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- The DOI-BLM in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM AZ Tucson Field Office Youth Natural Resource Conservation and Monitoring Interns (TFO)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.231.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 03, 2016 and posted on Jun 03, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 01, 2016. (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 $400,000.00 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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Opportunity Summary:
The BLM AZ Tucson Field Office Youth Natural Resource Conservation and Monitoring Interns (TFO) opportunity is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement intended to support a partner-led youth internship program focused on hands-on conservation work across the Tucson Field Office (TFO) in the Gila District of Arizona. The program is rooted in the fact that the TFO has several ongoing and planned conservation and restoration initiatives that involve a wide mix of collaborators, including other state and federal agencies, private landowners, and nonprofit organizations. Much of the work is driven by requirements in BLM Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and associated Biological Opinions (BOs), which call for continued monitoring and assessment of Federally Listed and Special Status Species, their habitats, and broader ecological conditions on public lands. The BLM also notes a track record of working with Public Land Corps organizations to provide youth with meaningful field experience, practical training, and a stronger stewardship ethic through service on BLM-managed lands.
The main objective is to select a partner that can help BLM engage youth and recent college graduates in natural resource conservation projects, with particular emphasis on two core areas: resource inventory and monitoring (including data collection and related analysis), and wildlife habitat and watershed restoration. The intent is to create a structured pathway for young professionals to gain real-world experience and training while contributing directly to priority land management needs in the Tucson Field Office. Expected project products are practical deliverables that can feed directly into BLM decision-making and long-term management, such as inventories and monitoring results, written reports, completed or updated databases, maps, and GIS outputs including ArcGIS shapefiles.
The opportunity is designed not only to get work accomplished, but also to build the next generation of conservation professionals. The program emphasizes skill development in arid lands watershed and habitat restoration, multi-resource monitoring, and the day-to-day methods used by a federal land management agency. Participants are expected to learn government policies and procedures, public outreach and environmental education techniques, and strong technical skills in data collection and management, including the use of GIS and GPS tools. The program also aims to expose interns to how BLM applies core principles across multiple program areas such as watershed management, wildlife and fisheries habitat management, rangeland management, and recreation management, while encouraging cooperative approaches that improve how resources are managed and protected.
Work activities described under the agreement span several categories. For resource monitoring and data collection, the focus is on supporting and carrying out inventories, monitoring, and assessments tied to ongoing restoration and compliance needs across Sonoran desert, grassland, riparian, and watershed settings. This can include collecting resource-specific information about plant communities, wildlife and fish species and habitats, rangeland conditions, watershed health, water sources, and climate-related factors, as well as documenting how these resources respond to land treatments and uses. The monitoring component is closely linked to meeting RMP and BO obligations, especially where sensitive species and habitat conditions require consistent tracking.
The opportunity also includes a substantial recreation and visitor services component. Projects may address common recreation site challenges such as basic site maintenance, facility improvements, interpretive work, trail construction and upkeep, campground maintenance, and trash cleanup. For dispersed recreation areas, the award recipient may help create and maintain trails and trailheads, produce or install interpretive signs and brochures, and collect field data to improve mapping and documentation. Another specific focus area is wilderness monitoring, with goals that include improving and streamlining data collection protocols, upgrading wilderness signage, and implementing practical actions that reduce or address unauthorized uses. Environmental education near local communities is also highlighted as a way for participants to build interpretation and outreach skills while strengthening connections between the public and nearby public lands.
A third major set of tasks falls under wildlife habitat restoration and related on-the-ground conservation actions. The notice anticipates that projects will vary across the field office but may include watershed restoration, wildlife and fisheries habitat improvements, fuels reduction, seed collection, sediment and erosion control, user education and outreach, installation or maintenance of water developments, and a range of access and infrastructure-related work such as fence and barrier installations, fence removal or modification, route signing, route closures, and route restoration. Additional potential tasks include invasive weed removal, inventories of plants and wildlife, cultural site recordation, and stabilization or rehabilitation of areas impacted by wildland fire, reflecting the broad, multi-resource nature of BLM field operations.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM), using a cooperative agreement instrument under CFDA 15.231. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement. The opportunity number is L16AS00158, posted June 3, 2016, with an application closing date of August 1, 2016. BLM anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $400,000, to support a partner capable of delivering youth internship-based conservation, monitoring, restoration, and recreation support work across the Tucson Field Office.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the BLM AZ Tucson Field Office Youth Natural Resource Conservation and Monitoring Interns (TFO) opportunity?
It is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement intended to support a partner-led youth internship program that delivers hands-on conservation work across the Tucson Field Office (TFO) in the Gila District of Arizona.
Which agency is offering this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM).
What type of funding instrument is being used?
This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement instrument.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 15.231.
What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is L16AS00158.
When was this opportunity posted, and what is the application deadline?
It was posted on June 3, 2016, and the application closing date is August 1, 2016.
