Nevada Rangeland Resource Management | L20AS00020

Opportunity Information: Apply for L20AS00020

The Nevada Rangeland Resource Management opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L20AS00020) is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement program focused on improving the health, productivity, and resilience of rangelands and associated soil resources on public lands in Nevada. Through the BLM Rangeland Management Program, the agency oversees grazing management across a massive public land base (more than 155 million acres nationwide) and uses partnerships to address key rangeland issues such as invasive and noxious weed control, vegetation restoration, and the design or installation of grazing management structures. The overall intent is practical, on-the-ground resource improvement that supports long-term rangeland function, including better plant communities, more stable soils, and reduced erosion.

A central theme of the funding is coordinated land stewardship. Projects are expected to involve collaboration with land managers and other stakeholders to complete priority soil surveys and develop or refine ecological site descriptions, which are technical tools used to understand rangeland capability, condition, and appropriate management approaches. Alongside this inventory and planning work, the opportunity emphasizes implementation activities that directly improve soil stability and reduce erosion, recognizing that soil condition is the foundation for sustainable grazing, healthy watersheds, and habitat quality.

The program also highlights that sound rangeland and soil management enables a wide range of public land uses and authorizations. In practice, that means projects funded under this opportunity can have benefits that extend beyond livestock grazing, helping support responsible energy development, recovery of threatened, endangered, or other special status species, recreation access and sustainability, forest and vegetation management, hazardous fuels reduction, and post-fire rehabilitation. This framing signals that BLM is looking for rangeland projects that fit into broader landscape management priorities, particularly where rangeland condition influences other uses or resource objectives.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, with awards made as cooperative agreements (which typically implies substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project). The CFDA listing is 15.237 and the activity category is Natural Resources. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a wide range of applicant types, subject to any additional eligibility details that may appear in the full opportunity announcement. The opportunity was created on March 26, 2020, with an original closing date of May 26, 2020. BLM anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $150,000 per award.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Nevada Rangeland Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.237.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 26, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 26, 2020. (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 $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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