The Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $144,204 cooperative agreement to The Living Desert of Palm Desert, California, from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The award will support restoration of desert tortoise habitat in the Chuckwalla Critical Habitat Unit under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246). As the awardee, The Living Desert will deliver services to restore landscape connectivity and function through the conservation and restoration of...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $249,938.39 Cooperative Agreement to Friends of the Desert Mountains on October 1, 2023 through its Recreation and Visitor Services Program (CFDA 15.225). The funding will support visitor services and recreation activities on public lands managed by the BLM in California over a 5-year period through September 30, 2028. The Cooperative Agreement aims to enhance recreational opportunities, visitor services, and conservation efforts on BLM lands in...
The Bureau of Land Management has awarded a $245,379.27 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. for the project "IIJA IRA BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION MANAGEMENT - 2024". The award period is from September 19, 2024 to September 19, 2029. Through this Cooperative Agreement, the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. will provide...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a 5-year, $181,421.14 Cooperative Agreement to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Inc. under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The funding supports a comprehensive approach to native plant conservation, restoration, and research across public lands in California. Key activities include seed collection and banking, habitat restoration, rare plant surveys, genetic research, and developing strategies to address...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $157,837.24 to the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. to support plant conservation, habitat restoration, and environmental education efforts in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California. The funding will enable the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation to conduct a range of activities, including surveying and conserving sensitive plant...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $141,832 Cooperative Agreement to the Desert Research Institute (DRI), a research center within the Nevada System of Higher Education, under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). This 3-year award, effective August 27, 2024, will support DRI's research and technical services to advance native plant conservation, restoration, and ecological management efforts across public lands in...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $4,100,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.239 - Management Initiatives) to the Bureau of Land Management Foundation, doing business as the Foundation for America's Public Lands, with a performance period from January 17, 2025 to January 16, 2030. The purpose of this agreement is to support BLM's on-the-ground restoration activities on public lands. The project has two key tasks: 1) The Foundation will provide funding...
Through this $113,035 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, will provide a range of native plant conservation services to support the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). Key activities include seed banking, specimen collection, species surveys, taxonomy research, and restoration propagation, with a focus on rare...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, ID L24AC00618, was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The $324,190.75 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029, supports Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden) in developing propagation protocols for 11 rare plant species impacted by solar energy development in California....
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $186,433.43 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The agreement, with a performance period from August 8, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will fund ACE to assist BLM field offices in Utah with two key activities: Planting 5,000 Mojave Desert plants in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, and Constructing...