The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting applications for its 2024 New Mexico Aquatic Resource Management Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) New Mexico Aquatic Resources Program protects and restores riparian and wetland areas, aquatic habitats, and water resources to provide functioning ecosystems for a combination of balanced and diverse uses including fish and wildlife, and for the long-term needs of future generations.
The BLM New Mexico Aquatic Resources Program has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with:
- Contributing to the above-described Program core functions.
- Combating climate change and habitat loss impacts to aquatic resources.
- Restoring and connecting degraded aquatic resources.
- Increasing ecosystem resistance, resilience, and adaptability to drought, wildfires, and floods.
- Determining acceptable levels of hydrologic and ecological change given BLM management objectives.
- Advancing inventory, assessment, and monitoring activities and tools.
- Preventing the establishment and spread of invasive species.
- Increasing public knowledge of aquatic habitats on BLM managed lands, including with a targeted focus on communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $400,000
- Maximum Award: $750,000
- Minimum Award: $10,000
Grant Period
Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
For more information, visit Grants.gov.