species and their habitats in cooperation with the Federal and State wildlife agencies, and other partner organizations. BLM managed public lands are home to thousands of mammals, reptiles, avian, amphibian, and invertebrate species over some of the nation’s most ecologically diverse and essential habitat.

The BLM Montana/Dakotas Wildlife Program works with partners and maintains close collaboration with States, Tribes, other Federal agencies, and other organizations to identify, conserve, and restore priority habitats (those that are locally at risk, important to local or regional communities, and/or contribute to national conservation for species or groups of species) and promote resiliency to climate change and environmental stressors, including drought, wildland fire, unusual weather events, and insects/disease.

The Program’s focuses include:

Inventorying and monitoring species populations and habitat, with consistent methodologies and appropriate data management.
Identifying and assessing habitat and wildlife populations in need of conservation or enhancement.
Maintaining, restoring, and/or enhancing priority wildlife habitat, in both upland and riparian areas, for priority wildlife populations that depend on BLM managed lands, and in doing so, supporting resiliency and connectivity in priority areas on the landscape, including seasonal habitats and migration corridors.
Assessing the success of actions, projects, and treatments in areas targeted for habitat conservation and restoration.
Increasing the percentage of Bureau Sensitive Species meeting or exceeding established objectives in Resource Management Plans or other conservation plans, including State Fish and Wildlife Agency Wildlife Action Plans.
Collaborating with state wildlife agencies to attain or sustain wildlife population goals, particularly for wildlife that is hunted, and identifying and managing for migration corridors, stopover habitats, critical water sources, refugia, etc.
Developing and sharing science-based strategies for wildlife conservation through professional workshops, meetings, and work groups.
Developing decision support tools and information to enhance BLM’s wildlife habitat management to meet conservation goals under a changing climate (in collaboration with all land management entities that need to address a species conservation issue regardless of jurisdictional boundaries), including by increasing the efficiency of BLM’s analyses of the impacts of Federal land and water actions on wildlife habitat.
Coordinating and implementing wildlife related environmental education to stimulate public understanding of the BLM role in maintaining and enhancing viable populations of wildlife and wildlife habitat.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Funding: $ 300,000
Maximum Award: $ 200,000
Minimum Award: $ 5,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 3

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities