NM Threatened and Endangered Species | L20AS00061

Opportunity Information: Apply for L20AS00061

The NM Threatened and Endangered Species grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L20AS00061) is a discretionary funding program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is designed to support on-the-ground and science-based conservation work in New Mexico focused on species that are federally listed under the Endangered Species Act, species that are candidates for listing, and BLM sensitive species. The overall purpose is to improve the status of at-risk wildlife and plants and to reduce threats to their long-term survival by supporting projects that build knowledge and directly improve habitat or species management outcomes.

Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which generally means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project. In practice, this often includes collaboration on planning, data standards, field methods, reporting, and coordination with other land managers or partners. The program supports a broad range of conservation activities. Examples of eligible work include surveying and monitoring species populations, researching habitat needs and limiting factors, mapping and assessing habitat conditions, implementing protective or management actions for species and habitats, augmenting or bolstering populations where appropriate, and restoring or enhancing rare or degraded habitats. The description emphasizes that conservation is not limited to research; it also includes practical management, protection, restoration, and enhancement actions that lead to measurable conservation benefits.

The opportunity is categorized under Natural Resources (CFDA 15.246) and had an award ceiling of $250,000 per award, with an expectation of approximately three awards. The notice was created on February 25, 2020, and originally closed on April 27, 2020. While those dates reflect that specific funding cycle, the structure of the opportunity provides a clear picture of the types of projects and partners the BLM seeks to engage for threatened, endangered, candidate, and sensitive species conservation efforts in New Mexico.

Eligible applicants are broadly defined and include many types of public, academic, tribal, and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicant types include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in the nonprofit categories). This wide eligibility signals an intent to encourage partnerships across agencies and organizations that can contribute expertise, local capacity, field crews, research capability, and long-term stewardship.

In summary, this BLM funding opportunity supports collaborative conservation projects in New Mexico that improve understanding of at-risk species and deliver tangible protection, management, restoration, or enhancement of the habitats and populations of federally listed, candidate, and BLM sensitive species, with individual awards potentially reaching up to $250,000 through cooperative agreements.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NM Threatened and Endangered Species" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.246.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 25, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 27, 2020. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• 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), 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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