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Eligible: Agriculture, Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, Public Agencies, Special Purpose Districts, Tribes

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$10,000 - $3,000,000

FY25 Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation and Restoration Management- Bureau wide

From U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management

The BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program (PCRP) advances the Department of the Interior's priorities to protect human health and safety, unleashing American energy, and delivering price relief for American families by increasing the quantity of native seed that is available to stabilize soils and protect human health and safety following wildfire, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, meet permitting requirements for energy development, and improving market availability of native seed through partnerships with farmers and small producers. A primary purpose of the program is to increase the national native seed supply chain by working with private industry, federal, state, tribal and other partners.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Cooperative Agreement

    • Title

      FY25 Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation and Restoration Management- Bureau wide

    • Source

      U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Total Amount

      $14000000

    • Award Range

      $10,000 - $3,000,000

    • Cost Share

      No

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Agriculture, Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, Public Agencies, Special Purpose Districts, Tribes

    • Sector

      Agriculture, Forestry & Land Management, Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Management, Other

    • Activity

      Other, Planning, Program Implementation, Program Management

    • Eligibility

      Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
      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
      County governments
      Private institutions of higher education
      Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
      City or township governments
      State governments
      Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

    • Location

      National

  • Application Process

    • Application Link

      FY25 Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation and Restoration Management- Bureau wide

    • Pre-Application?

      No

    • Requirements

      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. 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.

    • Disbursement Method

      Unspecified

  • Important Dates

    • Application Open Date

      Jun 23, 2025

    • Application Close Date

      Jul 23, 2025

    • Application Close Time

      2:00 PM PST

    • Open Date

      Jun 23, 2025

    • Publish Date

      Jun 23, 2025

  • Resources & Contacts

    • Contact

      Yesenia Diaz
      ydiaz@blm.gov

    • Resources

      The BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program is especially focused on projects that:1. Work with partners to make local seed collections that will be used to increase the diversity of native species available on the native seed market while at the same time fostering employment opportunities.2. Support local farmers and non-profit organizations who wish to enter the native seed market and establish native seed production fields that will help support rural economies and foster shared environmental stewardship.3. Support local nursery production of species that cannot be directly seeded to help support post natural disaster recovery and create jobs that will help support rural economies.4. Generate the applied science needed to lower seed production costs, lower farmer risk, improve post fire stabilization project success and support sound agency decisions about the native seed supply chain.

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