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- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FA BLM AZ GDO Las Cienegas NCA Healthy Landscapes, Science and Engagement" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.231 Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 26, 2014 and posted on Jun 26, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 28, 2014 The electronic submission into Grants.gov is due 28 July 2014@ 1700 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. A proposal received after the closing date and time will not be considered for award. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 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.
- SECTION III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION A. Eligible Applicants Anyone B. Cost Sharing or Matching None required but history of these projects has shown a significant return on the federal dollars through in kind labor, additional grants, and other resources
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Opportunity Summary:
The funding opportunity titled "FA BLM AZ GDO Las Cienegas NCA Healthy Landscapes, Science and Engagement" (Funding Opportunity Number L14AS00180) is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement focused on on-the-ground habitat restoration and long-term stewardship in and around the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) in Arizona. It sits in the Natural Resources activity area under CFDA 15.231 (Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management). The program is built around a clear management need identified through the LCNCA Resource Management Plan and Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation: restoring riparian and aquatic habitats, reducing or eliminating harmful non-native species, and supporting the persistence and expansion of native amphibians and other wildlife.
A major driver behind this grant is the continuation of work initiated under a larger, earlier effort known as the FROG project. From 2009 to 2013, the Cienega Watershed Partnership led a roughly $392,000 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded effort, working with a coalition that included BLM, Arizona Game and Fish, the University of Arizona, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners. That earlier phase completed restoration work at multiple sites on and near Las Cienegas NCA, but the announcement makes it clear that follow-up is essential. The ecological gains from pond and wetland restoration can be lost quickly without consistent monitoring and management, particularly when invasive species like American bullfrogs and crayfish can recolonize, spread disease risk, and suppress native frog populations.
This grant opportunity is essentially "Phase B" of that amphibian-focused restoration strategy. The practical work emphasized in the description includes continued monitoring of native frog populations, detection monitoring for invasive bullfrogs, and direct bullfrog control. It also calls for work that supports additional ponds, expanded habitat footprints, and continued tracking of project outcomes over time. Beyond simple presence/absence checks, the program aims to strengthen scientific monitoring by incorporating temperature monitoring at specific locations and attention to disease issues affecting native frogs, recognizing that water temperature regimes and amphibian disease dynamics can be decisive factors in whether restored habitats actually function as long-term refuges.
A distinctive feature of this opportunity is that it explicitly links habitat and species work with youth engagement through the Youth Engaged Stewardship (YES) program. YES began as a collaborative effort in 2012 among environmental organizations, educators, researchers, and land managers to involve high school students in watershed improvement projects on public lands. The grant description highlights early accomplishments: in 2012, a small cohort of students from Vail and Tucson area schools worked on restoring a frog pond, including fencing, building rock structures, and creating interpretive signage. In 2013, students shifted toward wetland revegetation around newly excavated wetlands at Cieneguita, transplanting more than 200 plants and organizing a volunteer day that brought additional community members into the work. The 2014 direction described in the announcement is to continue youth-based restoration while also building students capacity to contribute to monitoring using acceptable scientific standards, so their work supports both education outcomes and credible resource management data needs.
The stated overarching objective is to maintain active, collaborative engagement across the Cienega watershed, with LCNCA as the focal landscape, by having partners and stakeholders work side by side with BLM. The intended results include restoration of grassland watersheds, floodplains, riparian areas, and fish and wildlife habitat; support for special status species reintroductions or translocations; control of exotic and invasive species; protection of cultural resources; and stronger linkage to regional conservation projects. In other words, the award is framed as both a conservation implementation tool and a partnership-building mechanism that integrates science, field work, and community involvement.
The opportunity lays out nine specific objectives that combine ecological outcomes with education and workforce development goals. On the ecological side, priorities include improving the security of native frog populations through bullfrog and crayfish control and through translocation or expansion of native species, monitoring native frog populations and wetland improvement sites, tracking temperatures and disease concerns, and maintaining the "frog shed" buffer and prior restoration/translocation projects. On the human-capital side, it aims to build youth leadership and team skills (including developing a youth board), provide student-driven field experiences connected to public lands and natural and cultural resource management, support youth in planning and managing a real watershed or wildlife improvement project, expose students to career pathways and multidisciplinary problem solving, and strengthen critical thinking skills.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement, with one expected award. Estimated total funding was $100,000, with an award ceiling of $100,000 and an award floor of $11,000. Eligibility was unrestricted (open to any type of entity), and there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement, though the announcement notes that similar projects have historically leveraged strong returns on federal investment through in-kind labor, additional grants, and partner resources. The opportunity was posted June 26, 2014, and applications were due electronically through Grants.gov by July 28, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, with late submissions not considered. The listed grants management contact was Eddie W. Bell Jr., Grants Management Officer (602-417-9268, ebell@blm.gov).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "FA BLM AZ GDO Las Cienegas NCA Healthy Landscapes, Science and Engagement."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L14AS00180.
Which federal agency is offering this grant?
This is offered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as a cooperative agreement.
What type of award is this?
