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Eligible: Local Government, Nonprofits, Special Purpose Districts, Tribes

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$30,000 - $900,000

Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington (ORWA) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities

From US Department of Interior (DOI)

BLM Oregon/Washington (ORWA) has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with fuels management and community fire assistance program activities to reduce the risk and impact of catastrophic wildfires to local communities through coordination, reducing the amount of hazardous fuels, and furthering the education of landowners about wildfire prevention and mitigation. These activities will assist BLM in addressing the effects of climate change by working to create resilient landscapes and communities, will create jobs, and it will help further conservation and restoration efforts by providing an opportunity to support planning and implementation of hazardous fuels reduction projects in wildland urban interface (WUI) areas and education and outreach programs that help create fire adapted communities and resilient landscapes.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Grant

    • Title

      Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington (ORWA) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities

    • Source

      US Department of Interior (DOI)

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Total Amount

      $8,000,000

    • Award Range

      $30,000 - $900,000

    • Cost Share

      No

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Local Government, Nonprofits, Special Purpose Districts, Tribes

    • Sector

      Forestry & Land Management, Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Management, Resilience

    • Activity

      Outreach & Education, Planning, Program Implementation, Program Management

    • Eligibility

      Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.This program NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. CESUs are partnerships with a purpose to promote, conduct, and provide research, studies, assessments, monitoring, technical assistance, and educational services. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement which is consistent with the CESU purpose, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no-more-than 17.5 percent of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner’s Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA). Applicant’s should specify if their proposal furthers the purpose of the CESU program, and if so which CESU Network should be considered as host.

    • Location

      Regional, WA

  • Application Process

    • Application Link

      Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington (ORWA) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Application

    • Pre-Application?

      No

    • Requirements

      The project goals include: accomplish fuels management activities on federal and non-federal land, evelop and implement fire education, training, and/or community action plans/program, conduct Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), community wildfire assessments, and planning activities, expand community capability to enhance local employment opportunities, develop and implement short and long-term monitoring and maintenance plans for hazardous fuels reduction, community fire education and training, and community action programs.

    • Disbursement Method

      Unspecified

  • Important Dates

    • Application Open Date

      Dec 4, 2024

    • Application Close Date

      Mar 5, 2025

    • Application Close Time

      2:00 PM PST

  • Resources & Contacts

    • Contact

      Bonnie Bates
      babates@blm.gov
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