Cooperative Agreement L19AC00205

This $529,168.96 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) will provide mentoring and training of youth crews and individuals in the natural and cultural conservation of public lands in Idaho. The award involves a joint collaboration between the BLM and the non-profit organization Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) to carry out the management, development, implementation, and evaluation of the...

This $5,075,487.58 cooperative agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), will support efforts to improve climate resilience and habitat quality in the Salmon and Challis Field Offices in Idaho. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the prime awardee, will work with the BLM, Idaho state partners, and academic institutions like Boise State University and the University of Idaho to implement water conservation, riparian...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $1,500,000 in funding to the University of Idaho. The project will work closely with local BLM offices to assess and document the trajectory of wildlife habitat restoration projects through field-based and drone-based monitoring. The University of Idaho will employ youth-based field crews to conduct the monitoring and...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $268,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) to support wildlife habitat conservation and restoration efforts in southern Idaho. The award period runs from September 18, 2024 to September 17, 2029. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) ground-truthing surveys on prioritized wildlife tracts to validate prior habitat...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $200,000.00, was granted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The agreement engages eight 16-week interns from 2025 to 2027 to conduct a habitat inventory of approximately 20,000 acres of Slickspot peppergrass, a rare plant species, across the Snake River Plain in Idaho. The interns will use tablets loaded with Survey123 and field mapping...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program, provides $1,516,278.38 to the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) to implement a range of forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration activities. Key services to be delivered include: programmatic planning and development, implementation of vegetation treatments to improve forest health and reduce fire risk, administrative support,...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) federal grant program. The agreement will fund a 5-year project to plan and implement ecosystem restoration activities across tribal and BLM-managed lands in Idaho. Key project components include hazardous fuels reduction, native plant propagation and revegetation, post-fire restoration and weed treatment, tamarisk inventory and...

This $133,809 Project Grant, awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), supports a project by Green Schools National Network Inc. to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Boise, Idaho. The key activities and deliverables for this 2-year project include: developing 16 environmental...

This $375,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), supports the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership (BOPP) in Idaho to deliver the following key products and services: Habitat improvement activities, including exotic weed removal, native plant installations, and native seed collections, to restore habitat for keystone wildlife, pollinators, and rare plant species...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $274,176 Cooperative Agreement under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228) to Discover Your Northwest, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, WA. The Cooperative Agreement funds the delivery of a youth wildfire education program in central Oregon, including a curriculum focused on fire ecology, mitigating wildfire risks, and fostering responsible fire behavior and community safety practices....