Cooperative Agreement L22AC00346
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $869,746 to the University of Montana to support the collection of inventory, monitoring, and assessment data in riparian and wetland habitats in Nevada. The key activities to be performed include: Conducting random and targeted riparian and wetland surveys using standardized Aquatic Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $147,000 Cooperative Agreement to Trailkeepers of Oregon, a non-profit organization, from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028. The purpose of this award under the BLM's Recreation and Visitor Services Program (CFDA 15.225) is to coordinate a statewide trails skills training program that will increase the trails design, building, and management knowledge of individuals responsible for constructing and...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Management Initiatives program (CFDA 15.239), provides $6,144,094 to the Bureau of Land Management Foundation (doing business as the Foundation for America's Public Lands) to address recreation-related maintenance and infrastructure needs on BLM lands and waters. The key activities to be performed under this 5-year award include: Developing a pipeline of ready-to-deploy recreation...
- This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $364,985.90 to support a 5-year project focused on assessing the impacts of the Three Creeks Grazing Consolidation Plan on riparian conditions and ecosystem services across a 57,000 hectare landscape in Utah. The project aims to determine how implementation of this new grazing management approach, which uses grazing duration and timing as tools,...
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $599,761.30 Cooperative Agreement to Portland State University (PSU) on May 15, 2024 under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237). The funding supports the collection of standardized riparian and wetland monitoring data, as well as opportunistic invasive and rare plant surveys and seed collections across public lands in the Oregon-Washington region. This data will inform land management and restoration needs for the BLM. The...
- The Bureau of Land Management awarded the Washington Conservation Corps a $213,817.86 cooperative agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. Through this funding, the Washington Conservation Corps will provide young adults and military veterans with meaningful service experiences performing vital infrastructure and restoration activities on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (Ugrwcd) for the "Upper Gunnison Basin Wet Meadows Capacity Building Project" under the BLM's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244). This 5-year project, running from October 2024 to September 2029, aims to build the capacity of Ugrwcd to restore and conserve wet meadow habitats in the Upper Gunnison Basin...
- This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) will fund post-fire riparian recovery activities and tribal workforce development through training and employment in the South Obenchain Fire footprint along Rock Creek in Oregon. The $149,710 award to the non-profit Lomakatsi Restoration Project will support ecosystem restoration, forest health treatments,...
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $324,324.22 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to the Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) on January 13, 2025. The purpose of the award is to support the work of the Roseburg District through the project titled "Northwest Youth Corps Restoration Improvement of Public Areas Douglas County, OR". Under the guidance of BLM staff, NYC teens and young adult crews will carry out trail...
BRICC PROJECT TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL PROVIDE BLM OPERATORS, PARTNERS, LANDOWNERS, AND COOPERATORS NEW, STANDARDIZED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND COMPETENCIES TO AID THEM IN MONITORING CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, THROUGH ONGOING AND TIMELY COLLECTION OF NECESSARY, PRECISE, AND ACCURATE DATA FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ADAPTATION OF STRATEGIES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BENEFIT THE BLM WHEN COMMUNITIES LIKE THAT OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER SCENIC AREA IMPROVES THEIR ABILITY TO MONITOR, ASSESS, AND INTERVENE OR IMPLEMENT IN CONSERVATION TACTICS, THEY CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ENGAGE WITH AGENCIES LIKE BLM, AND ARE BETTER ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF BEST PRACTICES AND DATA THAT WILL STRENGTHEN BLM AND DOI ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS MISSION AND ACHIEVE ITS PRIORITIES ACROSS THE NATION THE BRICC PROJECT THUS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL SOLUTION TO CHALLENGES PRECIPITATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $165.0k | 8/21/23 | ||
| Not listed | $75.0k | 9/21/22 |