The Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (State) is seeking applications to better support land management decisions regarding grazing and other range management treatments, soils management, and invasive species.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management
State: Oregon and Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Program administers grazing for more than 155 million acres of public land. This includes, but is not limited to, such things as inventorying, controlling, and managing noxious weeds and invasive species; improving rangelands through grazing management, vegetation restoration treatments, and grazing management structures; and soil resource management. Coordination with land managers and other stakeholders is conducted to complete priority soil surveys, ecological site descriptions, and on-the-ground projects to improve soil stability and reduce erosion. Appropriate management of range land and soil resources also support actions and authorizations that include, but are not limited to, such things as endangered and special status species recovery, grazing of domestic livestock, recreation, forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, and post fire rehabilitation.
To better support land management decisions regarding grazing and other range management treatments, soils management, and invasive species, the Oregon/Washington (OR/WA) 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.
The OR/WA Rangeland Management program conducts inventories, assessments and evaluations of soil and vegetation conditions and land health. Monitoring data is collected and analyzed to ensure progress toward meeting land health standards.
Funded projects under this program will focus on high priority work such as activities that support maintaining or achieving land health and productivity, increasing carbon sequestration, and creating resilient landscapes to benefit current and future generations. 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.
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
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
- Award Floor: $10,000
- Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.