ADDED ON FEBRUARY 23, 2024: The Department of Interior has issued a funding opportunity to support projects from Tribes that conduct resource inventories and assessments, feasibility studies, or other pre-development studies necessary to process, use and develop energy and mineral resources. Maximum awards of $1.5 million. Proposals are due on May 24, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download this funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2024: The Department of the Interior has issued a funding opportunity to support the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitats and species of Tribal cultural or traditional importance, including those that are not hunted or fished. $6.2 million is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $200,000. Proposals are due on June 21, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download this funding opportunity, clicl here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management for Montana and the Dakotas has issued a funding opportunity to protect and restore riparian and wetland areas, aquatic habitats, and water resources to provide functioning ecosystems for a combination of balanced and diverse uses including fish and wildlife, and for the long-term needs of future generations. $1.5 million has been made available to support this initiative with grants ranging from $20,000 to $400,000. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download the funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management for Montana and the Dakotas has issued a funding opportunity to facilitate partnerships with states, counties, and federally recognized Indian tribes to plan and implement forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration projects. $13.9 million has been set aside to support this program with grants ranging from $50,000 to $3.1 million. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download this funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management for Montana and the Dakotas has issued a funding opportunity 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. $11 million is being made available under this opportunity with awards ranging from $2,000,000 to $75,000. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download the funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to provide employment for participants and opportunities to learn about and gain work experience in public lands and natural resources management while promoting long-term interest in public lands stewardship and the BLM. This program supports the Youth Conservation Corps in Montana and the Dakotas. $6.1 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with awards ranging from $10,000 to $1,000,000. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download the funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to protect against the rapid expansion of invasive and noxious weeds in Montana and the Dakotas. $3.5 million is being made available under this opportunity with awards ranging between $5,000 and $1,000,000. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download the funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JANUARY 18, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to maintain functioning wildlife habitats, develop, and implement restoration projects, and inventory and monitor priority habitats and species to track trends and use on public lands. BLM is providing up to $11.5 million to support projects in Montana and the Dakotas. Awards will range between $25,000 and $2.5 million. Proposals are due on March 18, 2024. To download the funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON DECEMBER 19, 2023: Fish and Wildlife has issued a funding opportunity to support public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the United States that further the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. The program promotes partnerships projects that must involve a) only long-term protection, restoration, enhancement and/or establishment of wetland and associated upland habitats to benefit diversity of wetland ecosystems and b) maintaining an abundance of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and other populations of wetlands-associated migratory birds consistent with the objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Waterbird Conservation Plan for the Americas, and Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan. $50,000,000 is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $3,000,000. Proposals are due on February 23, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON DECEMBER 13, 2023: The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Reclamation, has issued a funding opportunity for tribes to submit proposals for financial assistance for projects and activities that develop, manage, and protect tribal water and related resources. $4,000,000 is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $400,000. Proposals are due on March 12, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON DECEMBER 13, 2023: The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Reclamation, has issued a funding opportunity to provide emergency drought relief for federally recognized Indian Tribes in the 17 western states for near-term drought relief actions to mitigate drought impacts for Indian Tribes that are impacted by the operation of a Reclamation water project. $12.5 million is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $500,000. Applications are due on April 11, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON DECEMBER 6, 2023: The Department of Interior has issued a funding opportunity to enhance Tribal engagement in the environmental review and authorization process for FAST-41 covered projects to make project reviews more timely and efficient. $5 million is being made available under this opportunities. Awards will be made on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted. To learn more about this opportunity, click here. To download the application, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management of Oregon and Washington has issued a funding opportunity to prevent, detect, inventory, control, and monitor weed populations on public lands. $950,000 has been set aside to fund this opportunity. Proposals are due on February 19, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management for Oregon and Washington has issued a funding opportunity 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. $950,000 has been set aside for this funding opportunity. Proposals are due on February 22, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management for Oregon and Washington has issued a funding opportunity to provide employment for participants and opportunities to learn about and gain work experience in public lands and natural resources management while promoting long-term interest in public lands stewardship and the BLM. Approximately $670,000 is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $166,500. Proposals are due on February 21, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2023: The Department of the Interior has issued a funding opportunity to support projects that result in quantifiable water savings, implement renewable energy components, and support broader sustainability benefits. Proposals are due on February 23, 2024. Up to $5,000,000 will be made available under this opportunity. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the full funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to provide functioning ecosystems for a combination of balanced and diverse uses including fish and wildlife, and for the long-term needs of future generations. Proposals are due on January 19, 2024. $1,000,000 is being made available under this opportunity. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON OCTOBER 31, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, biomass utilization for bioenergy, habitat conservation needs, and insect, disease and fire recovery. $500,000 is being made available under this opportunity. Proposals are due on October 25, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON OCTOBER 31, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a funding opportunity to promote wildlife habitat conservation in Oregon and Washington through a broad variety of strategies. $2.2 million is being made available under this opportunity. Proposals are due on February 28, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON OCTOBER 20, 2023: The Bureau of Indian Affairs has issued a funding opportunity to develop the Tribal management, organizational and technical capacity needed to maximize the economic impact of energy resourcedevelopment on Federally recognized tribal land. Maximum awards of $1,000,000. Proposals are due on January 11, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding oppportunity, click here.
ADDED ON OCTOBER 20, 2023: Fish and Wildlife has issued a funding opportunity to conserve endangered and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend, and to take appropriate steps to achieve the purposes of treaties and conventions set forth in the Endangered Species Act. $9,000,000 is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $1.7 million. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, has issued a funding opportunity to increase the quantity, diversity, and effectiveness of native forbs and grasses for restoration of wildlife habitats and rehabilitation after wildfires. Total funding is dependent upon appropriations by Congress. Maximum awards are anticipated to be $300,000. The due date for this funding opportunity is February 29, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2023: The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, has issued a funding opportunity to protect sensitive animal and plant species in the states of Oregon and Washington. Up to $2 million is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $1.5 million. Proposals are due on February 29, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.