Funding opportunity NUMBERL24AS00143FUNDING opportunity goals textensuring water availability to sustain healthy riparian and wetland areas and aquatic habitats

Restoring degraded water resources riparian and wetland areas and aquatic habitats with a focus on processbased approaches and promoting riverscape health. Advancing decision support models and the inventory assessment and monitoring information that feeds such models to inform the protection of remaining high quality habitats and the strategic restoration of degraded systems. Conduct veterans family fishing days to bring local veterans to BLM. This provides an engaging experience connecting people to the land and water resources. These events are conducted in conjunction with our education program. Assist in furthering the blms outreach efforts by focusing on the tie to the ocean and fisheries and the benefits of recreational experiences on public lands to aid in connecting veterans with the unique and sensitive resources managed by BLM. Assist in the development of empowerment projects at BLM to engage veterans and volunteers in land management tasks focused on protecting ecosystems and enhancing recreational and education opportunities.