Cooperative Agreement L24AC00227
- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $1,999,999.96 Cooperative Agreement to Utah State University (USU) on September 18, 2024 under the BLM's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244). The funding will support USU's work with the Riverscapes Consortium, BLM, and other partners to establish a "Healthy Riverscapes Initiative" that focuses on low-tech, process-based restoration to improve the condition and expand riverscape habitat on BLM-managed lands. Key...
- This $715,326.42 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) is focused on restoring instream and riparian habitats across 25 miles of streams in the Quinn River Management Unit in Nevada. The project aims to increase resilience of the Lahontan cutthroat trout, an endangered species, to climate change, mining, and other stressors. Key activities include implementing low-tech, process-based restoration...
- 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. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $584,889.16 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on September 9, 2024. The five-year project aims to demonstrate and enhance flexibility in public land livestock grazing through the integration of emerging technologies, traditional practices, and collaborative management. Key activities include deploying virtual fencing systems, implementing grazing management...
- This $110,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.245 - Plant Conservation and Restoration Management), supports a project to better understand and quantify the impacts of water harvesting structures and strategic grazing management on vegetation restoration in the Hatch and Mesilla Valley region of New Mexico. The key objectives are to develop a comprehensive restoration design and monitoring approach, and to work closely with ranchers to implement grazing...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $253,408 was provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatics Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Malheur Watershed Council in Oregon. The award will fund the Pole Creek Project, which aims to restore aquatic habitat and improve upland range biodiversity to enhance the drainage's resilience to climate change impacts such as wildfire, drought, and floods. The project objectives are to restore aquatic resources affected by...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), provides $631,251 to the University of Montana's O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West to develop ecological monitoring datasets and conduct novel research related to lotic (flowing water) habitats on BLM lands in Nevada. The key activities under this 5-year award include: 1) Collecting aquatic resource data using the BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to the San Juan Soil & Water Conservation District in New Mexico. This 3-year agreement will fund the implementation of watershed-scale monitoring and restoration activities to improve watershed and rangeland health in the San Juan Basin. Key project activities include: Conducting vegetation treatments to reduce...
- 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...
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to the Regents of the University of Idaho. The project will develop decision-support tools to assist BLM in evaluating conservation and restoration activities related to aquatic and riparian habitat conditions within the Lower Henrys Fork Snake River corridor in Idaho. Key products include physically-based models to quantify aquatic habitat for the Yellowstone...
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, affects water quality, water quantity, riparian habitat, and other stakeholder-valued ecosystem services. It will also examine how additional restoration actions in the Upper Bear River Watershed impact riparian health. The findings will help BLM managers adaptively manage grazing and restoration efforts to balance livestock use with healthy riparian areas and desired ecosystem services.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $115.0k | 12/31/24 | ||
| Not listed | $250.0k | 7/16/24 |