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- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM (Arizona), CCS Las Cienegas NCA Outreach, Engagement and Education (TFO)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.238 Challenge Cost Share.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 29, 2015 and posted on May 29, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 28, 2015 See announcement cover sheet for the deadline (28 July 2015 @ 1700) for submission of applications. Applications must be received by the BLM prior to the posted deadline.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 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.
- ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants The following types of entities are eligible to apply for award under this announcement. Failure to meet eligibility requirements will result in precluding the BLM from making an award. Eligible applicant types are Unrestricted, anyone may apply 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Challenge Cost Share Program (100, 11 Match) 3. Other Eligibility Restrictions Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program. Matching Requirements This program has statutory requirement for non federal cost share funds or in kind service requirements. Funds are required to be cost shared one non federal dollar for each federal dollar per State office. The matching funds must be non federal in origin. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opportunity titled "BLM (Arizona), CCS Las Cienegas NCA Outreach, Engagement and Education (TFO)" is a Challenge Cost Share cooperative agreement focused on strengthening public involvement in the management of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA) in Arizona. The project builds on decades of collaboration at Las Cienegas and is designed to expand outreach, public engagement, and education in ways that directly support resource management, adaptive decision-making, and community connection to the landscape. The overall intent is practical and place-based: keep the public, partners, and educators actively involved while improving how scientific, historical, and stewardship information is shared and used.
A major part of the project centers on making existing science and management information easier for the public to access and apply. Las Cienegas has a long-running culture of public participation that started in the mid-1990s and continues through field programs that support implementation of the Las Cienegas Resource Management Plan and adaptive management efforts. The announcement highlights ongoing public-facing science efforts like the annual Science on the Sonoita Plain symposium, which draws roughly 100 partners and community members, and recurring workshops such as the State of the Workshop and the State of the Cienega Watershed gathering. These events are meant to do more than share research; they help partners coordinate monitoring across jurisdictions and agree on a short list of measurable indicators of watershed health that agencies and the public can track together. Under this grant, those kinds of symposia, workshops, newsletters, and web postings are key tools for keeping science and management transparent, current, and usable.
Another core theme is documenting and sharing community history as a resource for land stewardship and education. The opportunity describes a multi-part oral history effort that began with the Cienega Watershed Partnership Oral History Work Group in 2011, which worked with multiple partners (including BLM) to inventory oral histories, digitize materials, and disseminate them, with much of that initial work completed by 2013. It also references a related group, "Back Then," which explored how oral histories and historical context can improve understanding of the events, practices, and decisions that shaped todays landscapes. Back Then supported internships for library science graduates to collect additional oral histories, suggesting that the grant supports both preservation and continued collection. In addition, the Cienega Watershed Timeline Project produced an interactive timeline with around 500 events, but the announcement notes that the current format is not user-friendly enough for many teachers, students, visitors, or members of the general public. A clear deliverable direction here is improving the accessibility and educational usefulness of these historical assets, so that shared history becomes an engagement tool rather than a niche archive.
Youth engagement is a third pillar, built around the Youth Engaged Stewardship (YES) program that started in 2011. YES is described as a collaboration among educational and environmental organizations, researchers, scientists, and land managers, including BLM and local partners, to involve students in hands-on watershed improvement projects on public land. Past projects named in the announcement include work at Cottonwood Tank, the Cieneguita wetlands, revegetation around ponds, and restoration at the Gardner Canyon Sacaton site. The grant opportunity positions YES as a way to produce real on-the-ground benefits while also building student skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership tied directly to land management and restoration. The program has also attracted a network of support from partners such as The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Game and Fish, Freeport McMoRan Mining, Summit Hut, the National Park Service, the University of Arizona, and BLM, indicating that the work is collaborative and can blend expertise and funding from multiple sources.
Educational outreach to teachers and schools is another explicit focus, with an emphasis on responsiveness to educator needs. Outreach at Las Cienegas already exists through various partner programs and events, but this project prioritizes direct work with teachers who are asking for classroom assistance, educational materials, and field-based learning opportunities. The announcement notes that these efforts began in 2013 and have expanded to multiple school districts. Deliverables described include maintaining a website to connect educators to resources and opportunities, providing in-classroom assistance and programs, and developing outreach products such as interpretive signs, digital links and materials, and proceedings that can be used in both classroom and visitor settings.
