Funding opportunity number: L25AS00307FUNDING opportunity goals text: 1) conserving and recovering species and their habitats to help recover and delist or help preclude the need to list new…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $218,500 Cooperative Agreement to the Center for Plant Conservation Inc. on September 18, 2025, under the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246). This three-year award, with completion scheduled for September 17, 2028, supports the Center's specialized plant conservation and recovery services designed to help recover, delist, or preclude the need to list endangered and threatened plant species on Bureau-managed lands in California. The Center leverages its extensive network of botanical professionals and partnerships with botanical gardens and research institutions to deliver field-based and ex situ conservation activities that directly advance species recovery objectives while improving data availability to support land-use authorizations.

Under this award, the Center for Plant Conservation Inc. provides core services including rare plant population monitoring, habitat restoration support, seed banking and genetic diversity research, plant propagation guidance for federally-listed species, and ex situ conservation collections in partnership botanical gardens. These activities align with the BLM's dual mandate to conserve and recover special status species and their habitats while simultaneously reducing regulatory burdens and supporting informed authorization decisions for multiple uses of public lands, including energy, minerals, grazing, and recreation.

Funding opportunity number: L25AS00307FUNDING opportunity goals text: 1) conserving and recovering species and their habitats to help recover and delist or help preclude the need to list new endangered and threatened species thereby reducing future regulations and 2) improving available information and data that can be used to support approval of authorizations. To meet these goals, the t e program has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to increase program efficiencies and effectiveness.