The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering grants under “Montana/Dakotas Forest and Woodlands Resource Management” to provide a range of ecosystem services including wildlife habitat, hydrologic function, carbon sequestration, and sustainable harvest of forest products valued by society.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
States: Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/04/2022
Grant Size: $75,000
Details:
A primary activity of the program is to maintain and improve the resilience of forest and woodland ecosystems to wildfire, insects, disease, and drought through density management using timber sales. In addition, the program conducts reforestation on lands that have been impacted by high severity disturbances such as wildlife, insect epidemics, and drought to restore forest cover and functioning forest ecosystems.
BLM Montana/Dakotas has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist and collaborate with a recipient to access additional resources outside of the federal government, which not only furthers the BLM mission, but also reduces BLM staffing costs and improves the responsiveness to the public.
Goals
Program Strategic Goals:
- Implement science-based forest restoration projects to improve forest health and resilience to wildfires, insects, disease, and drought.
- Sustainable harvest of forests and woodlands to produce a continuous supply of wood products and biomass for renewable energy.
- Salvage dead and dying timber to reduce fuels, in balance with the need for wildlife habitat, watershed function, and soil stability, while supporting local economies.
- Provide the public with commercial and personal use opportunities to harvest products such as firewood, Christmas trees, boughs, greenery, medicinal plants, fence posts, and pinyon pine nuts from forests and woodlands.
- Expedite the NEPA processes to accelerate the removal of beetle-killed timber to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire and minimize risks to the recreating public.
Priority Activities
Priority activities under this announcement include preparation, administration, or implementation projects that treat forest and woodlands:
- One or more components of preparing a project (site surveys, environmental clearances, NEPA preparation, project layout, timber cruising, timber marking, boundary designation, and other tasks related to preparing a project).
- One or more components of administering a project (subcontracting, advertising for bid, awarding a subcontract or timber sale, subcontract performance inspection, and other tasks related to administering a project.
- Activities to achieve Land Management Goals (see Stewardship Manual for definition) or acres/ units of forest or woodland treatments conducted.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $225,000
- Maximum Award: $75,000
- Minimum Award: $25,000
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
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
