This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) provides $408,000.00 in funding to the Utah State Library Division, doing business as the Utah State Historical Society, from August 24, 2024 to August 23, 2029. The award supports continued collaboration between the State of Utah, BLM, and partners to enhance site stewardship and coordinate archaeological and historical data management....
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Division, received a $114,256.67 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224). The funding will support the NM Sitewatch program, which aims to protect and preserve at-risk cultural resources in New Mexico through volunteer site monitoring, training, and public education efforts. Key activities include...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a $250,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224). The five-year award running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 will support the Tribe's management of cultural and paleontological resources on ancestral lands to benefit the public. As indicated in the program description, the Bureau of Land Management...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) provides $113,132.49 to Utah State University (USU) to deliver critical data and analysis to support BLM's conservation and management decisions for up to 124 rare plant species in Utah. Key activities include surveys and monitoring of targeted special status plant species, species status updates, field data collection application support, database...
The Navajo Nation Tribal Government will receive $250,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region. The funding is provided under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) to support the Tribe's obligations under an intergovernmental cooperative agreement related to the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Specifically, the Tribe will provide recommendations and guidance to the BLM and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) provides $209,690.45 to Portland State University (PSU) to facilitate collaborative ethnographic research focused on tribal ancestral homelands situated within the Red Rock and Sloan Canyon National Conservation Areas in Nevada. The project includes planning meetings with a Tribal Working Group, research phases led by the Tribal...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,999,999.96 and made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), supports the establishment of a Healthy Riverscapes Initiative. The initiative aims to prioritize low-tech, process-based restoration to improve the condition and expand riverscape habitat on BLM-managed public lands. Key activities include education and training, development of geospatial tools and standards, and growing...
This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243), provides $255,876.46 in funding to Utah State University (USU) to deliver a range of natural resource management and conservation services on public lands. The key activities funded through this award include the installation of 100 stream restoration structures, 25 wet meadow restoration structures, and the planting of 2 acres of...
This $4,100,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on January 17, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Management Initiatives (CFDA 15.239) program, supports the Bureau of Land Management Foundation (doing business as the Foundation for America's Public Lands) in addressing critical recreation-related maintenance and infrastructure needs on BLM-managed lands and waters. The key activities to be performed under this 5-year agreement include: 1)...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $187,202.10, was issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The award provides funding for the American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to engage youth and veterans in natural resource management, environmental stewardship, and public lands preservation activities in Utah. Specifically, under this agreement, ACE members will work with BLM...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) provides $482,100 to the Utah State Library Division to partner with the BLM Utah Heritage Program. The key objectives are to: preserve heritage resources, increase their resilience to climate change, contribute to conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and engage underserved communities. The award will fund activities such as: incorporating and maintaining cultural resource site records, monitoring at-risk heritage sites through a citizen-led stewardship program, training volunteer site stewards, conducting public outreach and education on cultural resources, and assisting with cultural data management and record-keeping. The expected outcomes include developing consistent data sources for protecting heritage sites, monitoring up to 403 at-risk resources, enhancing cultural record management, and digitizing approximately 100,000 records and 20,000 reports to increase public access. This partnership with the Utah State Library Division will advance the BLM's priorities for cultural heritage preservation and management on public lands.