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- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM OR WA Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy Development and Implementation, Spokane District" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.237 Rangeland Resource Management.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 7, 2014 and posted on Aug 7, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 8, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $2,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $31,000.00 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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opportunity titled "BLM OR WA Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy Development and Implementation, Spokane District" is a discretionary cooperative agreement focused on building and carrying out a district-wide approach to collecting, managing, and using natural resource monitoring data. The central purpose is to help the BLM manage renewable resources more effectively by improving the quality, consistency, and usability of information about resource extent, condition, and trends over time, as well as the stressors and on-the-ground activities that influence those resources (such as authorized uses, disturbances, and project footprints). In practical terms, the project is meant to give the Spokane District a more reliable, comparable, and defensible set of data for decision-making and reporting across rangeland and related ecosystems.
The grant centers on implementing BLM's AIM "integrated approach," which combines several major pieces that are often handled separately. First, it emphasizes developing and applying a consistent set of ecosystem indicators and standardized measurement methods, meaning the same core quantitative indicators are collected in the same way across sites so that results can be compared within the district and beyond. Second, it calls for a statistically valid sampling framework, which is the backbone for drawing credible conclusions about broader conditions and trends from a subset of monitored locations. Third, it supports using and integrating remote sensing technologies, which can expand the scale of inference and help track change across large landscapes when paired with field observations. Fourth, it includes implementing data acquisition and data management plans aligned with BLM-wide geospatial and enterprise data initiatives, such as the Geospatial Services Strategic Plan, Enterprise GIS architecture, and rapid ecoregional assessment efforts. Together, these elements are designed to ensure monitoring is not just collected, but also structured and managed so it can be analyzed, shared, and reused.
A key theme of the opportunity is modernization and standardization of how monitoring information moves from the field to decisions. The AIM Strategy described in the announcement pushes BLM toward a workflow where core resource-condition data are digitally collected in the field, stored in spatially enabled databases, maintained within an enterprise data architecture, analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of management actions, and shared across BLM offices and with interested members of the public. In addition to field data collection, the strategy includes agency-side improvements such as updating policy and guidance, integrating monitoring across programs (including budgets and performance measures), and creating supporting communication tools and training modules so staff can apply the approach consistently.
The recipient's expected role is heavily implementation-oriented, with an emphasis on providing staffing capacity to collect both quantitative and qualitative data tied to vegetation, soils, hydrology, and ecosystem processes. The monitoring outputs are intended to feed directly into formal BLM products and compliance or decision support documents, including Land Health Assessments, Standards Determination Documents, restoration monitoring reports, and post-fire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation monitoring reports. In other words, the work is not purely academic; it is structured to produce field-ready, decision-relevant datasets and assessments that BLM programs can use to document conditions, justify management actions, and track outcomes over time.
Administratively, this was posted August 7, 2014 under Funding Opportunity Number L14AS00256, with an original and current closing date of September 8, 2014, and an archive date of August 6, 2015. It is a cooperative agreement (indicating substantial BLM involvement during performance), categorized under Natural Resources, with CFDA 15.237 (Rangeland Resource Management). The announcement anticipated one award, listed an estimated total funding amount of $2,000,000, and stated no cost sharing or matching requirement. The award ceiling shown in the source data is $31,000 (with an award floor of $1), which is important to note as a potential mismatch with the estimated total funding figure and something an applicant would typically verify in the full announcement package. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition was open to a wide range of entity types unless further limited by the detailed instructions in the full application materials. For access and technical issues with the full announcement, the listed contact was Sheri Dowley (503-808-6243, sdowley@blm.gov).
FAQs: BLM OR WA Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy Development and Implementation, Spokane District
1) What is the official title of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "BLM OR WA Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy Development and Implementation, Spokane District."
2) What agency is offering this opportunity?
The offering agency is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
3) What type of funding instrument is this?
This is a discretionary cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial BLM involvement during performance.
4) What is the main purpose of the project?
The central purpose is to build and carry out a district-wide approach for collecting, managing, and using natural resource monitoring data so the Spokane District can make more effective renewable resource management decisions using higher-quality, more consistent, and more usable information.
5) What kinds of management questions is this monitoring meant to support?
