Projects completed under this award will focus on high priority work such as activities that promote forest and woodland health sustainable forest management fire resiliency biomass utilization for…

The Mule Deer Foundation received a $330,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Forest and Woodlands Resource Management program (CFDA 15.233), effective October 1, 2025 through September 15, 2035. This award supports high-priority forest and woodland health activities in Colorado, including pre-commercial and commercial thinning, salvage and sanitation treatments, fuels reduction, tree and shrub planting, invasive vegetation control, and riparian/upland restoration on public lands. The Foundation will also provide project development, planning analysis, documentation required for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act compliance, as well as data collection and monitoring services to advance fire resiliency and sustainable forest management objectives.

The Foundation's work under this award aligns with its established role as a strategic implementation partner for multi-jurisdictional conservation efforts across western states. As a tax-exempt nonprofit specializing in wildlife habitat restoration and forest management, the Foundation will deliver on-the-ground forest treatments and restoration activities that support federal land management priorities while advancing habitat conservation for native wildlife species. This award represents one component of the Foundation's broader $3.43 million BLM portfolio, which includes complementary forest health and fuels management initiatives across multiple states and landscape scales.

Projects completed under this award will focus on high priority work such as activities that promote forest and woodland health sustainable forest management fire resiliency biomass utilization for bioenergy habitat conservation needs and insect disease and fire recovery on public lands. These activiest are pre commercial and commercial thinning salvage sanitation forest treatment fuels reduction planting trees and shrubs control of non native vegetation riparian or upland restoration project development and lay planning analysis and document preparation needed in concert with or to carry out nepa endangered species act or cultural clearances data collection and monitoring.