This is a discretionary cooperative agreement. The description emphasizes partners working side by side with BLM, which is consistent with cooperative agreement-style collaboration.
What is the primary geographic focus of the work?
The work focuses on and around the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) in Arizona, with LCNCA serving as the focal landscape within the broader Cienega watershed.
What activity area does this opportunity fall under?
The activity area is Natural Resources.
What is the CFDA program number and name?
The opportunity is under CFDA 15.231, Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management.
What management need is driving this opportunity?
The opportunity is built around a management need identified through the LCNCA Resource Management Plan and Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation. It targets restoration of riparian and aquatic habitats, reduction or elimination of harmful non-native species, and support for the persistence and expansion of native amphibians and other wildlife.
How does this opportunity relate to the earlier FROG project?
This opportunity is described as a continuation of work initiated under the earlier FROG project (2009 to 2013). That prior effort completed restoration at multiple sites, but the announcement emphasizes that follow-up monitoring and management are essential to avoid losing ecological gains.
Why is follow-up work considered essential after pond and wetland restoration?
The announcement notes that ecological gains can be lost quickly without consistent monitoring and management, particularly because invasive species (including American bullfrogs and crayfish) can recolonize, spread disease risk, and suppress native frog populations.
What kinds of on-the-ground conservation work are emphasized?
The description highlights continued monitoring of native frog populations, detection monitoring for invasive bullfrogs, direct bullfrog control, support for additional ponds and expanded habitat footprints, and continued tracking of outcomes over time.
Which invasive species are specifically mentioned as concerns?
American bullfrogs and crayfish are specifically identified as invasive species that can recolonize restored sites and negatively affect native frog populations, including through increased disease risk.
What monitoring approaches does the opportunity call for beyond basic surveys?
In addition to presence/absence-type checks, the opportunity calls for strengthening scientific monitoring by incorporating temperature monitoring at specific locations and addressing disease issues affecting native frogs.
Why does the opportunity mention water temperature monitoring?
The announcement recognizes that water temperature regimes can be decisive in whether restored habitats function as long-term refuges for native amphibians.
How is amphibian disease addressed in the opportunity?
The description notes that disease dynamics affecting native frogs are important to track as part of monitoring, because disease can strongly influence whether restoration succeeds over the long term.
What is the Youth Engaged Stewardship (YES) program and how does it fit into this grant?
YES is a youth engagement program that began in 2012 to involve high school students in watershed improvement projects on public lands. This opportunity explicitly links habitat and species work with youth-based restoration and student participation in monitoring using acceptable scientific standards.
What youth activities are referenced as prior accomplishments under YES?
The announcement describes that in 2012, students from Vail and Tucson area schools helped restore a frog pond (including fencing, building rock structures, and creating interpretive signage). In 2013, students worked on wetland revegetation around newly excavated wetlands at Cieneguita, transplanting more than 200 plants and organizing a volunteer day.
What direction does the opportunity give for youth work going forward?
It calls for continuing youth-based restoration while building student capacity to contribute to monitoring using acceptable scientific standards, so the work produces both education outcomes and credible data for resource management.
What is the overarching objective of the program?
The overarching objective is to maintain active, collaborative engagement across the Cienega watershed, with LCNCA as the focal landscape, by having partners and stakeholders work side by side with BLM.
What types of conservation results are intended?
Intended results include restoration of grassland watersheds, floodplains, riparian areas, and fish and wildlife habitat; support for special status species reintroductions or translocations; control of exotic and invasive species; protection of cultural resources; and stronger linkage to regional conservation projects.
How many specific objectives are listed in the opportunity?
The opportunity describes nine specific objectives combining ecological outcomes with education and workforce development goals.
What ecological priorities are specifically called out in the objectives?
The objectives emphasize improving the security of native frog populations through bullfrog and crayfish control, translocation or expansion of native species, monitoring native frog populations and wetland improvement sites, tracking temperatures and disease concerns, and maintaining the "frog shed" buffer and prior restoration/translocation projects.
What education and workforce development goals are included?
The objectives include building youth leadership and team skills (including developing a youth board), providing student-driven field experiences connected to public lands and natural and cultural resource management, supporting youth in planning and managing a real watershed or wildlife improvement project, exposing students to career pathways and multidisciplinary problem solving, and strengthening critical thinking skills.
What is the total estimated funding available?
The estimated total funding is $100,000.
What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling is $100,000.
What is the award floor?
The award floor is $11,000.
How many awards were expected?
The opportunity anticipated one expected award.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to any type of entity.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
Does the announcement mention leveraging partner resources even without a match requirement?
Yes. It notes that similar projects have historically leveraged strong returns on federal investment through in-kind labor, additional grants, and partner resources.
When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on June 26, 2014.
When were applications due?
Applications were due electronically through Grants.gov by July 28, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Were late applications accepted?
No. The announcement states that late submissions would not be considered.
How were applications required to be submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
Who is the listed grants management contact for this opportunity?
The listed contact is Eddie W. Bell Jr., Grants Management Officer.
What contact information is provided for the grants management contact?
Phone: 602-417-9268. Email: ebell@blm.gov.
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