Grant Details

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)/Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Operations Center (NOC): Recreation and Visitor Services Program (Select Areas) - FY 2024

Agency:	U.S. Department of Interior
CFDA:	15.225
Federal FON:	L24AS00439
Office:	Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Operating Center (NOC)
Multipart Grant:	No

Next Due:	09/30/2024 (Application)
Solicitation Date:	08/23/2024

Match Required:	Recommended
Match Type:	Cash/In-Kind
Actual Funds:	$800,000 (Estimated)
Award Range:	$25,000 (Min) / $500,000 (Max)
Number of Awards:	5 (Estimated)

Summary:

The purpose of this program is to connect with youth, tribes, and underserved, nature-deprived communities to enhance access to quality recreation opportunities and foster public lands stewardship. The program also aims to improve climate resiliency on public lands while enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities and activities; and to identify and remove outdoor recreation barriers, expand recreation opportunities for all, and provide an enhanced, more sustainable recreational experience by delivering up-to-date and engaging visitor information online and in person.

The program will support the funding agency's priorities by focusing on projects that build healthy communities and economies, advance environmental justice, address the climate crisis, and provide safe and equitable access to outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. Specifically, the funding agency will work with award recipients to:

Increase and enhance access to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands and waters
Increase and enhance recreational opportunities
Enhance public satisfaction at BLM recreation sites and areas
Collect visitor and recreation resource data by conducting inventories and visitor assessments
Conduct inventory, monitoring, data management, assessment, and planning on BLM public lands and waters
Locate, inventory, monitor, survey, and nominate significant caves on BLM public lands
Provide enriched visitor services, information, interpretation, and education, including websites
Protect visitor health and safety
Improve accessibility for persons with disabilities
Improve motorized and non-motorized trails, including trail construction and maintenance, comprehensive travel and transportation inventory and assessment, planning management, and monitoring
Enhance community-supported partnerships in tourism, marketing, and conservation
Strengthen relationships with sovereign tribal nations by elevating Indigenous voices on public lands through the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act
Engage with diverse stakeholders and traditionally underserved populations to achieve a better understanding of how recreation contributes to their lives
Enhance and increase responsible recreation messaging
Develop and offer training and education, including workshops and webinars
Advance responsible recreation values

All projects must benefit the public, and must assist the funding agency in meeting one or more of its departmental priorities and the priorities of the current administration, as listed on page 5 of the NOFA file.

Eligibility is limited to projects that take place in BLM Restoration Landscape areas, which include select areas in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. Refer to the Eligibility section for details.

Last Updated: August 26, 2024

Eligibility Notes:

Eligible applicants are:

State governments
County, city, township, and special district governments
Independent school districts
Public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
Nonprofits organizations with or without 501(c)(3)

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network partners are also eligible to apply.

Entities that will hire interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 are not eligible to apply.

For-profit entities are not eligible to apply.

Eligible Applicants:

Local Government
Academic Institutions
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
Schools/School Districts
State Government
Tribal Organizations/Institutions

Application Notes:

Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on September 30, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

Applications must include:

SF 424
SF 424A
SF 424B
SF LLL (if applicable)
Project summary (4,000 characters max)
Project narrative (15 pages max)
Budget narrative
Conflict of interest disclosure
Uniform audit reporting statement
Certification regarding lobbying (if applicable)
Overlap or duplication of effort statement

Project narratives must be formatted on pages with one-inch margins on all sides, using a font no smaller than 11-point.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
SAM (System for Award Management) registration
SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.

Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Statement of need
Technical approach
Public benefit and program interest of the funding agency
Applicant qualifications/past performance
Leveraging of resources

Refer to pages 16-18 of the NOFA file for additional information regarding the program's application evaluation criteria.

Refer to the NOFA file and AppTemplate folder for additional application information.

Match Required:	Recommended
Match Type:	Cash/In-Kind
Actual Funds:	$800,000 (Estimated)

Award Range:	$25,000 (Min) / $500,000 (Max)
Number of Awards:	5 (Estimated)

Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program; however, nonfederal cash and/or in-kind contributions are strongly encouraged. Applicants proposing matching contributions will receive additional points in the application evaluation process.

Applicants may attribute some or all of their allowable indirect costs as voluntary match. Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network partners are encouraged to show the difference between their formal negotiated indirect cost rate and the 17.5 percent limited as voluntary match.

Federal resources may not be used as match.

Matching contributions may not be used for:

In-kind goods or services
Providing transportation, travel, and other expenses for any federal employee

Funding Notes:

An estimated $800,000 is available to support an anticipated five cooperative agreements ranging from $25,000 to $500,000 through this program.

Applications will be reviewed, ranked, and selected by October 18, 2024.

Project periods will span between one and five years.

For Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network partners, indirect costs may not exceed 17.5 percent.

Funds may not be used for:

In-kind goods or services
Providing transportation, travel, and other expenses for any federal employee
Profit or fees
Lobbying

Contacts:

Primary Contact:

Amy Fesnock Parker
(916) 681-1701
afesnock@blm.gov

Grants Management Contact:

Stephanie McBride
Grants Management Officer
(303) 916-1202
smcbride@blm.gov

Agency Address
Bureau of Land Management
National Operations Center
Denver Federal Center, Building 85
Denver, CO 80225-0047

Contact Notes:

Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.

Files:

NOFA File: US18057_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (222.3 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US18057_AppTemplate_FY2024.zip (91.6 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US18057_FactSheet_FY2024.pdf (4.4 Mb)

Federal Forms:

SPOC (67.7 Kb)

File Notes:

The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The AppTemplate folder contains suggested formats that applicants may use when submitting their application. The FactSheet file contains a fact sheet regarding BLM Restoration Landscape areas. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program.

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Grant Categories

Environment/Natural Resources
Parks & Recreation
Human Services