Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now inviting applications for its Rangeland Management Program to conduct inventories, assessments and evaluations of soil and vegetation conditions and land health.
To better support land management decisions regarding grazing and other range management treatments, soils management, and invasive species, the BLM will place a priority on collecting data through the use of consistent, comparable, and common indicators, consistent methods, and an unbiased sampling framework which will allow for analyses that are repeatable and comparable across a region, and decisions based on science and data that are legally defensible.
Land health assessments completed at a larger scale will be more efficient and less costly over time and provide timely support for decision-making.
Program Strategic Goals
- Gathering data to complete land health assessments.
- Processing grazing permits for identified high priority areas.
- Increased efforts to coordinate shared objectives with wildlife, forestry, aquatic, and cultural and recreation programs, to effectively maintain or restore land health.
- Evaluate multiple allotments together or at the watershed scale to improve efficiencies for evaluating land health and processing permits.
- Continue to work with permittees and other stakeholders on targeted grazing to decrease fuel loads and restore desirable perennial grasses and forbs.
- Implement outcome based grazing with collaborative monitoring with stakeholders to increase flexibility and improve efficiencies.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $500,000
- Maximum Award: $400,000
- Minimum Award: $5,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 2
Activities
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These activities could include, but are not limited to, such things as:
- Vegetation monitoring.
- Vegetation restoration treatments.
- Installation, maintenance, and monitoring erosion control structures.
- Soils mapping and development of ecological site descriptions.
- Engagement of community members and other stakeholders, through mentoring, training, and educational programs.
- Project development and layout.
- Planning analysis and document preparation as appropriate, in order to carry out land use planning decisions, and Endangered Species requirements.
- Cultural survey and assessment, data collection and monitoring
Eligibility Criteria
- 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)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- 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
- Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=342762