Opportunity Information: Apply for L16AS00144
Apply for L16AS00144
- The DOI-BLM in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project" 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 May 25, 2016 and posted on May 25, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 25, 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 $50,000.00 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 Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project is a Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM) cooperative agreement opportunity designed to build a stronger, statewide collaboration around woody biomass utilization on public lands in Utah, with a particular focus on overcoming the economic barriers that currently make small-scale biomass removal hard to justify. Even though Utah has substantial biomass potential tied to forest and woodland restoration work, existing local markets are limited and the costs of removing and hauling material often erase any profit. As a result, land managers frequently choose mastication or burning instead of utilization, even when using the material could provide better ecosystem outcomes and greater carbon benefits. The grant is essentially aimed at helping create the early momentum and capacity needed to make biomass utilization more practical and marketable in rural areas, so that restoration goals and economic realities can align over time.
A central feature of the project is the expansion of a biochar-focused reclamation pilot in the Uinta Basin. A small pilot had already begun on a single well site in the Red Wash Oil Field through a partnership involving BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, Utah State University, and Questar Exploration Production Company. This new partnership effort would broaden that work by testing biochar soil amendments across additional soil profiles in the Basin and by bringing in in-kind support from other interested oil and gas operators. The rationale is that disturbed arid lands in the region, particularly those impacted by energy development, offer many real-world sites with different soil and vegetation conditions that can be used to evaluate which reclamation techniques actually work best under challenging circumstances.
The project objectives go beyond a single pilot test. The stated goal is to form a well-rounded, functioning collaborative group that can facilitate biomass utilization, help establish and strengthen biomass markets, generate community support, contribute to local economic activity, and improve forest and woodland health outcomes. The partnership is also framed as a way for land management agencies to help lead in a broader shift toward a new energy economy that includes responsibly scaled renewable sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass. In practice, that means convening agencies, researchers, and industry around shared planning, science-based decision-making, and coordinated action on woody biomass issues across Utah. The opportunity anticipates participation from a wide mix of partners, including BLM Utah, the Forest Service, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah Partners for Conservation Development, the Farm Service Agency, the Governor's Energy Advisor, the Utah Department of Agriculture, Utah State University Forestry Extension, and private individuals and industry representatives.
The public benefit case for the work is strongly tied to reclamation challenges in salt- and sodium-affected soils. The notice explains that decades of energy-related development have disturbed several thousand acres where reclamation has often failed, contributing to increased erosion and sedimentation and associated salt impacts. By creating and applying biochar soil amendments, the project aims to improve soil and site stability while also sequestering carbon in soils. The idea is that, once effective approaches are demonstrated for reclaiming high-salt, high-sodium arid lands, energy developers and reclamation contractors can apply those improved methods more broadly, increasing the likelihood of successful reclamation on disturbed sites. Successful reclamation is also linked to improved water quality and quantity and better restoration of ecosystem services. On the economic side, expanding biomass utilization is positioned as a way to stimulate rural economies by creating demand for woody bio-renewable products and supporting local capacity to process, transport, and use that material.
Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity offered under CFDA 15.231 by DOI-BLM, with funding provided through a cooperative agreement (which typically implies substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project). The opportunity number is L16AS00144. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity, subject to any additional eligibility notes in the full announcement). The expected award count was one award, with an award ceiling of $50,000. The posting date was May 25, 2016, and the application deadline was July 25, 2016.
FAQs: BLM Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project (L16AS00144)
What is the BLM Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project?
It is a Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM) cooperative agreement opportunity designed to strengthen statewide collaboration in Utah around woody biomass utilization on public lands, with a focus on addressing the economic barriers that make small-scale biomass removal difficult.
What problem is this grant trying to solve?
The opportunity targets the gap between Utah's substantial woody biomass potential (often generated through forest and woodland restoration) and the limited local markets plus high costs to remove and haul biomass. Those economics can make utilization impractical, leading land managers to choose alternatives like mastication or burning even when utilization could provide better ecosystem outcomes and carbon benefits.
