Opportunity Information: Apply for L18AS00053
The "BLM National Operations Center Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring Assistance" opportunity (Funding Opportunity No. L18AS00053) is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement intended to strengthen how freshwater resources on BLM-managed public lands are assessed, monitored, and managed. BLM is responsible for a very large aquatic footprint across mainly the western United States and Alaska, including roughly 155,000 miles of perennial flowing waters (lotic systems) and more than 20,000 square miles of wetlands. Because these waters support drinking supplies, irrigation and livestock operations, recreation, and even power production, BLM frames the work as essential to meeting its multiple-use mission under the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA) and to sustaining the long-term health, diversity, and productivity of public lands.
At its core, the grant seeks a partner organization that can help BLM streamline and improve freshwater inventory, assessment, and monitoring efforts while also supporting practical land-management decisions. The emphasis is not just on collecting data, but on making monitoring and assessment more efficient and useful for on-the-ground decision-making, including where to focus restoration or reclamation in streams, riparian areas, and watersheds. Priority activities highlighted in the opportunity include improving aquatic inventory and assessment workflows, helping prioritize and evaluate restoration or reclamation actions, supporting aquatic invasive species detection and prevention, and assessing whether restoration efforts are actually working so BLM can use adaptive management rather than repeating ineffective approaches.
BLM explicitly ties these technical freshwater objectives to broader public benefits and multiple-use outcomes. The agency notes that maintaining clean, dependable water supplies and preventing invasive species helps sustain the energy, agricultural, and recreation values the public relies on, while also protecting aquatic ecosystems and wildlife in arid landscapes where water is often the limiting resource. In other words, the expected outcomes are designed to help BLM and other agencies balance development and resource extraction with the long-term sustainability of aquatic ecosystems, improving land-use planning and restoration targeting through stronger partnerships with state and local communities.
A notable workforce component is built into the partnership: the project is expected to support hiring and training approximately 30 to 50 youth each year, providing hands-on field experience and professional development for future land and water stewards. This positions the award as both a natural-resources monitoring and management effort and a capacity-building program that develops the next generation of practitioners while delivering tangible services on public lands.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, categorized under Natural Resources (CFDA 15.231) and offered as a cooperative agreement, signaling substantial involvement and coordination with BLM during the project. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any applicant type, subject to any additional eligibility notes in the full announcement). The opportunity anticipated a single award with a ceiling of $580,000. The posting dates in the source indicate it was created June 27, 2018, with an original closing date of July 27, 2018. The recipient is expected to have experience working with federal and state agencies, particularly in identifying and implementing efficiencies in environmental monitoring and permitting, which underscores the program's focus on improving processes and coordination as much as producing data.Apply for L18AS00053
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM National Operations Center Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.231.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 27, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 27, 2018. (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 $580,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the "BLM National Operations Center Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring Assistance" opportunity?
This opportunity (Funding Opportunity No. L18AS00053) is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement focused on strengthening how freshwater resources on BLM-managed public lands are inventoried, assessed, monitored, and managed.
Which federal agency is offering this funding?
The funding is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
What type of award is this?
This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which signals substantial involvement and coordination with BLM during the project.
What is the main purpose of the cooperative agreement?
The main purpose is to identify and implement ways to streamline and improve freshwater inventory, assessment, and monitoring so the results are more efficient and more useful for on-the-ground land-management decision-making on BLM-managed lands.
What kinds of freshwater resources are in scope?
The opportunity is tied to BLM's large aquatic footprint, including perennial flowing waters (lotic systems) and wetlands across primarily the western United States and Alaska.
How large is BLM's aquatic footprint as described in the opportunity?
The opportunity cites roughly 155,000 miles of perennial flowing waters (lotic systems) and more than 20,000 square miles of wetlands on BLM-managed public lands.
Why does BLM consider this work important?
BLM frames the work as essential to meeting its multiple-use mission under the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA) and to sustaining the long-term health, diversity, and productivity of public lands.
What public benefits does BLM connect to freshwater monitoring and assessment?
BLM links improved freshwater monitoring and management to protecting drinking water supplies, supporting irrigation and livestock operations, enabling recreation, and supporting power production, while also sustaining aquatic ecosystems and wildlife in arid landscapes where water is often the limiting resource.
Is the focus only on collecting more data?
No. The opportunity emphasizes improving the efficiency and usefulness of monitoring and assessment for real land-management decisions, not just collecting data.
What kinds of decisions is the monitoring and assessment intended to support?
The work is intended to support practical land-management decisions such as where to focus restoration or reclamation in streams, riparian areas, and watersheds, and how to evaluate whether actions are working so BLM can use adaptive management.
What priority activities are highlighted in the opportunity?
Priority activities include improving aquatic inventory and assessment workflows; helping prioritize and evaluate restoration or reclamation actions; supporting aquatic invasive species detection and prevention; and assessing restoration effectiveness to support adaptive management.
How does the opportunity address restoration or reclamation?
The opportunity highlights helping prioritize and evaluate restoration or reclamation actions and assessing whether restoration efforts are working, so BLM can avoid repeating ineffective approaches and instead apply adaptive management.
Does the opportunity include aquatic invasive species work?
Yes. The opportunity specifically calls out supporting aquatic invasive species detection and prevention as a priority activity.
How does this opportunity relate to multiple-use management?
BLM describes the expected outcomes as helping balance development and resource extraction with the long-term sustainability of aquatic ecosystems, improving land-use planning and restoration targeting through stronger partnerships with state and local communities.
Is there a workforce or youth component to the project?
Yes. The project is expected to support hiring and training approximately 30 to 50 youth each year, providing hands-on field experience and professional development.
How many awards did BLM anticipate making under this opportunity?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
What is the maximum (ceiling) funding amount for the award?
The ceiling for the anticipated single award is $580,000.
Is this a discretionary funding opportunity?
Yes. It is described as a discretionary funding opportunity.
What is the CFDA number and category listed for this opportunity?
The opportunity is categorized under Natural Resources with CFDA 15.231.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any applicant type), subject to any additional eligibility notes in the full announcement.
What experience does BLM expect from the recipient?
The recipient is expected to have experience working with federal and state agencies, particularly in identifying and implementing efficiencies in environmental monitoring and permitting.
Why does the opportunity emphasize efficiencies and coordination?
BLM notes a need to streamline and improve workflows and underscores coordination with agencies, indicating the project is meant to improve processes and partnerships as much as it is meant to produce monitoring information.
When was the opportunity created and when did it originally close?
The source information indicates the opportunity was created on June 27, 2018, with an original closing date of July 27, 2018.
What geographic areas does BLM highlight for this work?
BLM highlights its aquatic resources across mainly the western United States and Alaska.
What is the overall expected outcome of the partnership?
The expected outcome is stronger, more efficient freshwater assessment and monitoring that directly informs land-use planning, restoration and reclamation targeting, invasive species prevention, and adaptive management, while also building capacity through youth hiring and training.
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