Putting these elements together, the stated objectives are to continue and strengthen a long history of public involvement at Las Cienegas NCA and to create measurable positive impacts on the landscape and its resources by engaging scientists, youth, volunteers, teachers/educators, and the general public. The "main features" are spelled out as: distributing up-to-date science and management information through newsletters, workshops, symposia, and web platforms; creating channels for partners and the public to develop guidelines and resolutions to current issues; collecting and sharing oral and shared histories to connect the NCA with surrounding communities and enrich environmental and heritage education; engaging youth through student-driven field experiences tied to restoration and stewardship; and building educator connections through web support and classroom and field programming.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Bureau of Land Management with a cooperative agreement instrument under the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.238, Challenge Cost Share). The estimated total funding is $100,000, with an award ceiling of $100,000 and an award floor of $21,691, and BLM anticipated making one award. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), but applicants must meet the program requirements and comply with cost share rules. A statutory non-federal match is required: the Challenge Cost Share program requires one non-federal dollar (cash or eligible in-kind) for each federal dollar, and the match must be non-federal in origin. The opportunity was posted May 29, 2015, with an application deadline of July 28, 2015 at 5:00 PM (1700), and it was archived July 31, 2015. The grants.gov listing points to BLM contact Eddie W. Bell Jr., Grants Management Officer (602-417-9268, ebell@blm.gov) for access and submission assistance.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the "BLM (Arizona), CCS Las Cienegas NCA Outreach, Engagement and Education (TFO)" opportunity?
This is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discretionary funding opportunity offered as a Challenge Cost Share cooperative agreement. It focuses on outreach, public engagement, education, and information-sharing that strengthen public involvement in the management of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA) in Arizona.
What is the main purpose of this project?
The intent is practical and place-based: to keep the public, partners, and educators actively involved in Las Cienegas NCA while improving how scientific, historical, and stewardship information is shared and used. The project is designed to support resource management, adaptive decision-making, and community connection to the landscape.
What kinds of activities does the opportunity support?
The announcement highlights activities such as distributing science and management information through newsletters, workshops, symposia, and web postings; supporting partner coordination and public participation; improving access to community history resources (including oral histories and a watershed timeline); engaging youth in stewardship and restoration through field experiences; and providing educator-focused outreach including classroom assistance, field-based learning opportunities, and teacher resource support via a website and educational products.
How does the project support science and resource management transparency?
A major component is making existing science and management information easier for the public to access and apply. The opportunity points to public-facing science events and communications (symposia, workshops, newsletters, web postings) as tools for keeping science and management transparent, current, and usable for partners and the broader community.
Which public-facing science events are mentioned in the announcement?
The opportunity references the annual Science on the Sonoita Plain symposium (drawing roughly 100 partners and community members), along with recurring workshops such as the State of the Workshop and the State of the Cienega Watershed gathering.
What outcomes are these science workshops and symposia intended to achieve?
They are intended to do more than share research. The announcement describes them as ways for partners to coordinate monitoring across jurisdictions and agree on a short list of measurable indicators of watershed health that agencies and the public can track together.
What role does community history play in this project?
The opportunity emphasizes documenting and sharing community history as a resource for stewardship and education. It describes building on oral history and shared-history efforts so that historical context helps people understand how past events, practices, and decisions shaped current landscapes, and so that history becomes an engagement and educational tool rather than remaining a niche archive.
What is the oral history effort referenced in the opportunity?
The announcement describes a multi-part oral history effort that included the Cienega Watershed Partnership Oral History Work Group (started in 2011) which worked with multiple partners (including BLM) to inventory oral histories, digitize materials, and disseminate them, with much of the initial work completed by 2013.
What is "Back Then" as mentioned in the opportunity?
"Back Then" is described as a related effort exploring how oral histories and historical context can improve understanding of the events, practices, and decisions that shaped today’s landscapes. The announcement notes that Back Then supported internships for library science graduates to collect additional oral histories, indicating continued collection and preservation activities.
What is the Cienega Watershed Timeline Project, and what issue does the opportunity identify?