What is the overall purpose of the project?
The project is intended to create early momentum and capacity so biomass utilization becomes more practical and marketable in rural Utah over time, aligning restoration needs with economic realities.
What is the biochar reclamation pilot in the Uinta Basin?
A central feature is expanding a biochar-focused reclamation pilot in the Uinta Basin. A smaller pilot had already started on a single well site in the Red Wash Oil Field through a partnership that included BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, Utah State University, and Questar Exploration Production Company. This opportunity would broaden that work.
How would the pilot be expanded under this partnership?
The expanded effort would test biochar soil amendments across additional soil profiles in the Uinta Basin and bring in in-kind support from other interested oil and gas operators.
Why focus on the Uinta Basin and disturbed arid lands?
The rationale described is that disturbed arid lands impacted by energy development provide real-world sites with different soil and vegetation conditions. That variety can help evaluate which reclamation techniques perform best under challenging circumstances.
What outcomes is the biochar work expected to support?
The notice links biochar soil amendments to improved soil and site stability and carbon sequestration in soils, especially on difficult reclamation sites.
What is the public benefit case for this work?
The public benefit is strongly tied to reclamation challenges in salt- and sodium-affected soils. The notice states that decades of energy-related development have disturbed several thousand acres where reclamation has often failed, contributing to increased erosion and sedimentation and associated salt impacts.
How does the project relate to water quality and ecosystem services?
Successful reclamation is described as being linked to improved water quality and quantity and better restoration of ecosystem services.
How does the project address carbon benefits?
The opportunity notes that utilizing biomass can provide greater carbon benefits than non-utilization approaches, and it specifically describes biochar applications as a way to sequester carbon in soils.
What are the broader objectives beyond the pilot?
The stated goal includes forming a well-rounded, functioning collaborative group that can facilitate biomass utilization, help establish and strengthen biomass markets, generate community support, contribute to local economic activity, and improve forest and woodland health outcomes.
What does "statewide collaboration" mean in this context?
In practice, it means convening agencies, researchers, and industry around shared planning, science-based decision-making, and coordinated action on woody biomass issues across Utah.
Which partners are anticipated to participate?
The opportunity anticipates a wide mix of partners, including BLM Utah, the Forest Service, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah Partners for Conservation Development, the Farm Service Agency, the Governor's Energy Advisor, the Utah Department of Agriculture, Utah State University Forestry Extension, and private individuals and industry representatives.
How does the project connect to rural economic development?
Expanding biomass utilization is positioned as a way to stimulate rural economies by creating demand for woody bio-renewable products and supporting local capacity to process, transport, and use woody biomass material.
How does the opportunity describe the role of land management agencies in the "new energy economy"?
The partnership is framed as a way for land management agencies to help lead a broader shift toward a new energy economy that includes responsibly scaled renewable sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass.
What type of funding mechanism is used for this opportunity?
The funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which the notice characterizes as typically involving substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project.
Which federal agency is offering this grant?
The opportunity is offered by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM).
What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is L16AS00144.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The notice lists CFDA 15.231.
How many awards were expected?
The opportunity anticipated one award.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling listed is $50,000.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is open to any type of entity, subject to any additional eligibility notes in the full announcement.
When was the opportunity posted?
The posting date was May 25, 2016.
What was the application deadline?
The application deadline was July 25, 2016.
Why does the notice mention mastication or burning?
The notice explains that due to limited markets and high removal/hauling costs, land managers often choose mastication or burning instead of utilization, even when using the material could provide better ecosystem outcomes and carbon benefits.
What kinds of sites does the reclamation work focus on?
The reclamation work is tied to disturbed arid lands in the Uinta Basin, particularly areas impacted by energy development, including well sites and other disturbed locations with varied soil profiles and vegetation conditions.
What role do oil and gas operators play in the expanded pilot?
The notice anticipates in-kind support from other interested oil and gas operators as the biochar soil amendment testing expands across additional sites and soil profiles in the Basin.
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