The monitoring is intended to improve understanding of resource extent, condition, and trends over time, along with stressors and on-the-ground activities that influence those resources (for example: authorized uses, disturbances, and project footprints).
6) What is the AIM "integrated approach" described in the opportunity?
The AIM integrated approach combines components that are often handled separately, including: consistent ecosystem indicators and standardized measurement methods, a statistically valid sampling framework, integration of remote sensing with field observations, and implementation of data acquisition and data management plans aligned with BLM-wide geospatial and enterprise data initiatives.
7) Why does the opportunity emphasize standardized indicators and methods?
Standardized indicators and measurement methods allow the same core quantitative indicators to be collected the same way across sites, which supports comparability within the district and beyond and strengthens the defensibility of results used for decisions and reporting.
8) What does a "statistically valid sampling framework" mean in this context?
It refers to a sampling design that supports drawing credible conclusions about broader landscape conditions and trends from a subset of monitored locations.
9) How is remote sensing expected to be used?
Remote sensing is supported as part of the strategy to expand the scale of inference and help track change across large landscapes when paired with field observations.
10) What does the opportunity say about data management and enterprise systems?
It calls for data acquisition and data management plans aligned with BLM-wide geospatial and enterprise data initiatives, specifically referencing efforts such as the Geospatial Services Strategic Plan, Enterprise GIS architecture, and rapid ecoregional assessment initiatives.
11) Is this project focused only on collecting monitoring data?
No. While field data collection is a major component, the opportunity also emphasizes modernization and standardization of the end-to-end workflow from field collection to databases to analysis, sharing, and reuse, along with agency-side improvements like policy/guidance updates, program integration, and the development of communication tools and training modules.
12) What is meant by “modernization and standardization” of monitoring workflows?
The AIM Strategy described envisions digitally collecting core resource-condition data in the field, storing it in spatially enabled databases, maintaining it in an enterprise data architecture, analyzing it to evaluate management effectiveness, and sharing it across BLM offices and with interested members of the public.
13) What role is the recipient expected to play?
The recipient role is implementation-oriented, with an emphasis on providing staffing capacity to collect quantitative and qualitative data tied to vegetation, soils, hydrology, and ecosystem processes.
14) What kinds of monitoring outputs are expected to result from this work?
The outputs are intended to produce reliable, comparable, and defensible datasets and assessments that are field-ready and decision-relevant for BLM decision-making and reporting across rangeland and related ecosystems.
15) What BLM documents or products are intended to use the monitoring results?
The opportunity states that outputs are intended to feed into formal BLM products and compliance or decision support documents, including Land Health Assessments, Standards Determination Documents, restoration monitoring reports, and post-fire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation monitoring reports.
16) Is this work described as academic research?
No. The announcement emphasizes that the work is not purely academic; it is structured to produce decision-relevant datasets and assessments that BLM programs can use to document conditions, justify management actions, and track outcomes over time.
17) What program area or category does this opportunity fall under?
It is categorized under Natural Resources.
18) What is the CFDA number and program name listed?
The opportunity lists CFDA 15.237, identified as Rangeland Resource Management.
19) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L14AS00256.
20) When was the opportunity posted?
It was posted on August 7, 2014.
21) What were the closing dates?
The original and current closing date listed is September 8, 2014.
22) When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date listed is August 6, 2015.
23) How many awards were anticipated?
The announcement anticipated one award.
24) What was the estimated total funding amount?
The estimated total funding amount listed was $2,000,000.
25) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The announcement stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
26) What award floor and ceiling are shown in the source data?
The source data shows an award floor of $1 and an award ceiling of $31,000.
27) Is there any noted issue or inconsistency in the funding figures?
Yes. The opportunity information notes a potential mismatch between the estimated total funding amount of $2,000,000 and the award ceiling shown as $31,000, and indicates this is something an applicant would typically verify in the full announcement package.
28) Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition was open to a wide range of entity types unless further limited by detailed instructions in the full application materials.
29) What does “substantial BLM involvement” imply here?
Because the award is described as a cooperative agreement, it indicates substantial BLM involvement during performance (as stated in the opportunity summary), rather than a more hands-off relationship typical of some grant structures.
30) Who should applicants contact for access or technical issues with the full announcement?
The listed contact for access and technical issues was Sheri Dowley at 503-808-6243 or sdowley@blm.gov.
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