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Opportunity Summary:

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opportunity titled "BLM WY special Status Plant Species and Habitat Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring" is a discretionary funding announcement aimed at improving how sensitive and protected plant species are understood and managed on public lands in Wyoming. The project is built around practical field and analytical work that supports conservation decision-making for federally listed plants and species considered sensitive by the BLM. In plain terms, the grant is meant to generate better on-the-ground information about where these plants occur, how their populations are doing over time, what habitat conditions they rely on, and how to predict suitable habitat across the landscape using updated modeling approaches.

The core work described in the announcement has four main components. First, the recipient is expected to conduct special status plant surveys in Wyoming, with the purpose of evaluating conservation needs for federally listed species as well as BLM sensitive plant species. This typically implies targeted field inventories to confirm presence, map populations, document abundance, and record site conditions in areas where species are known or suspected to occur. Second, the project calls for research and monitoring on special status plant populations, which suggests repeated measurements over time to detect trends, understand threats, and assess whether populations are stable, increasing, or declining. Third, the project emphasizes habitat evaluations and modeling, meaning the work should not only record where plants are found but also analyze the environmental and ecological variables that define their habitat. Fourth, it specifically calls for completing updated species habitat models, indicating BLM wants improved predictive tools, likely integrating newer datasets, better spatial resolution, and refined methods to help land managers anticipate where sensitive plants may occur and what areas are most important to protect.

From BLM's perspective, the public purpose is straightforward: stronger scientific information leads to better management of sensitive biological resources on public lands. By improving inventories, monitoring data, and habitat models, BLM land managers and biologists can more effectively plan projects, avoid or minimize impacts, prioritize conservation actions, and meet responsibilities tied to threatened and endangered plant species and their habitats. The outputs are meant to be directly usable for management, meaning they are not purely academic exercises but applied products that can inform permitting, land use planning, restoration decisions, and protective measures.

This opportunity was issued as a Cooperative Agreement, which generally indicates substantial involvement or collaboration by the federal agency during the project rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The funding activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA listing is 15.231 (Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management). BLM anticipated making one award under this announcement. The total estimated funding available was $750,000, with individual awards expected to range from a floor of $10,000 up to a ceiling of $150,000. No cost sharing or matching was required, which reduces barriers for applicants who may not have non-federal funds to contribute.

Eligibility was not fully open to the general public despite being labeled "unrestricted" in a broad sense, because the announcement limits applicants to those within the CESU framework. Specifically, applications were accepted from individuals who have a formal relationship (such as professor, researcher, or scientist) with a university participating in the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, and who can demonstrate the ability and experience to conduct research aligned with the project goals. Applicants could not be employed by a federal agency, although federal employees were allowed to participate as collaborators. The announcement also explicitly excluded proposals from U.S. government agencies or government employees, proposals from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and proposals that presented a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Key dates show this was a short-fuse funding opportunity. It was posted and created on May 9, 2010, with an original and current closing date of May 14, 2010, indicating only a few days to submit. The opportunity was later archived on July 30, 2010. The issuing agency was the Bureau of Land Management. For applicants needing help accessing the full announcement, the point of contact listed was Ilze J. Karklins Powers, Grants Management Officer, reachable at 307-775-6293 or via email at ipowers@blm.gov. The announcement also referenced Grants.gov as the source for the additional information link.

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