The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking applications for its 2025 Environmental Quality Protection Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The BLM and its partners inventory and mitigate abandoned mine hazards to protect public health and safety and the environment, and restore watersheds for recreation, fish, wildlife and domestic animals, manage air quality for the protection of public health and sensitive ecosystems, and return lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources. Extractive industry activities of the past, including underground and surface mining have contributed to degradation of natural resources. Unrestored sites pose a threat to the safety and health of public land users, as well as to wildlife, biota, groundwater, surface water, and soil resources.
Program Goals
- Reclaim abandoned hardrock mine lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources.
- Reduce liabilities by eliminating or reducing human health and ecological risks posed by dangerous abandoned mines.
- Establish partnerships, where possible, with States, local governments, Tribes, and voluntary environmental and citizen groups, non-governmental organizations to pool resources and expertise to address abandoned mines.
- Provide financial assistance, through agreements, to address human safety and environmental impacts associated with high risk abandoned mine sites.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $50,000.
Grant Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/01/2025
- Anticipated Project End Date: 08/30/2030.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
