Opportunity Information: Apply for L26AS00047
The FY26 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management - Bureau Wide funding opportunity (Opportunity Number L26AS00047; CFDA 15.233) is a discretionary federal program that will make awards through cooperative agreements to support on-the-ground and planning work that improves forest and woodland conditions on public lands. The program is explicitly aligned with federal policy direction, prioritizing projects that advance Executive Order 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production, as well as Section 50301 of The One Big Beautiful Bill. In practical terms, BLM is looking to fund partners who can help increase the pace and scale of forest and woodland management in ways that protect resources, improve resilience, and support sustainable use, including timber-related outcomes where appropriate.
The core purpose of the program is to promote forest and woodland health and sustainable forest management while also increasing fire resiliency and supporting recovery from insect outbreaks, disease impacts, and wildfire. The agency also highlights biomass utilization for bioenergy as a key focus area, signaling interest in projects that not only reduce hazardous fuels or treat overcrowded stands but also put resulting material to beneficial use where feasible. In addition, habitat conservation needs are included as a program emphasis, meaning proposals that improve or maintain wildlife habitat, protect sensitive resources, or integrate habitat objectives into vegetation management and fuels work are within scope.
The types of activities BLM expects to support cover a wide range of forest and woodland management actions. Eligible projects may include reforestation and planting trees; pre-commercial thinning and commercial thinning to improve stand structure, reduce competition, and increase resilience; salvage or sanitation harvest tied to post-disturbance recovery or removal of hazard and diseased material; and control of competing vegetation to support desired species and regeneration. Fuels reduction is also specifically called out, which can include treatments designed to reduce wildfire intensity and improve defensible conditions across landscapes. Beyond field implementation, the opportunity also supports project development and layout as well as the planning analysis and documentation needed to comply with environmental and cultural resource requirements, including work performed in concert with or to carry out NEPA compliance and Endangered Species Act or cultural clearances. This makes the program relevant both for organizations that can implement treatments and for those that can provide technical, planning, and compliance capacity that accelerates project readiness.
Eligibility is limited to a defined set of applicant types. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Tribal governments and other Tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status. Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so proposals must come from eligible public, Tribal, educational, or nonprofit entities.
The notice also includes an important restriction related to youth and internship hiring. This NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. BLM notes that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that authority, and as a result, Youth Conservation Corps or similar applicants seeking to pursue youth internship or crew-based work under Public Lands Corps must apply under a different funding opportunity: 15.243, BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In effect, applicants should avoid structuring proposals around Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring under this program and instead position their work around the forest and woodland management, fuels, restoration, utilization, and compliance objectives described in this notice.
In terms of funding scale and timing, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $1,000,000, with an expected total of about 10 awards. The original closing date is August 28, 2026, and the opportunity was created on July 27, 2026. Overall, this is a bureau-wide BLM partnership funding opportunity aimed at accelerating forest and woodland restoration and management, improving wildfire resilience, enabling recovery from disturbance, and supporting timber and biomass-related objectives consistent with the cited federal directives, while also funding the planning and compliance work needed to move projects forward responsibly.Apply for L26AS00047
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY26 Bureau of Land Management Forest and Woodlands Resource Management - Bureau Wide" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.233.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-07-27.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-08-28. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is the FY26 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management - Bureau Wide funding opportunity (Opportunity Number L26AS00047; CFDA 15.233). It is a discretionary federal program that will make awards through cooperative agreements to support on-the-ground and planning work to improve forest and woodland conditions on public lands.
2) What type of award will BLM make?
BLM expects to make awards through cooperative agreements.
3) What is the main purpose of the program?
The core purpose is to promote forest and woodland health and sustainable forest management, increase fire resiliency, and support recovery from insect outbreaks, disease impacts, and wildfire.
4) What policy priorities does this opportunity align with?
