Cooperative Agreement L20AC00388

This $287,364.95 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) is designed to provide work experience and career development opportunities for four youth in New Mexico. The project, implemented by the non-profit organization Gem Environmental NFP, will engage participants in hands-on natural resource management activities such as habitat restoration, invasive species removal, recreation site...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $615,057.78 cooperative agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization. This agreement, effective from September 11, 2024 to July 27, 2027, will provide approximately seven 52-week internships for ACE members to support BLM's minerals and natural resource management efforts in New Mexico. The ACE interns will contribute to various...

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will receive $244,370 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Geological Survey under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative program (CFDA 15.073) to characterize critical mineral endowments in mine waste sites in New Mexico. The two-year project will assess mine waste at the Copper Flat, Black Hawk, and Carlisle Center mining districts for their potential to contain critical minerals. Deliverables will include maps of mine...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides up to $136,000.00 to support a project that will introduce youth to careers in land management. The award, effective September 12, 2024 through July 27, 2027, will place up to four Native plant materials interns annually with the non-profit organization Conservation Legacy to support seed monitoring, collection, and management...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the "Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands" program (CFDA 15.243), provides $320,278.04 to the American Conservation Experience (ACE) to recruit and support 48-51 week internships for youth to collect riparian and wetland data on BLM-managed lands across New Mexico. The interns will work with BLM staff to monitor and assess riparian and wetland areas, according to BLM's Assessment, Inventory and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) provides $318,535.57 in funding to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) to conduct the following activities over a 2-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026: Inventory approximately 100 mine waste sites (mills, tailings, slags, and smelters) across New Mexico and populate a USGS USMIN ArcGIS Pro database with the location data....

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Region awarded a $107,368 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, a nonprofit organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through this award, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will provide seven (7) weeks of 6-8 member crews to work on recreation site enhancements and maintenance as well as conservation projects on Bureau of Land...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded Rocky Mountain Youth Corps a $103,337.02 cooperative agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) from June 14, 2023 to December 31, 2025. Through this award, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will select and oversee qualified youth participants to be mentored by National Park Service staff in performing vegetation management and fence maintenance repairs at...

This Bureau of Land Management (BLM) federal Cooperative Agreement award under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $142,066.83 to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to engage youth in collecting lotic (flowing water) data across BLM offices in New Mexico. The project, with a performance period from September 2024 to July 2027, will offer young participants hands-on experience in natural resource management techniques...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Region awarded a $1,322,766.39 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy for the period of March 15, 2022 through March 14, 2025. The award supports the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243), which focuses on BLM's continued commitment to reduce and streamline its processes and procedures to serve its customers and the public better and faster across all its program areas. Under this...