NM Wildlife Resource Management | L20AS00062

Opportunity Information: Apply for L20AS00062

The NM Wildlife Resource Management opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L20AS00062) is a Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discretionary grant offered through a cooperative agreement to support on-the-ground wildlife and habitat work in New Mexico. The core purpose is to inventory, maintain, restore, and conserve wildlife species and the habitats they rely on, carried out in coordination with federal and state wildlife agencies and other partner organizations. The emphasis is on keeping public lands healthy and functional over the long term, with projects designed to protect habitat quality, sustain wildlife populations, and improve the resilience of ecosystems for future generations.

Projects funded under this opportunity are broad but clearly centered on practical resource management outcomes. The scope includes vegetation restoration and habitat improvement work, along with control or eradication of noxious and invasive weed species that degrade native plant communities and wildlife habitat. It also supports efforts to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, which can quickly undermine habitat conditions and long-term ecosystem stability. Another key theme is improving habitat resiliency and connectivity across jurisdictional boundaries, recognizing that wildlife movement corridors and intact habitat networks often span multiple landowners and agency boundaries, and that coordinated planning can produce better conservation results than isolated efforts.

The grant also encourages work that strengthens wildlife-related recreation and access, such as identifying areas where habitat conditions and management actions could improve hunting opportunities and broader wildlife recreation experiences. In addition to field activities, the opportunity highlights the importance of monitoring priority habitats by maintaining datasets and geospatial information, which can include mapping, data management, and analysis that help track habitat trends, inform management decisions, and document project outcomes over time. Applicants can also propose analysis of how federal land and water management actions affect wildlife habitat, which can help agencies and partners anticipate impacts, reduce harm, and target mitigation or restoration where it will matter most.

Public engagement is an explicit component as well. The program supports educational outreach that helps communities understand how drought, wildland fire, unusual weather events, and insects or disease can affect wildlife and habitat preservation. This outreach focus signals an interest not only in ecological results on the ground, but also in building public awareness and support for stewardship actions that may be necessary as environmental conditions change.

Eligibility is wide and includes state, county, and local governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not higher education institutions in that category). Funding details listed for the opportunity include an award ceiling of $20,000 and an expectation of two awards. The opportunity was created on February 25, 2020, with an original closing date of April 27, 2020. Overall, this is a relatively small, partnership-oriented BLM funding opportunity aimed at targeted habitat and wildlife management actions, supported by monitoring, data work, impact analysis, and public outreach.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NM Wildlife Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.247.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 25, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 27, 2020. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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