The BLM California Wildlife Program advances the Department of the Interior’s priorities to address the climate crisis, restore balance on public lands and waters, advance environmental justice, and invest in a clean energy future.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Specific BLM California Wildlife Program priorities include:
- protect wildlife habitat, migration, habitat connectivity that supports biodiversity;
- increase resilience to climate change and help leverage natural climate solutions;
- contribute to conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by the year 2030;
- support State agencies to meet State wildlife population objectives;
- engage communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities to enhance economic opportunities related to wildlife; and
- use the best science and data available to make decisions.
The BLM California Wildlife Program works with partner organizations to meet the goals above on national or regional scale through:
- Activities that maintain or restore habitats for upland game, waterfowl, big game, pollinators, sensitives species, and watchable wildlife species.
- Conserving priority wildlife habitat (vegetation communities, water resources, or connectivity) or reducing threats to habitat or species.
- Monitoring and inventorying wildlife populations and habitats to provide complete, current, and accurate information on the distribution, abundance, and habitat of wildlife that depend on BLM managed public lands.
- Assessing wildlife habitat and measuring related resource management goals and objectives.
- Enhancing the understanding of opportunities to conserve wildlife populations that depend on BLM managed lands.
- Improving how BLM uses and integrates coordinated wildlife monitoring data such as Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) and North American Bat Monitoring Program (NaBat).
- Doing new research on success in meeting the objectives of wildlife habitat and land use plans at the ecosystem and watershed level.
- Performing education projects (including citizen science and student-based science) to facilitate wildlife stewardship and conservation for species that depend on BLM managed lands.
- Increasing public awareness of wildlife resources, conservation challenges and successes on BLM managed lands, including with a targeted focus on communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Grant Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 08/01/2025
- Anticipated Project End Date: 07/31/2030
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Special district governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
