The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting applications for the Wyoming Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs seek to establish partnerships that collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources in Wyoming, with the goals of building a meaningful conservation stewardship legacy through expanding recreation opportunities on public lands, working to ensure meaningful consultation and self-determination for Tribes, enhancing visitor experience on public lands by better meeting the infrastructure and maintenance needs, and eliminating unnecessary steps and duplicative reviews while maintaining rigorous environmental standards.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs achieve these goals by:
- Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and paleontological resources for the benefit of future generations;
- Improving professional and/or public understanding of the nation’s cultural and natural history;
- Providing educational, recreational, and economic opportunities for local communities and the public;
- Increasing Native American access to locations and natural resources important to traditional cultural practices and beliefs; and
- Managing heritage resource collections and associated records to appropriate standards, and providing access to the public and Native Americans.
Broadly, the objective is to develop partnerships to improve access to, and use of, heritage resources, and promote their educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values in a manner that meets U.S. Department of the Interior priorities and Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Program goals. Individual projects shall meet one or more objectives.
- Conduct studies, including inventory, excavation, records research, and collections-based research to improve the understanding of America’s natural and cultural history;
- Monitor at-risk heritage resources to track trends in condition and project effectiveness;
- Stabilize at-risk heritage resources;
- Train future cultural resource management practitioners and paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships that capitalize on BLM resources;
- Assist with cultural heritage data and records management activities such as organizing, maintaining, and scanning site and survey records; creating, digitizing and maintaining geospatial data; and performing data entry;
- Preserve existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation;
- Promote engagement with Native American communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs;
- Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and conservation/preservation ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products;
- Develop and maintain historic sites with interpretive and educational potential.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding $500,000
- Expected Award Amount
- Maximum Award $100,000
- Minimum Award $25,000
Project Period
Agreement terms for funded projects are estimated to range between one and no more than five years and are determined based on the period of performance as stated on the recipient’s project proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
- 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 IIPublic 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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
