Deadline: 6-May-22
The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce the Eastern States Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Program conserves and restores riparian, fisheries, and water resources (here after referred to as aquatic resources) to provide resource values and ecosystem services necessary to achieve the BLM’s multiple-use mandate.
Priority
- Decision Support: Inventory, assess, and monitor aquatic resources to facilitate and inform the understanding of condition and trend and inform BLM management activities, and assess regulatory compliance.
- Conservation: Maintain and conserve the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of aquatic resources.
- Restoration: Restore aquatic resources affected by past and present impacts, aquatic invasive species, wildfire, drought, and floods; and increase their resistance and resilience to the impacts of climate change.
- Sustainability: Identify the quantity and quality of water required to conserve and restore riparian and fisheries resources, and secure water rights and protections so sufficient water is physically and legally available for all public land management purposes.
- Collaboration: Coordinate, cooperate, and consult with federal, state, tribal, and local governments and other programs, partners, and communities, to foster adaptive approaches to conservation and restoration and implement education and outreach programs.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $100,000
- Maximum Award: $100,000
- Minimum Award: $25,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 3
Eligibility Criteria
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
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