How many awards did BLM anticipate making?
BLM anticipated making one award.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $400,000.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.
What is the main purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The main objective is to select a partner that can help BLM engage youth and recent college graduates in natural resource conservation projects, with emphasis on resource inventory and monitoring and on wildlife habitat and watershed restoration, while building a structured pathway for early-career professionals.
What are the two core technical focus areas for intern work?
The two core areas are (1) resource inventory and monitoring (including data collection and related analysis) and (2) wildlife habitat and watershed restoration.
Where will project activities take place?
Work is intended to occur across the Tucson Field Office (TFO) in the Gila District of Arizona on BLM-managed lands and related project areas described under the agreement.
Why is BLM pursuing this youth internship program?
BLM cites ongoing and planned conservation and restoration initiatives and a need to meet requirements in BLM Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and associated Biological Opinions (BOs), including continued monitoring and assessment of Federally Listed and Special Status Species, their habitats, and broader ecological conditions. The program is also designed to develop the next generation of conservation professionals.
How does this program connect to BLM Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and Biological Opinions (BOs)?
The monitoring and assessment work supported by the program is tied to RMP and BO requirements that call for continued tracking of sensitive species, habitat conditions, and ecological status on public lands, as well as monitoring outcomes of land treatments and uses.
What kinds of deliverables or products are expected from the project?
Expected products include inventories and monitoring results, written reports, completed or updated databases, maps, and GIS outputs such as ArcGIS shapefiles that can feed directly into BLM decision-making and long-term management.
What kinds of skills and training are participants expected to gain?
Participants are expected to build skills in arid lands watershed and habitat restoration, multi-resource monitoring, field methods used by a federal land management agency, government policies and procedures, public outreach and environmental education, and technical skills in data collection and management including the use of GIS and GPS tools.
What types of environments or settings will monitoring work cover?
Monitoring and assessment activities may occur across Sonoran desert, grassland, riparian, and watershed settings.
What kinds of resource monitoring and data collection activities are included?
Activities may include supporting and carrying out inventories, monitoring, and assessments; collecting information on plant communities; wildlife and fish species and habitats; rangeland conditions; watershed health; water sources; and climate-related factors; and documenting how resources respond to land treatments and uses.
Is recreation and visitor services work included in the scope?
Yes. The opportunity includes a substantial recreation and visitor services component.
What are examples of recreation and visitor services projects that may be supported?
Examples include basic site maintenance, facility improvements, interpretive work, trail construction and upkeep, campground maintenance, and trash cleanup. Work in dispersed recreation areas may include creating and maintaining trails and trailheads, producing or installing interpretive signs and brochures, and collecting field data to improve mapping and documentation.
Does the opportunity include wilderness monitoring activities?
Yes. Wilderness monitoring is a specific focus area, including improving and streamlining data collection protocols, upgrading wilderness signage, and implementing actions that reduce or address unauthorized uses.
Is environmental education part of the program?
Yes. Environmental education near local communities is highlighted as a way for participants to build interpretation and outreach skills and to strengthen connections between the public and nearby public lands.
What kinds of wildlife habitat and watershed restoration tasks may be included?
Potential tasks include watershed restoration, wildlife and fisheries habitat improvements, fuels reduction, seed collection, sediment and erosion control, user education and outreach, installation or maintenance of water developments, and access/infrastructure work such as fence and barrier installations, fence removal or modification, route signing, route closures, and route restoration.
Are invasive species or weed removal activities mentioned?
Yes. Invasive weed removal is listed as a potential task.
Are cultural resource activities included?
Yes. Cultural site recordation is mentioned as a potential task among the broader set of field activities.
Does the scope include post-wildfire stabilization or rehabilitation work?
Yes. Stabilization or rehabilitation of areas impacted by wildland fire is listed as a possible activity, reflecting the multi-resource nature of BLM field operations.
How does this opportunity support BLM collaboration with other partners?
The program is framed around ongoing and planned initiatives that involve a mix of collaborators, including other state and federal agencies, private landowners, and nonprofit organizations, with the selected partner helping deliver internship-based work that supports those efforts.
Does BLM mention prior experience with youth programs?
Yes. BLM notes a track record of working with Public Land Corps organizations to provide youth with meaningful field experience, practical training, and a stronger stewardship ethic through service on BLM-managed lands.
Who are the intended participants in the internship pathway?
The opportunity emphasizes engaging youth and recent college graduates in conservation, monitoring, restoration, and recreation-related field work.
What BLM program areas might interns be exposed to?
Participants may be exposed to how BLM applies core principles across multiple program areas, including watershed management, wildlife and fisheries habitat management, rangeland management, and recreation management.
What technical tools or data products are specifically referenced?
The notice specifically references GIS and GPS tools, as well as GIS outputs including ArcGIS shapefiles, along with databases, maps, and written reports.
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