National fish and wildlife foundation nfwf respectfully requests 5,000,000 in funding for a new partnership between nfwf and bureau of land management BLM new mexico that supports the restore new…

National fish and wildlife foundation nfwf respectfully requests 5,000,000 in funding for a new partnership between nfwf and bureau of land management BLM new mexico that supports the restore new mexico programs s goals of restoring and maintaining rangelands nfwf has established landscape scale conservation programs around the country many of which have overlapping geographies with BLM lands, shared priorities with BLM, and historical inclusion of BLM as a key partner driven by science based goals, and for many of the geographies, business plans nfwf s programs bring together federal and non federal partners and priorities to generate requests for proposals rfps that leverage partner resources, solicit targeted projects, and generate robust annual grant slates tracked through metrics and scorecards for this FY22 partnership, BLM and nfwf will coordinate on and utilize nfwf s 1 southwest rivers headwaters program, 2 pecos watershed conservation initiative, 3 western big game seasonal habitat and migration corridors fund, and 4 the southern plains grassland program 2023 rfps to solicit competitive projects that address shared BLM nfwf conservation priorities nfwf will work with BLM to determine funding allocations across each nfwf program, ensure BLM s priorities are captured in each RFP, will have BLM participate in the review committees and provide recommendations for project funding, and will ensure that BLM funds only go to projects supported by the agency this partnership will primarily fund projects that involve vegetation restoration treatments, invasive species removal, and erosion control each of these nfwf programs proposed for this partnership contain a mix of federal and non federal partners nfwf will leverage funding from these partnerships and subrecipient matching funds to provide additional resources to BLM s funds southwest rivers headwaters funding partners include BLM, FWS, USFS, and the trinchera balance foundation the pecos watershed conservation initiative contains funding from apache, BLM, chevron, conocophillips, corteva agriscience, occidental, FWS, and XTO energy, and USDA nrcs the big game migrations fund includes funding partners with bezos earth fund, bnsf, BLM, conocophillips, DOI, microsoft, FWS, USFS, and USDA nrcs the southern plains grassland program contains funding from burger king, cargill, sysco, and USDA nrcs nfwf will remove administrative burden from BLM by utilizing nfwf s grants management expertise and processes to establish subaward agreements and monitoring of subrecipient outcomes overall, nfwf will help bring other resources to BLM interests, create a streamlined process for funding targeted proposals across select geographies, and manage reporting to BLM across subrecipient project deliverables and metrics this approach will not only produce the strongest projects targeted to specific science based outcomes, but will be driven around efforts that protect biodiversity, conserve and restore priority habitats, and promote resilience to climate change and environmental stressors