Bureau of Land Management Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species | L22AS00159

Opportunity Information: Apply for L22AS00159

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L22AS00159) is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior through BLM. It is focused on natural resource work connected to threatened and endangered species in Colorado, and it is awarded as a cooperative agreement, meaning recipients should expect substantial involvement or coordination with BLM during project implementation rather than a simple pass-through grant relationship. The assistance listing tied to this opportunity is CFDA (now Assistance Listing) 15.246, and the notice was created on February 2, 2022, with an original closing date of July 2, 2022. The maximum award amount listed is $200,000.

Eligibility is limited to public and nonprofit or educational entities rather than private individuals or businesses. Specifically, the eligible applicant types include state, county, city/township, and 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 tribal organizations (including those not federally recognized, depending on the category listed); public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit categories). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible to apply under this NOFO, which is an important restriction for consultants, private firms, or single applicants who might otherwise try to participate.

A key limitation in the notice is that this program does not support applicants using these funds to hire interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The NOFO emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act (16 USC Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that framework, and that authority is not available through this particular threatened and endangered species NOFO. As a result, youth or conservation corps-style projects that are specifically designed around hiring interns or crews under Public Lands Corps should not be proposed here. Instead, eligible Youth Conservation Corps organizations are directed to apply through a different BLM funding opportunity specifically intended for that purpose: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In practical terms, this means applicants should frame proposals around threatened and endangered species conservation outcomes and allowable project staffing models, and avoid building the project around PLC-style internship or crew hiring expectations, because that approach would be considered nonresponsive to the program rules.

Overall, this opportunity is best suited for government agencies, tribes, universities, and nonprofits that can carry out field, monitoring, habitat, or other conservation-related work tied to threatened and endangered species in Colorado in partnership with BLM, within the cooperative agreement structure and within the stated $200,000 award ceiling, while staying clear of PLC-based intern or crew hiring that must instead be pursued under the separate youth-focused NOFO.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bureau of Land Management Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.246.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-02-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-07-02. (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 $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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