The Cienega Watershed Timeline Project produced an interactive timeline with around 500 events. The announcement notes that the current format is not user-friendly enough for many teachers, students, visitors, or members of the general public, and signals a need to improve accessibility and educational usefulness.
How does the opportunity address youth engagement?
Youth engagement is a central pillar through the Youth Engaged Stewardship (YES) program, which involves students in hands-on watershed improvement projects on public land. The opportunity describes YES as a way to produce real on-the-ground benefits while building student skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership tied directly to land management and restoration.
What is the Youth Engaged Stewardship (YES) program?
YES is described as a collaboration among educational and environmental organizations, researchers, scientists, and land managers (including BLM and local partners) that started in 2011. It is designed to engage students in practical stewardship and restoration work connected to watershed improvement.
What are examples of youth stewardship projects mentioned in the announcement?
The opportunity lists past projects including work at Cottonwood Tank, the Cieneguita wetlands, revegetation around ponds, and restoration at the Gardner Canyon Sacaton site.
Which partners are named as part of the YES support network?
The announcement mentions partners such as The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Game and Fish, Freeport McMoRan Mining, Summit Hut, the National Park Service, the University of Arizona, and BLM.
How does the project support teachers and schools?
Educational outreach is an explicit focus, emphasizing responsiveness to teacher needs for classroom assistance, educational materials, and field-based learning opportunities. The announcement notes these efforts began in 2013, expanded to multiple school districts, and include maintaining a website to connect educators to resources and opportunities.
What deliverables for educator outreach are described?
Deliverables described include maintaining a website for educator connections, providing in-classroom assistance and programs, and developing outreach products such as interpretive signs, digital links and materials, and proceedings that can be used in classrooms and visitor settings.
What are the stated objectives of the opportunity?
The stated objectives are to continue and strengthen the long history of public involvement at Las Cienegas NCA and to create measurable positive impacts on the landscape and its resources by engaging scientists, youth, volunteers, teachers/educators, and the general public.
What are the "main features" listed in the announcement?
The main features include: distributing up-to-date science and management information through newsletters, workshops, symposia, and web platforms; creating channels for partners and the public to develop guidelines and resolutions to current issues; collecting and sharing oral and shared histories to connect the NCA with surrounding communities and enrich environmental and heritage education; engaging youth through student-driven field experiences tied to restoration and stewardship; and building educator connections through web support and classroom and field programming.
What type of funding instrument is used for this opportunity?
The announcement identifies the instrument as a cooperative agreement under the Challenge Cost Share program.
What federal agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
What is the activity category and CFDA number listed?
The activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA number listed is 15.238 (Challenge Cost Share).
How much funding is available?
The estimated total funding is $100,000. The award ceiling is $100,000 and the award floor is $21,691.
How many awards did BLM anticipate making?
The announcement states that BLM anticipated making one award.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), as long as applicants meet program requirements and comply with cost share rules.
Is cost share or matching required?
Yes. A statutory non-federal match is required. The Challenge Cost Share program requires one non-federal dollar (cash or eligible in-kind) for each federal dollar, and the match must be non-federal in origin.
What does "non-federal match must be non-federal in origin" mean in this listing?
Based on the announcement text, the match cannot come from federal sources. The opportunity allows match in cash or eligible in-kind contributions, as long as it is non-federal.
When was the opportunity posted and when was the application due?
The opportunity was posted on May 29, 2015. The application deadline was July 28, 2015 at 5:00 PM (1700).
Is this opportunity still open?
No. The listing states it was archived on July 31, 2015.
Who is the BLM contact for access and submission assistance?
The grants.gov listing points to Eddie W. Bell Jr., Grants Management Officer, for access and submission assistance. Phone: 602-417-9268. Email: ebell@blm.gov.
Where is the work focused geographically?
The project is focused on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA) in Arizona, with activities intended to strengthen engagement and education connected to that landscape and surrounding communities.
How does this opportunity relate to adaptive management?
The announcement frames the work as supporting implementation of the Las Cienegas Resource Management Plan and adaptive management efforts, including public-facing science communications and partner coordination around monitoring and measurable indicators of watershed health.
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