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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is funded under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244). The $724,000 award to Colorado State University will support aquatic monitoring and conservation efforts across public lands in Colorado over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The project will focus on protecting and restoring riparian, wetland, and aquatic habitats to provide ecosystem...
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,...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) supports the restoration of several severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats in the area administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration techniques to remove non-native and invasive species, plant native...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228) provides $110,000 to Western Colorado University to conduct applied research related to vegetation, fuels, fire history, and species habitats in the Upper Gunnison Basin. The key products and services include: 1) Assessing the effects of recent fire activity and fuels management treatments on Gunnison...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $199,000.00 to Western Colorado University to assess long-term vegetation and fire regime changes in Gunnison sage-grouse habitat. The project will run from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2029 and leverage the university's scientific expertise to conduct research that supports federal land management objectives related to native plant conservation,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $255,876.46 to Utah State University (USU) to perform a range of conservation and restoration activities on public lands. Key project objectives include installing 100 stream restoration structures, 25 wet meadow restoration structures, planting 2 acres of perennial forbs, and conducting noxious weed inventory and control across 500...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $872,887.50 Cooperative Agreement to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) on September 1, 2024 under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The purpose of this agreement is to assist BLM and partners within the Hi-Line Sagebrush Anchor Restoration Landscape to restore up to 50 miles of riverscape. NWF will increase capacity for BLM field office staff by hiring an NWF employee to utilize a science-driven approach to restoration...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to the Colorado First Conservation District. The agreement will fund the hiring of trained and experienced personnel to conduct a vegetation production study within a Herd Management Area (HMA) in Colorado. The study will follow BLM Technical Reference 1734-7, Ecological Site Inventory, Chapter 4, and will deliver plot locations, field data, and estimated...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $413,687.39 Cooperative Agreement to The Freshwater Trust, a non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, to support the "BLODGETT DAM FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENT" project. This award, under the BLM's Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), will fund activities focused on wildlife habitat restoration, population monitoring, and ecological assessment across public lands in the western United States. The project's performance...