Deadline: 3-Feb-25
Submissions are now open for Bureau of Land Management Idaho Threatened and Endangered Species Program.
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Idaho (ID) Threatened and Endangered Species Program focuses on implementing the Department of Interior’s priorities by emphasizing actions that: protect biodiversity; slow species extinction rates; increase resilience to climate change and help leverage natural climate solutions; contribute to conserving at least 30 percent of the lands and waters by the year 2030; support State agencies to meet State wildlife population objectives; engage communities of color, low income families, and rural and indigenous communities to enhance economic opportunities related to wildlife; and use the best science and data available to make decisions.
The Program works to conserve and recover over 330 federally-listed and over 2,700 Bureau sensitive animal and plant species and their habitat on public lands in collaboration with other BLM programs and partners. The State office is looking for projects that are state or regional in scope or projects that provide a programmatic approach for improving the Bureau effectiveness or efficiency. The ID program is looking for projects that will result in or facilitate national implementation or outreach of tangible on the ground actions that will improve species populations (numbers, representation, or resilience) or reduce population level threats.
Goals
- Implementing proactive conservation and recovery actions that result in a direct on the ground population or conservation benefit for BLM special status species.
- Providing complete, current, and accurate information on the distribution and abundance of BLM special status species to assess and mediate threats to species/habitats or support proactive conservation and recovery efforts for BLM Special Status Species.
- The Program’s Strategic Goals include:
- Conserving and recovering federally-listed and BLM sensitive species;
- Implementing conservation and recovery actions that result in a direct on the ground population or conservation benefit;
- Providing complete, current and accurate information on the distribution and abundance of BLM Special Status Species and their habitats to increase professional and public knowledge and understanding of these resources;
- Collecting data and other information to inform the development and implementation of proactive conservation and recovery efforts (consistent with ESA section 7(a)(1) or best management practices/design features for BLM Special Status Species.
- Increasing public knowledge of BLM Special Status Species and their habitats;
- Increasing public awareness and understanding of BLM Special Status species and their habitats on public and private lands; and
- Engaging youth, citizen-scientists, and students in monitoring and directed research of various BLM Special Status species and their habitats.
Objectives
- The BLM (ID) Threatened and Endangered Species Program has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with:
- Contributing to the above-described Program strategic goals.
- On-the-ground actions that conserve and recover federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare wildlife and plants.
- Targeted inventory and monitoring to determine species status and conservation opportunities.
- Gaining knowledge about federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species and their habitats including, but not limited to, propagation, genetics, ecology and threats.
- Providing for proactive protection or management of federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species and their habitats, consistent with ESA section 7a1.
- Augmenting federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species through translocations, seed collections, and/or propagation.
- Increasing program efficiencies and effectiveness in Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7a2 consultations and ESA section 7a1 conservation programs.
- Increasing public knowledge of federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare wildlife and plants on BLM managed lands, including with a targeted focus on communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities.
- Communications including program outreach, education, and Program website updates.
- Increasing public knowledge of BLM Special Status Species.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
- 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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