The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Aquatic Resources Program supports riparian and wetland areas, aquatic habitats, and water resources for a combination of balanced and diverse uses including the Nation’s need for domestic sources of minerals, food, timber, and fiber, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and the long-term needs of future generations.
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: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Program Goals
- Ensuring water availability to sustain healthy riparian and wetland areas, aquatic habitats, and beneficial uses.
- Advancing innovative decision support tools to inform efficient and effective environmental reviews, the use of BLM-managed lands, the protection of remaining high-quality habitats, and the strategic restoration of degraded systems.
- Restoring degraded water resources, riparian and wetland areas, and aquatic habitats, with a focus on process based approaches supporting the BLM’s multiple use and sustained yield mission.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $25,000.
Grant Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/01/2025
- Anticipated Project End Date: 08/30/2030.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
