Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00264
The IIJA Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Plant Conservation and Restoration Management Program (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00264) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the BLM to support natural resource work focused on plant conservation and restoration on public lands in California. The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally means BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funding, such as coordination, technical input, or shared implementation responsibilities. The funding is associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 15.245 and sits within the Natural Resources funding activity category.
The program is aimed at eligible public and nonprofit partners that can help deliver on conservation and restoration priorities, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and independent school districts. It is also open to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Tribal eligibility is broad and includes federally recognized Native American tribal governments as well as Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments. Housing authorities (including Indian housing authorities) are listed as eligible, and both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status are eligible, as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category. Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly not eligible to apply under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), which is an important restriction for anyone considering applying through a private company or as an individual researcher or practitioner.
Funding levels indicate a maximum award (ceiling) of up to $750,000 per award, and the opportunity was originally posted on 2023-02-15 with an original closing date of 2023-04-17. While the number of expected awards is not specified in the provided data, the ceiling suggests projects may be moderate to large in scope, potentially covering multi-site restoration, conservation planning and implementation, native plant work, or related management actions aligned with BLM priorities in California.
A key limitation in this NOFO is that it does not support projects that involve hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that framework, and that this particular NOFO is not the correct vehicle for those kinds of youth crew or intern-based projects. As a result, organizations that are specifically seeking to run youth conservation crews or hire interns under Public Lands Corps authorities are directed instead to compete for projects under a different funding opportunity: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In practical terms, applicants to this California plant conservation and restoration program should design proposals around plant conservation and restoration outcomes and appropriate staffing models, but should not structure their budgets or project designs around Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring expectations under this funding notice.
Overall, this opportunity is best suited for government entities, tribes, eligible housing authorities, nonprofits, and academic institutions that can partner with BLM to implement on-the-ground plant conservation and restoration management work in California, while staying within the eligibility and program design boundaries set by the NOFO, especially the prohibition on using this specific program to support Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring.Apply for L23AS00264
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Plant Conservation and Restoration Management Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.245.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-02-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-17. (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 $750,000.00 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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