Opportunity Information: Apply for L16AS00225
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- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM OR-WA Vegetation Mapping Utilizing Remote Sensing, Burns" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.237.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 28, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 29, 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 $167,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 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) Burns District in Oregon is seeking partners through a cooperative agreement to advance vegetation mapping and monitoring using modern remote sensing. The central idea behind this opportunity is that land managers need quantitative, multi-scale vegetation data that is reliable, appropriate to the scale of decisions being made, flexible enough to support different planning needs, and straightforward to apply in day-to-day management. The Burns District notes that remote sensing capabilities have improved significantly over the last 15 years, to the point that imagery and related analytical methods can meaningfully strengthen or update existing vegetation datasets. By developing a remotely sensed vegetation dataset, the BLM aims to give public and private land managers in Harney County a cost-effective way to understand outcomes from past management actions and make better decisions going forward.
This grant is designed around building a data-rich information and feedback system that can be shared across multiple landownerships and agencies. The Burns District and neighboring managers face interconnected, landscape-scale challenges that require consistent information across boundaries. These challenges include conserving Greater Sage-grouse habitat, detecting and responding to invasive plant species, understanding and managing juniper encroachment, improving wildfire prevention and post-fire response, supporting wildlife habitat more broadly, evaluating rangeland health, informing grazing permit renewals and carrying capacity decisions, and tracking riparian condition and trends. In practice, many of these issues depend on knowing not just what vegetation is present, but how it is distributed, how it is changing over time, and how management actions are influencing those changes at multiple spatial scales.
The overall objective of the project is to help develop and implement technologies and workflows that make vegetation monitoring and inventory more efficient, more effective, and more economical. The opportunity anticipates work such as developing or adapting remote sensing technologies and analytical approaches; assessing vegetation and functional cover characteristics across the landscape; producing vegetation maps that can be used operationally; analyzing data products specifically to meet land management needs; and integrating datasets collected from multiple sources so that information can be compared and combined rather than remaining siloed. A key emphasis is not only generating maps and analyses, but also ensuring the results are shared with land managers in a usable form, retained and maintained in accessible formats, and applied to monitor vegetation change resulting from management actions over time.
Administratively, this was posted as a discretionary funding opportunity by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, under Funding Opportunity Number L16AS00225 and CFDA 15.237 (Natural Resources). The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, reflecting an expectation of collaboration between the BLM and the recipient(s) rather than a hands-off grant. The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $167,000 and anticipated up to three awards. Eligibility was described as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types could apply, subject to any additional eligibility notes contained in the full announcement. The opportunity was created on June 28, 2016, with an original closing date of August 29, 2016.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), specifically the BLM Burns District in Oregon. It seeks partners through a cooperative agreement to advance vegetation mapping and monitoring using modern remote sensing.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The central purpose is to develop quantitative, multi-scale vegetation data that is reliable, fits the scale of real management decisions, can flex across different planning needs, and is straightforward to use in day-to-day land management.
Why is the BLM focusing on remote sensing for vegetation mapping now?
The Burns District notes that remote sensing capabilities (imagery and analytical methods) have improved significantly over the last 15 years. Because of that, remote sensing can now meaningfully strengthen or update existing vegetation datasets and provide a more cost-effective way to understand vegetation conditions and trends.
What geographic area is emphasized in this opportunity?
The opportunity is focused on the BLM Burns District and aims to support public and private land managers in Harney County, Oregon, with information that can be shared across multiple landownerships and agencies.
What kinds of land management challenges is this intended to support?
The opportunity is intended to support landscape-scale challenges that cross administrative boundaries, including:
- Conserving Greater Sage-grouse habitat
- Detecting and responding to invasive plant species
- Understanding and managing juniper encroachment
- Improving wildfire prevention and post-fire response
- Supporting wildlife habitat more broadly
- Evaluating rangeland health
- Informing grazing permit renewals and carrying capacity decisions
- Tracking riparian condition and trends
What types of work does the opportunity anticipate funding?
The announcement anticipates activities such as:
- Developing or adapting remote sensing technologies and analytical approaches
- Assessing vegetation and functional cover characteristics across the landscape
- Producing vegetation maps that can be used operationally
- Analyzing data products specifically to meet land management needs
- Integrating datasets from multiple sources so they can be compared and combined rather than kept in silos
Is the goal just to produce maps?
No. A key emphasis is that the results should be shared with land managers in a usable form, retained and maintained in accessible formats, and applied over time to monitor vegetation change resulting from management actions.
What does “multi-scale vegetation data” mean in the context of this opportunity?
It refers to vegetation information that can support decisions made at different spatial scales (for example, project-level actions and broader landscape planning) while remaining consistent, quantitative, and practical for operational use.
Why does the BLM emphasize “quantitative” and “reliable” vegetation data?
Because many management questions depend on knowing not only what vegetation is present, but also how it is distributed, how it changes over time, and how management actions influence those changes. Quantitative and reliable data supports consistent comparisons across areas and time periods.
How does this opportunity address cross-boundary coordination?
It is designed around building a data-rich information and feedback system that can be shared across multiple landownerships and agencies. The Burns District and neighboring managers face interconnected, landscape-scale issues that require consistent information across boundaries.
What is the funding instrument type?
The instrument type is a cooperative agreement.
What is a cooperative agreement in this context?
In this announcement, a cooperative agreement reflects an expectation of collaboration between the BLM and the recipient(s), rather than a fully hands-off grant relationship.
Which agency and program identifiers are associated with this opportunity?
It was posted by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The Funding Opportunity Number is L16AS00225 and the CFDA is 15.237 (Natural Resources).
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The listed award ceiling is $167,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated up to three awards.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was described as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types could apply, subject to any additional eligibility notes included in the full announcement.
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on June 28, 2016, and the original closing date was August 29, 2016.
What is the practical outcome the BLM wants land managers to gain?
The BLM aims to provide public and private land managers in Harney County with a cost-effective way to understand outcomes from past management actions and make better decisions going forward, using a remotely sensed vegetation dataset and related monitoring workflows.
How does this relate to monitoring change over time?
The opportunity emphasizes not only producing data products, but also using them to monitor vegetation change over time, particularly changes linked to management actions, and ensuring the information remains accessible and maintainable for ongoing use.
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