The Rangeland Management program conducts inventories, assessments and evaluations of soil and vegetation conditions and land health. Monitoring data is collected and analyzed to ensure progress toward meeting land health standards.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
States: Oregon, Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $300,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Funded projects under this program will focus on high-priority work such as activities that support maintaining or achieving land health and productivity, increasing carbon sequestration, and creating resilient landscapes to benefit current and future generations. These activities could include but are not limited to, such things as:
- Vegetation monitoring.
- Vegetation restoration treatments.
- Installation, maintenance, and monitoring erosion control structures.
- Soils mapping and development of ecological site descriptions.
- Engagement of community members and other stakeholders, through mentoring, training, and educational programs.
- Project development and layout.
- Planning analysis and document preparation as appropriate, in order to carry out land use planning decisions, and Endangered Species requirements.
- Cultural survey and assessment, data collection, and monitoring.
Program Strategic Goals
- Gathering data to complete land health assessments.
- Processing grazing permits for identified high priority areas.
- Increased efforts to coordinate shared objectives with wildlife, forestry, aquatic, and cultural and recreation programs, to effectively maintain or restore land health.
- Evaluate multiple allotments together or at the watershed scale to improve efficiencies for evaluating land health and processing permits.
- Continue to work with permittees and other stakeholders on targeted grazing to decrease fuel loads and restore desirable perennial grasses and forbs.
- Implement outcome-based grazing with collaborative monitoring with stakeholders to increase flexibility and improve efficiencies.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award – $300,000.
- Minimum Award – $5,000.
- Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period.
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.
