The BLM Idaho Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs seeks applications to coordinate management, preservation, education and outreach efforts, economic opportunities, and public uses of a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record that represents an important component of America’s heritage.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: Idaho
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/28/2022
Grant Size: $10,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The BLM Idaho Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs seek to establish partnerships that collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources in Idaho, 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 their infrastructure and maintenance needs, and eliminating unnecessary steps and duplicative reviews while maintaining rigorous environmental standards. 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.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award: $10,000
- Minimum Award:$5,000
- Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.
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