Opportunity Information: Apply for L22AS00296
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado Environmental Quality and Protection opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L22AS00296) is a discretionary federal funding program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior through BLM. It supports work that protects or improves environmental quality on public lands and is categorized under Natural Resources (CFDA 15.236). Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which usually means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. In practice, cooperative agreements often involve closer coordination on project design, implementation, reporting, and adherence to BLM technical standards or field protocols.
The applicant pool is limited to public and nonprofit entities and certain education and tribal organizations. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city/township governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribes; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so companies and private persons cannot apply directly for awards under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).
A key restriction in this NOFO is that it does not support proposals built around hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice makes the legal point that the Public Lands Corps Act (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is the only authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that specific framework. Because of that, the BLM is directing any eligible Youth Conservation Corps applicants away from this NOFO and toward a different, designated funding notice: NOFO 15.243, BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In other words, if the central purpose of a project is to engage youth crews, internship placements, or similar Public Lands Corps-style staffing, this is not the right funding vehicle and applicants should use the youth-focused NOFO instead.
From a funding perspective, the award ceiling listed is $500,000. The opportunity originally closed on July 6, 2022, and it was created on April 6, 2022. The posting indicates expected awards but does not provide a number in the source text provided, so prospective applicants would typically look to the full NOFO package for details on total available funds, anticipated award count, match requirements (if any), and the specific types of environmental quality and protection activities being prioritized in Colorado.
Overall, this opportunity is best viewed as a BLM Colorado cooperative agreement funding stream for eligible governments, tribes, nonprofits, and educational institutions to carry out on-the-ground or programmatic natural resource work tied to environmental quality and protection on public lands, with the important caveat that youth internship/crew hiring under the Public Lands Corps Act is outside the scope of this particular NOFO and must be pursued under the separate youth conservation opportunity announcement.Apply for L22AS00296
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bureau of Land Management Colorado Environmental Quality and Protection" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.236.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-04-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-07-06. (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 $500,000.00 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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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