Opportunity Information: Apply for L25AS00197
The NM FY25 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Wildlife Program (Funding Opportunity Number L25AS00197, CFDA 15.247) is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Bureau of Land Management to support wildlife conservation work on BLM-managed public lands in New Mexico. Awards will be made as cooperative agreements, which generally means BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the project rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. The opportunity is positioned within the Department of the Interior's broader priorities, including responding to the climate crisis, restoring balance on public lands and waters, advancing environmental justice, and supporting a clean energy future.
Program priorities focus on protecting and improving wildlife habitat and movement across landscapes, including migration corridors and habitat connectivity that sustain biodiversity. Projects are also expected to strengthen climate resilience and, where relevant, leverage natural climate solutions. Another explicit goal is contributing to the national "America the Beautiful" target of conserving at least 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030. The program also emphasizes helping state agencies meet wildlife population objectives and intentionally engaging communities of color, low-income families, and rural and Indigenous communities in ways that can expand economic opportunity connected to wildlife and conservation work. Across all project types, BLM highlights using the best available science and data to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
The types of activities BLM is looking to fund span on-the-ground habitat work, applied science, and public engagement. Eligible projects may maintain or restore habitat for upland game, waterfowl, big game, pollinators, sensitive species, and other "watchable wildlife" species. This includes conserving priority vegetation communities, protecting or improving water resources, and enhancing connectivity, as well as actions that reduce threats to habitat or species. The program also supports monitoring and inventory efforts that improve the completeness and accuracy of information on wildlife distribution, abundance, and habitat conditions on BLM lands. Related work can include habitat assessments, tracking progress toward resource management objectives, and building a stronger understanding of conservation opportunities for wildlife dependent on BLM-managed landscapes.
A notable emphasis is improving the way wildlife monitoring data are coordinated and integrated, including alignment with established monitoring efforts such as Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) and the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NaBat). The opportunity also allows for new research aimed at evaluating how well wildlife habitat and land use plan objectives are being met at ecosystem and watershed scales. In addition to technical and scientific work, BLM includes education and outreach as eligible activities, including citizen science and student-based science projects that encourage stewardship. Public awareness efforts are encouraged as well, particularly those that communicate conservation challenges and successes on BLM lands and that deliberately reach historically underserved communities.
Eligibility is limited to public and nonprofit sectors and eligible educational and tribal entities. Applicants may include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible under this notice of funding opportunity. The NOFO also clarifies that it does not support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993; organizations seeking to propose Youth Conservation Corps-style intern or crew projects must use the separate NOFO associated with BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands (NOFO 15.243).
For applicants working through Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs), the notice flags a specific cost rule: for cooperative agreements with CESU partners, indirect costs are capped at no more than 17.5 percent. Applicants should clearly state whether they intend to participate in the CESU program and, if so, identify which CESU Network would serve as the host.
Key administrative details include an application deadline of February 26, 2025 (Original Closing Date 2025-02-26) and an award ceiling of $135,000. The opportunity was created on December 19, 2024, and is categorized under Natural Resources funding activities.Apply for L25AS00197
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NM FY25 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Wildlife Program" 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 2024-12-19.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-26. (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 $135,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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