FY25 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Idaho (ID) Rangeland Resource Management | L25AS00076

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The FY25 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Idaho (ID) Rangeland Resource Management opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L25AS00076) is a discretionary federal funding program administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to support rangeland health work tied to soil and vegetation conditions on public lands. The program’s core purpose is to fund inventories, assessments, and evaluations that measure land health, along with the collection and analysis of monitoring data to track whether management actions are actually moving conditions toward established land health standards. Awards are planned as cooperative agreements, which typically means the BLM expects substantial involvement in the project’s design, implementation, or oversight rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant.

Projects funded under this notice are expected to address high-priority rangeland management needs with national relevance, including work that crosses state boundaries or produces outcomes that can be applied broadly beyond a single local area. The emphasis is on maintaining or achieving land health and productivity, increasing carbon sequestration, and building resilient landscapes that can better withstand climate stressors for the benefit of current and future generations. The description highlights several example activities: conserving and restoring rangelands as a climate change response, developing soils mapping products and ecological site descriptions, and engaging community members and stakeholders through mentoring, training, and educational efforts. There is also a specific interest in public education focused on Idaho’s rangelands, suggesting outreach and knowledge-sharing components may be competitive when they support measurable land health objectives.

The maximum award amount listed is $20,000 (award ceiling), indicating this opportunity is geared toward smaller, targeted projects, pilot efforts, discrete monitoring or mapping tasks, or limited-scope education and engagement activities rather than large-scale implementation. While the expected number of awards is not specified in the source data provided, applicants should plan proposals around that funding cap and clearly define deliverables that are realistic within both the budget and the performance window that would typically accompany a small cooperative agreement.

Eligibility is broad across public and nonprofit sectors, including state, county, city/township, and special district governments; independent school districts; 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, so proposals must come from qualifying governmental, tribal, educational, or nonprofit entities.

Two important restrictions are called out. First, this notice does not support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The BLM notes that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only authority that allows BLM to “hire” interns under that framework, and as a result, youth corps-style intern/crew proposals must be submitted under a different funding opportunity: NOFO 15.243, BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. Practically, that means applicants should avoid structuring their budgets or workplans around Public Lands Corps internships or crew hiring expectations under this specific rangeland management notice.

Second, the notice addresses Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs). CESUs are partnership networks designed to support research, monitoring, technical assistance, and education. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under an existing Master CESU agreement and the work aligns with the CESU purpose, then indirect costs are capped at no more than 17.5 percent of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner’s federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA). Applicants are advised to state whether their proposal advances CESU program purposes and, if so, identify which CESU Network should be considered as the host, which can affect both administrative processing and indirect cost treatment.

Key administrative details include the activity area being Natural Resources under CFDA 15.237, with the opportunity created on November 13, 2024, and an original closing date of February 3, 2025. Overall, this opportunity is best suited for organizations positioned to deliver measurable rangeland health monitoring, assessment, mapping, ecological site description development, restoration planning support, or well-designed education and stakeholder engagement that directly ties back to land health outcomes, climate resilience, and carbon sequestration benefits at a scale or with lessons that matter beyond Idaho alone.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Idaho (ID) Rangeland Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.237.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-03. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, 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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