IIJA Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington Wildlife Resource Management | L23AS00445

Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00445

The "IIJA Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington Wildlife Resource Management" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00445) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), specifically for wildlife resource management work in the Oregon/Washington BLM jurisdiction. Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which typically means BLM expects substantial involvement during the project (for example, coordination on planning, technical direction, data standards, monitoring approaches, reporting, or integration with BLM priorities and field operations). The activity area is Natural Resources and the listing is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing 15.247.

Funding under this opportunity is aimed at supporting projects that conserve, restore, manage, or improve wildlife resources and related habitats on or benefiting BLM-managed lands in Oregon and Washington. While the posted synopsis does not spell out specific project types, the title and program area indicate support for practical, on-the-ground wildlife management efforts such as habitat improvement, monitoring and assessment, species management actions, and other wildlife conservation work aligned with BLM land use plans and resource objectives. The maximum award amount shown is $2,200,000, indicating the program can support large, multi-partner, or multi-year efforts depending on project scope and available funds.

Eligibility is limited to non-federal entities and specifically excludes individuals and for-profit organizations. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). This wide eligibility range signals that BLM is open to partnerships with public agencies, tribes, universities, and nonprofits that can deliver wildlife management outcomes and coordinate effectively with BLM offices in Oregon and Washington.

A key restriction in the notice is that this NOFO does not support applicants proposing to hire interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act is the legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that framework, and projects that rely on Youth Conservation Corps-type internship or crew hiring should not be proposed under this opportunity. Instead, youth corps or similar entities are directed to pursue those types of projects under a different BLM funding opportunity: NOFO 15.243, titled "BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands." In practical terms, applicants to L23AS00445 should design project staffing and implementation approaches that do not depend on Public Lands Corps internship/crew mechanisms, and any youth-focused workforce proposals should be routed to the appropriate youth corps-specific program.

The opportunity was created on February 7, 2023, and the original closing date listed is May 10, 2023. The posting indicates an expected number of awards but does not provide the figure in the provided text, so applicants would normally confirm expected award counts, program priorities, evaluation criteria, and required deliverables in the full NOFO package on the official listing. Overall, this is a BLM OR/WA cooperative agreement funding opportunity intended for eligible government, tribal, nonprofit, and educational partners to carry out substantive wildlife resource management work, with a clear exclusion of individual and for-profit applicants and a clear boundary separating it from BLM youth corps internship/crew hiring authorities.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "IIJA Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington Wildlife Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.247.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-02-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,200,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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