Eligible Entities
• 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 with or without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
•Private institutions of higher education
Eligible Activities
In collaboration with BLM, manage and coordinate treatments, inventories, monitoring, education and outreach, and prevention activities to control new infestations and treatment to remove existing infestations of noxious weeds and invasive species.
Priority Projects should strive to:
• Prevent, detect, inventory, control, and monitor weed populations on public lands
• Prevent point source spread from public plants onto economically vulnerable lands
• Conduct invasive species treatment to protect the resource values on public lands
• Advance Early Detection Rapid Response
• Enhance emergency stabilization and burned area rehabilitation
• Advance education, awareness, and citizen science relative to invasive species
• Support classical biological control agent development