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L25AS00308: FY25 Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Resource Management Program- Bureau wide

Closed Closed July 23, 2025 Opportunity L25AS00308 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$1.5 million
• Award floor$10,000
• Total funding$10.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

Individuals and for-profit organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.This program NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II-Public Lands Corps, is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under this authority. Therefore, eligible Youth Conservation Corps may only apply for projects developed under NOFO 15.243 – BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands.CESUs are partnerships with a purpose to promote, conduct, and provide research, studies, assessments, monitoring, technical assistance, and educational services. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement which is consistent with the CESU purpose, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no-more-than 17.5 percent of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner's Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA). Applicant"s should specify if their proposal furthers the purpose of the CESU program, and if so which CESU Network should be considered as host.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Wildlife Resource Management awards averaged $437,303; this notice allows up to $1.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (62% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The BLM Wildlife Program implements statutory authorities to address the management of wildlife resources on the public lands for the social and economic well-being of all Americans. Specific BLM Wildlife Program priorities include:protection, maintenance, and development of wildlife habitat;wildlife reintroduction and propagation;field study programs involving wildlife;law enforcement;educational programs;toxicity/mortality investigations and monitoring;animal damage management;management activities affecting wildlife and their habitat;The BLM Wildlife Program works with partner organizations to meet the goals above on a national, regional, or state scale through:Activities that maintain or enhance habitats for priority wildlife species, including upland game, waterfowl, big game, pollinators, sensitives species, and watchable wildlife species. Conserving priority wildlife habitat (vegetation communities, water resources, or connectivity areas) or reducing threats to priority habitat or species. Monitoring and inventorying wildlife populations and habitats on BLM-managed public lands to provide complete, current, and accurate information on their condition, distribution, and abundance. Assessing wildlife habitat and measuring related resource management goals and objectives. Enhancing the understanding of opportunities to conserve wildlife populations that depend on BLM-managed lands. Improving how BLM gains efficiencies by using and integrating coordinated wildlife monitoring data to inform and streamline the implementation of management actions. Evaluating success in meeting the objectives of wildlife habitat management and land use plans. Supporting education opportunities to facilitate wildlife stewardship, conservation, and use of species that depend on BLM-managed lands. Increasing public awareness of wildlife resources, social and economic opportunities, conservation challenges, partnerships, and management successes on BLM-managed lands.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

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