Project Grant 15DG11052021218

This Cooperative Agreement award of $212,250 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management supports the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe's collaboration on the National Strategy for Seeds of Success program under CFDA 15.245 - Plant Conservation and Restoration Management. The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, will fund the tribe's efforts to develop genetically appropriate native plant materials, implement seed-based restoration...

This $349,977 Project Grant award from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) program (CFDA 10.935) will allow the Blue Lake Rancheria in California to expand its existing Food Sovereignty Initiative. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating additional space for crop production to increase food production capacity. Hosting workshops to build community skills in garden management and food preservation....

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,748,947 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Blue River Watershed Group (BRWG) and the Town of Silverthorne, Colorado. The funding will support the engineering and design of a project to repair degraded aquatic habitat in the Blue River, downstream of the Dillon Reservoir. The project aims to address issues such as unnaturally low flow regimes, below average water...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program, will provide $580,000 on January 13, 2025 to support the construction of the Toma Resilience Campus in Blue Lake, California. The project will develop a campus site to provide facilities and infrastructure to support an economic resilience ecosystem, which will attract private investments, boost the region's workforce,...

The Project Grant award of $4,409,183.00 to Northstar Lime LLC was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383). The award, made on September 1, 2023, will fund projects that expand capacity, improve competition, and increase supply chain resilience within the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector to support the production of agricultural...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $11,498,810 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will fund Blue Lake Rancheria's implementation of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in their Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP). The key activities include acquiring approximately 250 acres of coastal land and 400 acres of forestland by 2026, creating 100 acres of wetland...

This $3,952,330 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309) aims to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of the U.S. blueberry industry by developing methods to improve fruit quality and reduce crop loss. The research team will address challenges to blueberry fruit quality through objectives such as measuring pathogen diversity, collecting crop...

The County of Clark, Nevada will receive $16.7 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to design and construct two baseball/softball fields with dirt infields and associated amenities and a playground at the Logandale Sports Complex. Funded through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) program, the County will add two ball fields, a playground, and other features to complete a four-plex facility...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) awarded a $350,882.32 cooperative agreement to the Carlsbad Soil & Water Conservation District on September 7, 2023. The project will utilize funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to thin and hand pile approximately 550 acres of invasive juniper in the Ft. Stanton area within the BLM's Pecos District in New Mexico. Controlling these invasive species will improve overall rangeland health by...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $247,745.07 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.244 - Aquatic Resources Management) to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) to partner with Carroll College on improving water quality and riparian habitat conditions impaired by acid mine drainage from past mining activities. The project will leverage previous monitoring and test-reactor data to design a sustainable and cost-effective remedy for compromised waste rock piles in the Perry Canyon Creek...