Deadline: 3-Feb-25
Applications are now open for the Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management Program to manage archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to Native Americans and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on federal lands in the state of Idaho.
The aim of this initiative is to develop partnerships to improve access to, and use of, heritage resources, and promote their educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values in a manner that meets U.S. Department of the Interior priorities and Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Program goals.
The BLM Idaho (ID) Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs seek to establish partnerships that collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources in ID, with the goals of building a meaningful conservation stewardship legacy through expanding recreation opportunities on public lands, working to ensure meaningful consultation and self-determination for Tribes, enhancing visitor experience on public lands by better meeting their infrastructure and maintenance needs, and eliminating unnecessary steps and duplicative reviews while maintaining rigorous environmental standards.
Goals
- Inventory paleontological resources in support of managing resources using scientific principles and expertise and for informing the public about the importance of paleontological resources.
- Inventory cultural resources, as necessary for understanding the nature and extent of cultural resources on public lands.
- Repatriate Native American human remains and cultural items to culturally affiliated Indian tribes and ensure that required inventories and summaries are completed.
Objectives
- Conduct studies, including inventory, excavation, records research, and collections-based research to improve the understanding of America’s natural and cultural history;
- Monitor at-risk heritage resources to track trends in condition and project effectiveness;
- Stabilize at-risk heritage resources;
- Train future cultural resource management practitioners and paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships that highlight BLM resources;
- Assist with cultural heritage data and records management activities such as organizing, maintaining, and scanning site and survey records; creating, digitizing and maintaining geospatial data; and performing data entry;
- Preserve existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation;
- Broaden public access to museum collections;
- Promote engagement with Native American communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs;
- Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and conservation/preservation ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products;
- Develop and maintain historic sites with interpretive and educational potential.
- Partner to support BLM’s Tribal consultation efforts
- Archaeological curation
- State historic preservation public outreach
- Data management
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $18,000
- Award Ceiling: $18,000
- Award Floor: $10,000
- Expected Number of Awards: 2
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.
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