FY26 Bureau of Land Management Threatened and Endangered Species - Bureau wide

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
L26AS00043
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$10,000 to $1,000,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Natural Resources
Eligible applicants
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • City/Township Governments
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • County Governments
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • Special District Governments
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • State Governments
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Points of contact

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting cooperative agreement applications for threatened and endangered species conservation on BLM-managed lands, with applications due September 11, 2026. The program is bureau-wide and open to eligible applicants; however, Idaho, Utah, the National Interagency Fire Center, and the National Operations Center are not accepting applications.

Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, state governments, county and township governments, city governments, special district governments, federally recognized tribal governments, non-federally recognized tribal organizations, public institutions of higher education, and private institutions of higher education. Individuals and for-profit organizations are ineligible. Cost sharing is not required, though voluntary contributions may be considered favorably during merit review.

The BLM anticipates awarding approximately $5 million across 60 cooperative agreements, with individual awards ranging from $10,000 to $1 million. Projects are anticipated to begin December 31, 2026, and conclude December 30, 2031, with durations of three to five years. Place of performance focuses on BLM-managed lands, concentrated in western states including California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona.

The program prioritizes conservation and recovery of endangered, threatened, and BLM Sensitive Species and their habitats while supporting permitting streamlining and reducing regulatory requirements for land use authorizations including minerals, energy, timber, grazing, and recreation. Funded activities include habitat restoration, population monitoring and demographic studies, threat assessment and data collection, invasive species control, genetic research, and species propagation and reintroduction. Applications must include SF-424, SF-424A, SF-LLL (if requesting over $100,000), project abstract, project narrative (maximum 15 pages), and budget narrative. Applicants must register in SAM.gov and Grants.gov prior to submission. CFDA 15.246.

Synopsis

The BLM Threatened and Endangered Species Program (T & E) focuses on conservation and recovery of endangered, threatened and BLM Sensitive Species (collectively referred to as BLM Special Status Species) and their habitats to help inform a balance of multiple uses of BLM-managed lands, including the Nation"s need for domestic sources of energy, minerals, timber, grazing, recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat for future generations. The T & E Program emphasizes implementing the Department of Interior"s priorities by emphasizing actions that help streamline permitting processes and reduce regulatory requirements for authorizations on land uses such as minerals, energy, timber, grazing, and recreation. Overall, this can be achieved by: 1. Conserving and recovering species and their habitats to help delist or help preclude the need to list species as endangered and threatened, thereby reducing future regulations and 2. Improving available information and data that can be used to support approval permits and authorizations. To meet these goals, the BLM T & E Program is seeking opportunities to work with partner organizations to increase program efficiencies and effectiveness. The following Administration priorities are applicable to this program:Executive Order (EO) 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife ConservationEO 14192 - Unleashing Prosperity Through DeregulationEO 14303 - Restoring Gold Standard ScienceEO 14225 - Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production EO 14313 - Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again CommissionSO 3356 - Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Wildlife Conservation Opportunities and Coordination with States, Tribes, and TerritoriesSO 3362 - Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big-Game Winter Range and Migration CorridorsSO 3421 - Achieving Prosperity through DeregulationSO 3447 - Expanding Hunting and Fishing Access, Removing Unnecessary Barriers, and Ensuring Consistency Across the Department of the Interior Lands and WatersEndangered Species Act of 1973 (signed December 28, 1973) (16 USC § 1531)Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (16 USC § 703-712)Sikes Act of 1960-Conservation Programs on Military Installations (amended in 1974 to include Conservation on Public Land (Public Law 93-452) (16 USC § 670) One Big Beautiful Act (H.R. 1, 119th Congress, 2025)

Files

File Type Posted
Map of BLM Lands and State Office Boundaries.jpg JPG image
03 (M) 15.246 Attachment A TES.docx DOCX document
(O) Attachment B Budget Detail Narrative - 02.09.2026.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
Foa_Content_of_L26AS00043 TES.pdf PDF

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