Cooperative Agreement L19AC00256

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...

The Ute Indian Tribe will receive $250,000 through a 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 objective of the award is to develop recommendations and guidance to inform federal agencies on incorporating the Ute Indian Tribe's cultural values and traditional knowledge regarding the Bears Ears National Monument into the monument's management plan...

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 $408,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) supports a partnership between the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (UT-SHPO) and the BLM to protect and preserve cultural heritage resources in Utah. The key products and services delivered through this 5-year award include: Providing additional human resources through the Utah Cultural Site...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224), aims to partner with the Utah State Library to advance the Department's priorities for preserving, increasing resilience, and enhancing public access to cultural heritage resources on BLM lands in Utah. The $482,100 award supports a 3-year project to: 1) Incorporate and maintain cultural resource...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior 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 with tribal nations regarding their ancestral homelands within the Red Rock and Sloan Canyon National Conservation Areas in Nevada. The key products and services to be delivered under this award...

The Hopi 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) to enhance communication of traditional knowledge related to the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Through recommendations and guidance in the BENM management plan, the Hopi Tribe will work with the Bureau of Land Management and U.S....

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...

This $250,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region will support the Pueblo of Zuni in developing recommendations to inform the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service's Benm Management Plan from 2022-2027. Under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224), the Pueblo of Zuni will provide guidance to ensure the Benm Management Plan reflects the Tribe's values and relationship to natural and...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded the Burns Paiute Tribe a $482,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program. Through this 5-year agreement, the tribe will enable co-stewardship and management of federal lands, leveraging traditional ecological knowledge to support habitat restoration and cultural resource protection efforts. The partnership aims to foster closer collaboration between the tribe and BLM's Oregon-Washington Region, allowing the...