The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking applications for its Utah Plant Conservation and Restoration Management Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Utah BLM has opportunities to work with partner organizations to accomplish goals of the BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program that include, but are not limited to, such things as:
- Support habitat management efforts to restore habitat for keystone wildlife and pollinator and increase on-the-ground project work to reduce the threats to sage grouse, rare plants, and other sensitive species in high priority habitats.
- Work with growers to continue to develop genetically appropriate native plant material for use in habitat restoration and rehabilitation.
- Support studies to improve the effectiveness of conservation restoration efforts to include, but not be limited to, plant ecological, plant genetics, and ecophysiological studies, seed bank persistence, plant propagation and development of agronomic production practices, and trait and/or seed source evaluations as well as seeding treatment and tool development.
- Support pollinator studies and projects that increase the knowledge and nexus to the importance of native plant communities and pollinators to restoration durability and ecological function.
- Implement conservation actions for high priority rare plant species
- Increase understanding of rare plant biology and threats.
- Monitor, protect, and restore habitat that supports more than 1,800 rare plant species, more than 300 of which are found exclusively on BLM lands.
- Assist BLM programs such as Wildlife, Oil & Gas, Minerals, Fuels, Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation, Range, and Renewable Energy in restoring public lands and integrating more widespread use of native plant materials.
- Expand public education programs and outreach on native plants and native plant communities to include, but not be limited to, development of technical bulletins, handbooks, videos, native plant guides and floras, workshops, webinars, and apps, that also increase the Citizen Science nexus with BLM and partners.
Funding Opportunity Goals
- Developing genetically appropriate native plant material/seed for use in habitat restoration.
- Implementing and assessing seed-based restoration techniques/efforts.
- Inventorying, monitoring, and restoring rare plant species and their associated communities to include development of conservation strategies/plans that include best management practices and reporting on the condition and trend of rare plant species and their habitat.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $600,000
- Award Floor: $10,000
Grant Period
Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Special district 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
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
