Cooperative Agreement L21AC10519

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230), provides $135,000 to the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition (ENLC) to conduct chemical control and other methods to manage six priority invasive and noxious plant species over a 5-year period from September 2023 to September 2028. The target species include Dyers woad, Russian knapweed, spotted knapweed, hoary cress, Canada thistle, and leafy...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement to Eureka County, Nevada under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230) from September 11, 2022 through September 10, 2027. Under this award, Eureka County will coordinate and perform noxious and invasive weed control on BLM-administered lands in Nevada, including inventory and mapping of weed species, treatment of identified weeds subject to time and funding...

The Department of Agriculture Nevada received a $130,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The grant funding will support the Invasive Plant Cost Share Program over a 5-year period from July 2023 to June 2028. This program aims to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources from damaging invasive plants in Nevada. Key activities under the grant include developing...

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...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...

The Carson City Fire Department will collect approximately 1,000 tons of biomass over six years from defense zones in Carson City, Nevada through a $397,290 cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act grant program. Funds will support delivery of collection bins for use by homeowners to create defensible space by reducing hazardous fuels. This will lower wildfire risks and foster ecosystem resilience by decreasing ignition...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Nevada Department of Agriculture under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA 10.680) to support the Cooperative Invasive Plant Cost Share Program from July 5, 2022 through June 30, 2027. The grant funding will support efforts by the Nevada Department of Agriculture to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in Nevada from...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Nevada Department of Agriculture under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA 10.680) on May 25, 2021. The grant will fund the Nevada Cooperative Cost Share Invasive Plant Program through its completion date of June 30, 2026. Under this program, the Nevada Department of Agriculture will work to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $295,397.14 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on October 1, 2023 under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This grant will fund a 5-year project to remove invasive primrose plants and restore the Laguna Creek area in California. The project aims to prevent, detect, control and monitor invasive plant populations on public lands to support the...

The Department of Agriculture Nevada received a $150,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The award, which runs from July 30, 2024 to June 30, 2029, will support the Cooperative Invasive Plant Cost Share Program, focused on protecting and managing non-Federal forest and tree resources from damaging invasive plants. Key objectives of the program include developing improved forest health monitoring...