Cooperative Agreement L20AC00272

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $188,926 Cooperative Agreement under the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development program (CFDA 15.017) to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI). The purpose of this project is to create virtual outdoor experiences (VOEs) for five archaeological sites in Lincoln County, Nevada. The VOEs will consist of virtual walking tours embedded in ArcGIS StoryMaps to provide free...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $138,385.55 Cooperative Agreement under the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development program (CFDA 15.017) to Nevadans For Cultural Preservation. The goal of this 3-year project, with a performance period from January 31, 2025 to December 31, 2027, is to enhance public knowledge of Lincoln County's archaeological resources and promote responsible visitation to cultural sites. Key activities include educational...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $888,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (CFDA 15.235) to Clark County, Nevada's Desert Conservation Program. The purpose of this 5-year award, with a performance period from August 7, 2024 to August 6, 2029, is to implement desert tortoise monitoring using mark-recapture survey sampling on 8 demography plots encompassing 1,976 acres within Clark County. This data...

The Clark County Desert Conservation Program will receive $3.763 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to carry out restoration of linear disturbances in the Piute-Eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Funded under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the DCP will improve habitat conditions for the desert tortoise and other wildlife through restoration activities in the ACEC from...

The County of White Pine, Nevada will receive $2.5 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management to develop a new county park located off major roadways in the county. Funded through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the county will acquire parcels of land and construct amenities including multiple open spaces, a playground, dog park, and 9-hole frisbee golf course. Set for completion by the end of 2027, this project advances the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $4,651,394 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Henderson, Nevada under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) program (CFDA 15.235). The funding will support the construction of an approximately 21-acre park north of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Henderson. The project will expand existing trails, provide additional recreational amenities, and further protect the area for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $114,950 Cooperative Agreement (Award F24AC02276) under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) to support research and conservation efforts for the dark kangaroo mouse and pale kangaroo mouse in Nevada's sagebrush habitats. The project aims to study the population ecology and landscape connectivity of these two specialized rodent species, which are endemic to the Great Basin Desert. NDOW...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $1,000,000.00, was granted by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.235). The award aims to refine the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) classification through county-wide verification ground truthing efforts, adding additional spatial and taxonomic classification levels, and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $143,300 Cooperative Agreement to CyArk and the Arborglyph Collaborative to document and preserve the culturally significant arborglyphs (tree carvings) found in Lincoln County, Nevada, near Mt. Wilson within the Parsnip Peak Wilderness. The project, funded through the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development Grant Program (CFDA 15.017), will use advanced 3D documentation technologies such as LiDAR...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...