The program is explicitly aligned with federal policy direction and prioritizes projects that advance Executive Order 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production, as well as Section 50301 of The One Big Beautiful Bill. In practical terms, BLM is looking for partners who can help increase the pace and scale of forest and woodland management while protecting resources, improving resilience, and supporting sustainable use (including timber-related outcomes where appropriate).
5) What kinds of projects are in scope?
BLM describes a wide range of eligible forest and woodland management actions, including both field implementation and planning/compliance work that accelerates project readiness.
6) Are on-the-ground treatment and implementation activities eligible?
Yes. The opportunity supports on-the-ground work that improves forest and woodland conditions on public lands, including treatments that increase resilience and address fuels, insects, disease, and post-wildfire recovery needs.
7) Does the program support reforestation and planting?
Yes. Reforestation and planting trees are specifically listed as eligible activities.
8) Are thinning projects eligible?
Yes. The notice lists both pre-commercial thinning and commercial thinning to improve stand structure, reduce competition, and increase resilience.
9) Are salvage or sanitation harvest activities eligible?
Yes. Salvage or sanitation harvest is included when tied to post-disturbance recovery or the removal of hazard and diseased material.
10) Is vegetation control eligible?
Yes. Control of competing vegetation to support desired species and regeneration is listed as an eligible project activity.
11) Are hazardous fuels reduction projects eligible?
Yes. Fuels reduction is specifically called out, including treatments designed to reduce wildfire intensity and improve defensible conditions across landscapes.
12) Does BLM want proposals that include biomass utilization?
Yes. Biomass utilization for bioenergy is highlighted as a key focus area. BLM signals interest in projects that not only reduce hazardous fuels or treat overcrowded stands, but also put resulting material to beneficial use where feasible.
13) Are wildlife habitat and conservation objectives allowed under this program?
Yes. Habitat conservation needs are included as a program emphasis. Projects that improve or maintain wildlife habitat, protect sensitive resources, or integrate habitat objectives into vegetation management and fuels work are within scope.
14) Does this opportunity fund planning, design, and project layout?
Yes. Beyond field implementation, the opportunity supports project development and layout.
15) Does this opportunity fund environmental and cultural compliance work?
Yes. It supports planning analysis and documentation needed to comply with environmental and cultural resource requirements, including work performed in concert with or to carry out NEPA compliance, Endangered Species Act compliance, and cultural clearances.
16) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to these applicant types:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Federally recognized Tribal governments and other Tribal organizations
- Nonprofit organizations, including 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
17) Are individuals eligible to apply?
No. Individuals are explicitly ineligible under this opportunity.
18) Are for-profit organizations eligible to apply?
No. For-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible under this opportunity.
19) Does this NOFO support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993?
No. The notice includes a specific restriction that this NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993.
20) If our project is centered on youth interns or conservation crews, where should we apply?
BLM directs Youth Conservation Corps or similar applicants seeking to pursue youth internship or crew-based work under the Public Lands Corps Act to apply under a different funding opportunity: 15.243, BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands.
21) How should applicants handle youth/internship components under this program?
Based on the restriction described in the notice, applicants should avoid structuring proposals around Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring under this program and instead focus proposals on forest and woodland management, fuels, restoration, utilization, and planning/compliance objectives described in this opportunity.
22) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed in the opportunity is $1,000,000.
23) How many awards does BLM expect to make?
The opportunity indicates an expected total of about 10 awards.
24) When is the application due?
The original closing date is August 28, 2026.
25) When was this opportunity posted/created?
The opportunity was created on July 27, 2026.
26) Is this opportunity limited to a specific BLM office or location?
The notice describes this as a bureau-wide BLM partnership funding opportunity.
27) What overall outcomes is BLM trying to achieve with these awards?
Overall outcomes described include accelerating forest and woodland restoration and management, improving wildfire resilience, enabling recovery from disturbance (insects, disease, wildfire), supporting timber and biomass-related objectives consistent with the cited federal directives, and funding the planning and compliance work needed to move projects forward responsibly.
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