Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): Bureau of Land Management California Forest and Woodlands Resource Management (Select Areas, CA) - FY 2025
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Interior |
|---|---|
| CFDA: | 15.233 |
| Federal FON: | L25AS00161 |
| Office: | Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California State Office (CASO) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 02/03/2025 (Application) |
|---|---|
| Solicitation Date: | 12/04/2024 |
| Match Required: | Recommended |
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $3,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Award Range: | $50,000 (Min) / $300,000 (Max) |
| Number of Awards: | 10 (Estimated) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to maintain and improve the resilience of forest and woodland ecosystems to wildfire, insects, disease, and drought through density management using timber sales, stewardship agreements, and other agreements. The program is also intended to conduct reforestation on lands that have been impacted by high-severity disturbances, such as wildlife, insect epidemics, and drought, to restore forest cover and functioning forest ecosystems.
Awarded projects will focus on high-priority work, such as activities that promote forest and woodland health; sustainable forest management; fire resiliency; biomass utilization for bioenergy; habitat conservation needs; and insect, disease, and fire recovery. These activities may include:
- Planting trees
- Pre-commercial and commercial thinning
- Salvage/sanitation forest treatments
- Control of competing vegetation
- Fuels reduction
- Riparian or upland restoration
- Project development and layout
- Planning analysis and document preparation needed in concert with or to carry out National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, or cultural clearances
- Data collection
- Monitoring
Program strategic goals include activities to:
- Implement science-based forest restoration projects to improve forest health and resilience to wildfires, insects, disease, and drought
- Support sustainable harvest of forests and woodlands to produce a continuous supply of wood products and biomass for renewable energy
- Salvage dead and dying timber to reduce fuels, in balance with the need for wildlife habitat, watershed function, and soil stability, while supporting local economies
- Provide the public with commercial and personal use opportunities to harvest products such as firewood, Christmas trees, boughs, greenery, medicinal plants, fence posts, and pinyon pine nuts from forests and woodlands
- Expedite the NEPA processes to accelerate forest ecosystem restoration
Projects must also assist the funding agency in meeting one or more of the agency priorities, as well as one of the priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration detailed on pages 6-7 of the NOFA file.
Priority activities include preparation, administration, or implementation projects that treat forest and woodlands nationally, including through:
- One or more components of preparing a project, such as site surveys, environmental clearances, NEPA preparation, project layout, timber cruising, timber marking, boundary designation, and other tasks related to preparing a project
- One or more components of administering a project, such as subcontracting, advertising for bid, awarding a subcontract or timber sale, subcontract performance inspection, and other tasks related to administering a project
- Activities to achieve land management goals or acres/units of forest or woodland treatments conducted
Projects must state a benefit to the public and must address national effects across state boundaries.
Eligibility is limited to projects that take place on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within California; however, applicants may be located anywhere in the United States.
Program Office Notes:
According to the program officer, projects must take place on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within California. The program officer also stated that applicants may be located anywhere in the United States.
Last Updated: December 20, 2024
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are:
- State governments
- County, city, and township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status
- Private institutions of higher education
According to the program officer, projects must take place on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within California. The program officer also stated that applicants may be located anywhere in the United States.
Applicants proposing projects addressing a specific state boundary must apply under that state's specific Forest and Woodlands Resource Management solicitation.
Consideration will be given during the evaluation to applicants proposing projects that demonstrate effective partnerships to share resources and expertise.
For-profit organizations are ineligible.
Eligible Applicants:
Local GovernmentAcademic Institutions
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
State Government
Tribal Organizations/Institutions
Application Notes:
Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. ET on February 3, 2025.
Prior to applying, applicants are encouraged to contact the forest and woodland resource program lead at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) district or field office where the work is proposed to take place to discuss proposed projects. In addition, if the project crosses multiple states or is national in scope, applicants are also encouraged to contact Wade Salverson using the information provided in the Contact section.
Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
Applications must include:
- SF 424
- SF 424A (if applicable)
- SF LLL (if applicable)
- Project abstract summary
- Research and development (R&D): current and pending (other) support form (if applicable)
- R&D: biographical sketch form (if applicable)
- Project narrative proposal (15 pages max)
- Budget narrative
- Conflict of interest and unresolved matters disclosures (if applicable)
- Overlap or duplication of effort statement
- Other documentation (as applicable)
The project narrative proposal must be formatted on pages with one-inch margins using 11-point font.
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 according to 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 the NOFA file and Application folder for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $3,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Award Range: | $50,000 (Min) / $300,000 (Max) |
|---|---|
| Number of Awards: | 10 (Estimated) |
Match Notes:
Cost sharing or matching is not required for this program; however, applicants may detail any voluntary cost share and third-party contributions in the budget.
In addition, the leveraging of resources will be considered during the review process as a tiebreaker among applications with equivalent scores after evaluation against all other factors. Applicants should demonstrate how they will leverage funds or resources with other federal and/or nonfederal sources of funds or resources to carry out the proposed project.
Cost sharing/matching funds must not come from federal sources.
Funding Notes:
An estimated $3 million is available to support an expected ten cooperative agreements expected to range from $50,000 to $300,000 through this program.
The project period is expected to last 60 months, and is estimated to start on August 1, 2025, and end on July 31, 2030.
Any Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network partners proposing a project are subject to an CESU indirect cost rate of 17.5 percent of the award.
Funds may not be used for hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993.
Contacts:
Primary Contact:
Emmy Ellison
eaellison@blm.gov
California Forest and Woodland Program Lead:
Nathaniel Goodwine
ngoodwin@blm.gov
National Forest and Woodland Resource Lead:
Wade Salverson
wsalvers@blm.gov
Agency Address
Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20240
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: US17051_NOFA_FY2025.pdf (154.8 Kb)Application File: US17051_Application_FY2025.zip (108.2 Kb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (67.7 Kb)File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Application folder contains the required forms for submission. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program.
December 20, 2024
The program officer provided additional geographic eligibility information for this program. The Summary and Eligibility sections have been updated accordingly.
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