The BLM’s California Recreation and Visitor Services Program oversees a broad and complex set of recreation related programs that provide a multitude of recreation opportunities and experiences.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
These recreation resources and visitor services support strong local economies and public land conservation. As the BLM works to enhance recreational opportunities, BLM strives to remain a good neighbor and partner.
The Recreation and Visitor Services Program provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities that benefit the public and local communities. The program is also responsible for implementing Administration and Department priorities, including projects to improve racial equity, diversity and inclusion; help strengthen the U.S. economy; and reduce impacts to the environment and climate.
BLM California has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with the following:
- Increase and enhance access to BLM public lands and waters, with a focus on, and not limited to, underserved, Tribal, and low-income youth.
- Reduce or remove transportation barriers for youth to access public lands.
- Increase and enhance recreational opportunities.
- Enhance public satisfaction at BLM recreation sites and areas.
- Collect visitor and recreation resource data by conducting inventories and visitor assessments.
- Conduct inventory, monitoring, data management, assessment and planning on BLM public lands and waters.
- Locate, inventory, monitor, survey, and nominate significant caves on BLM public lands.
- Provide enriched visitor services, information, interpretation and education, including websites.
- Protect visitor health and safety.
- Improve accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Program Goals
- Connect with youth, tribes, underserved, and nature-deprived communities to enhance access to quality recreation opportunities and foster public lands stewardship.
- Improve climate resiliency on public lands while enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities and activities.
- Identify and remove outdoor recreation barriers, expand recreation opportunities for all, and provide an enhanced, more sustainable recreation experience by delivering up-to-date and engaging visitor information online and in person.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $300,000
- Award Ceiling: $200,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Project Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 08/01/2025
- Anticipated Project End Date: 07/31/2030
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district 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)
- 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.
