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N62473-25-2-0002: WESTERN MOJAVE ENCROACHMENT SOLUTIONS PROJECT FOR THE MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA

Closed Closed May 16, 2025 Opportunity N62473-25-2-0002 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$9.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This Cooperative Agreement is intended to be sole sourced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in accordance with Section 101(d)(2) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. §670a(d)(2)). Only applications and materials from NFWF will be accepted and evaluated. All other applications and materials received will not be reviewed or accepted.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations awards averaged $1.7 million; this notice allows up to $9.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (81% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Department of the Navy (DON) manages, trains, and operates on over 4.5 million acres of land that spans the nation and the globe from coastal and island installations to forests, grasslands, and deserts. DON leverages the power of nature to protect our ability to train and test, to preserve our infrastructure and capabilities, to empower our Sailors and Marines and civilian workforce. Navy and Marine Corps training and testing ranges across the Southwest are experiencing severe drought, fire, and flooding impacts that threaten infrastructure, water supplies, and training and testing ranges. The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms is the Marine Corps’ largest combined-arms, live-fire training facility, encompassing 1,102 square miles of mostly public lands in the Mojave Desert, California. The Combat Center is divided into 27 range training area management units, each of which may contain training areas, landing fields, targetry, main supply routes, fixed ranges, support areas, expeditionary areas, and safety buffer zones. Armed forces use the Combat Center to train troops and test equipment. MCAGCC annually provides training to one-third of the Fleet Marine Force and Reserves Units. MCAGCC is the southern anchor of the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape (> 3,500,000 acres) in Southern California. This recent designation creates a location-specific opportunity for coordinated investment in solutions for landscape resilience. The Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape (Figure 1) was designated in 2024 and covers around 3.5 million acres in the space between MCAGCC, National Training Center Fort Irwin (NTC Ft. Irwin), Edwards Air Force Base (Edwards AFB), Naval Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL), and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow (MCLBB). The military lands are not within the landscape and comprise of an additional 2.8 million adjacent acres. The landscape unites state, Federal, tribal, county, local, and non-governmental partners to tackle challenges from incompatible development and resource vulnerability. Key objectives include recovering threatened, endangered, and sensitive species; restoring habitat and ecosystem function; and managing watersheds.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

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