Opportunity Information: Apply for L18AS00082
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), within the Department of the Interior, issued a discretionary funding opportunity called "BLM-WO, Natural Resources Shared Conservation" (Funding Opportunity Number L18AS00082) to support a cooperative agreement focused on the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). The core purpose is to partner with an outside organization that can help BLM sustain and strengthen an interagency collaboration around the NVC so vegetation information is consistent and usable nationwide, even when projects cross agency lines or geographic boundaries. The emphasis is on creating a common framework that multiple organizations can rely on for comprehensive vegetation work across landscapes, rather than each agency maintaining separate, incompatible systems.
A central value of the project is operational efficiency and data interoperability. By keeping vegetation classification and associated datasets aligned across jurisdictions, the NVC collaboration supports faster and better coordinated decision-making for emergencies (such as wildfire response and post-fire rehabilitation), as well as for routine but high-stakes work like land use planning, resource management, and day-to-day operational needs. In practice, this kind of standardized vegetation information helps agencies and partners compare conditions across regions, track change over time, and apply the same definitions and mapping concepts when working on shared problems.
The opportunity also highlights the technical and coordination-heavy nature of the work. It points to research, development, and coordination being carried out by top industry expertise, with funding and support coming from a blend of federal, state, and private sources. The partner’s role is tied to the ongoing lifecycle of the NVC data infrastructure: development of classification content and datasets, routine updates, long-term maintenance, secure and reliable “housing” of datasets, and public-facing access portals that allow users to find and use vegetation information. These datasets are described as important national resources used by wildlife managers, researchers, and the public, indicating an expectation that the outputs are not only internally useful to BLM but broadly accessible and valuable to the wider natural resources community.
From a stewardship perspective, the grant is framed as helping BLM manage national resources at multiple spatial scales, including landscape, ecoregional, regional, and national levels. That framing signals that the work is meant to support big-picture consistency as well as on-the-ground applicability, ensuring that vegetation data can inform decisions ranging from local project implementation to national reporting and cross-region analysis.
Administratively, the award was structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial federal involvement and active collaboration between BLM and the recipient rather than a hands-off grant. The activity category is Natural Resources, with CFDA number 15.237. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity, subject to any additional eligibility language in the full notice). BLM anticipated making a single award, with an award ceiling of $45,000. The opportunity was created on July 31, 2018, and originally closed on August 31, 2018.Apply for L18AS00082
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM-WO, Natural Resources Shared Conservation" 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 Jul 31, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 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 $45,000.00 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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