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Opportunity Summary:

The BLM WY Cooperative Fire and Fuels Reduction opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L10AS00073) is a discretionary Bureau of Land Management grant offered through a cooperative agreement under the National Fire Plan (CFDA 15.228), with the program focus listed as Disaster Prevention and Relief. The effort is centered in Wyoming under the Lander BLM Field Office, building on an existing, long-running partnership between the BLM and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The work area includes high-value habitat for mule deer and pronghorn antelope and also supports greater sage-grouse, identified here as a BLM sensitive species. The agencies are looking to continue and expand prior fuels and habitat treatments that have been successful in reducing wildfire risk while improving conditions for sagebrush-dependent wildlife.

The project objective is twofold: maintain and enhance sagebrush habitat and lower the likelihood and potential severity of large, stand-replacing wildfires. The announcement emphasizes how crucial intact sagebrush is for the local wildlife community. Sage-grouse rely on healthy sagebrush stands for survival, and sagebrush also provides winter forage as well as hiding cover and thermal protection for mule deer and antelope. A key threat described in the notice is juniper encroachment into sagebrush ecosystems. As juniper spreads, it can gradually outcompete sagebrush for limited water and nutrients, eventually converting the site away from sagebrush dominance and reducing or eliminating habitat suitability for species that depend on sagebrush landscapes.

From a fire behavior and fuels perspective, juniper invasion is also portrayed as a major driver of increased hazard. Juniper adds to overall fuel loading within sagebrush stands, which can make suppression more difficult and can push fires toward hotter, more severe burn conditions. The notice notes that areas with significant juniper presence tend to experience more intense fires, which slows post-fire vegetation recovery and increases the risk of invasive species establishment, particularly cheatgrass. This matters even more because many of the sagebrush stands in the project area are described as large and continuous; if a large wildfire occurs during hot and dry conditions, the result could be the loss of thousands of acres of sagebrush habitat. The recovery window for sagebrush is presented as very long, on the order of roughly 30 to 100 years depending on how quickly sagebrush can reestablish, meaning that a single severe event can have multi-decade consequences for wildlife habitat and landscape resilience.

To address these issues, the agencies plan to use mechanical treatments. The announcement specifically describes mechanically removing encroaching juniper and using mowing to create a mosaic of sagebrush patches with different ages and size classes. The intent of this mosaic approach is to break up continuous fuels, reduce the risk that a single ignition becomes a very large, uniform, high-severity burn, and at the same time maintain or improve habitat structure and diversity across the landscape. In practice, this kind of patchwork treatment is aimed at lowering fire intensity and spread potential while keeping enough sagebrush cover to support sage-grouse and big game needs across seasons.

In terms of funding details, the opportunity anticipated a single award. The total estimated funding listed is $100,000, while the award ceiling and floor are both stated as $20,000, indicating the expected individual award amount was $20,000 as posted. No cost sharing or matching requirement is listed. Eligible applicants are limited to governmental entities: city or township governments, county governments, and state governments. The original posting date was May 12, 2010, with a closing date of May 30, 2010, and an archive date of July 30, 2010, reflecting that this is an older, time-limited notice rather than an open, ongoing solicitation.

For access to the full announcement and application instructions, the notice points to Grants.gov and provides a contact for assistance: Ilze J. Karklins Powers, Grants Management Officer, reachable at 307-775-6293 and ipowers@blm.gov.

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