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Opportunity Summary:

The Dolores River Restoration Project in Colorado (Funding Opportunity Number L11AS00173) was a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discretionary grant opportunity offered as a cooperative agreement. The core purpose of the opportunity was to partner with a selected recipient to jointly develop and carry out a Dolores River Restoration Action Plan. In practical terms, this meant the BLM was not simply looking to hand off funds for a stand-alone project; the cooperative agreement structure signals an expectation of substantial involvement by the agency during planning and implementation. The action plan focus also implies a coordinated, multi-step restoration effort, typically combining assessment, prioritization, on-the-ground restoration actions, and follow-up monitoring or adaptive management.

The opportunity sat within the Natural Resources funding activity area and aligned with multiple CFDA program areas: 15.225 (Recreation Resource Management), 15.230 (Invasive and Noxious Plant Management), and 15.231 (Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management). Taken together, those CFDA references indicate the grant was meant to support restoration work that could include improving riparian and aquatic habitat conditions, reducing or managing invasive and noxious plants, and enhancing recreation-related resource values connected to the river corridor. While the short public description does not list specific project tasks, the combination of restoration planning plus these program categories commonly points to work such as riparian revegetation, bank stabilization where appropriate, invasive species treatment, habitat improvements for native fish and wildlife, and measures that protect or improve public land recreation resources linked to river health.

Funding for the program was set at an estimated total of $1,250,000, with an award ceiling of $1,250,000 and an award floor of $2,500. The BLM anticipated making one award, which suggests the agency intended to support a single lead organization (or lead partnership) capable of coordinating the planning and implementation effort across the relevant portion of the Dolores River system. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants were not required to provide non-federal matching funds to be eligible, although applicants sometimes still leverage partner contributions to strengthen the scope and credibility of their proposed work.

Eligible applicants included city or township governments, county governments, state governments, and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). This eligibility range indicates the BLM was open to working with local and state public entities as well as mission-driven nonprofits that have experience with watershed restoration, invasive plant management, fisheries and wildlife conservation, and stakeholder coordination.

Key dates show the opportunity was posted and created on July 19, 2011, with an application closing date of August 29, 2011. The opportunity was later archived on September 16, 2011. For applicants needing access help with the full announcement package, the listed point of contact was Ruth A. Raisanen at rraisane@blm.gov, and the announcement directed applicants to use the application materials available through the listing (referenced as the "Application" tab in the original posting).

Overall, this grant opportunity was designed to fund a single, coordinated restoration partnership effort on the Dolores River in Colorado, emphasizing collaborative development of a restoration action plan and subsequent implementation work consistent with BLM natural resource management priorities, including recreation resource stewardship, invasive and noxious plant management, and fish and wildlife habitat conservation.

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