Deadline: 03-Feb-2025
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has launched the California Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program.
The Bureau of Land Management Headquarters California Forest and Woodland Resource Management Program manages and conserves 56 million acres of forest and woodland in 12 western States and Alaska.
Program Goals
- Goals are:
- Restore resilience to wildfire, insect and disease, and drought through active management
- Sustainable wood products
- Reforestation to restore carbon stocks after severe wildfire
- Program Strategic Goals:
- Implement science-based forest restoration projects to improve forest health and resilience to wildfires, insects, disease, and drought.
- Sustainable harvest of forests and woodlands to produce a continuous supply of wood products and biomass for renewable energy.
- Salvage dead and dying timber to reduce fuels, in balance with the need for wildlife habitat, watershed function, and soil stability, while supporting local economies.
- Provide the public with commercial and personal use opportunities to harvest products such as firewood, Christmas trees, boughs, greenery, medicinal plants, fence posts, and pinyon pine nuts from forests and woodlands.
- Expedite the NEPA processes to accelerate forest ecosystem restoration.
Funding information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $300,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
Priority Activities
- Priority activities under this announcement include preparation, administration, or implementation projects that treat forest and woodlands nationally:
- One or more components of preparing a project (site surveys, environmental clearances, NEPA preparation, project layout, timber cruising, timber marking, boundary designation, and other tasks related to preparing a project).
- One or more components of administering a project (subcontracting, advertising for bid, awarding a subcontract or timber sale, subcontract performance inspection, and other tasks related to administering a project.
- Activities to achieve Land Management Goals or acres/ units of forest or woodland treatments conducted.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- 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
For more information, visit Grants.gov.