Cooperative Agreement L15AC00167

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $186,433.43 to support conservation and restoration work on public lands in Utah. The award recipient, American Conservation Experience (ACE), will assist BLM field offices in planting 5,000 Mojave desert plants in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and constructing low-tech rock structures for riparian and meadow restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $255,876.46 to Utah State University (USU) to perform a range of conservation and restoration activities on public lands. Key project objectives include installing 100 stream restoration structures, 25 wet meadow restoration structures, planting 2 acres of perennial forbs, and conducting noxious weed inventory and control across 500...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $133,334 cooperative agreement to Utah State University (USU) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The project aims to engage youth and veterans between the ages of 16-30 and up to 35, respectively, including tribal members, in conservation and natural resource management projects on public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM's Cedar City Field Office in Utah. The funded activities will provide...

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will fund the development of a Paiute Native Plant Center in Utah. The Center will include greenhouse nurseries, seed processing facilities, and research areas, while providing native plant workforce training opportunities for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and rural communities in southern Utah and...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $169,438.57 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps organization, under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). Through this agreement, ACE will deploy youth and veteran conservation crews to the Cedar City Field Office in Utah to assist BLM wildlife personnel with a variety of fieldwork and monitoring activities for sensitive species projects. Key activities...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a 5-year, $196,000 Cooperative Agreement to Southern Utah University (SUU) under the federal Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The purpose of the agreement is to provide work-based learning and experiential learning opportunities through internships and service-learning programs to support public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM's Kanab Field Office in southern Utah. The funded project will engage youth,...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $125,819.44 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The goal of this 5-year project is to 1) address uncertainties in native plant cultivation, and 2) expand the availability of native plant seeds for restoration projects in the sagebrush ecosystem of the western U.S. To accomplish this, TNC will establish approximately 2 acres of new seed increase fields and...

This $680,605.20 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) supports the development and deployment of native plant materials used on BLM lands across the central plateaus and mountain regions. Key activities include native seed collection, evaluation, field establishment, seed production, certification, and storage, as well as restoration of native plant...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $733,965 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The award, effective from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2030, supports the following key products and services: Developing genetically appropriate native plant material seed for use in habitat restoration efforts across...

Under this $216,308.79 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the American Conservation Experience (ACE) will contribute to the Cedar City Field Office's Integrated Pest Management program and vegetation restoration projects in Utah. Key activities include inventorying and monitoring invasive weeds, applying herbicides and biological controls, planting riparian seedlings, and constructing low-tech water structures. ACE members will also lead field crews during...