Opportunity Information: Apply for L17AS00004
The BLM Utah Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program Partnership grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L17AS00004) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, focused on strengthening the Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program (CPNPP). CPNPP is a multi-stakeholder, BLM-coordinated regional partnership that supports healthier public-land ecosystems by improving the availability, quality, and use of native plant materials for restoration and reclamation. It is designed to align with broader national priorities such as the National Seed Strategy and pollinator protection efforts, while also helping land managers respond to invasive species, increasing wildfire impacts, and long-term environmental change.
At its core, the opportunity funds partner-driven work that expands the full pipeline of native plant materials development and application. That pipeline includes collecting wildland seed and other propagules (including for vascular plants and potentially soil organisms), banking and storage, selecting and testing plant materials, defining seed transfer zones, scaling up seed increases, supporting releases to industry, running research trials, and tracking real-world effectiveness through monitoring. The program also explicitly welcomes technically sophisticated approaches such as molecular analyses and scenario modeling to guide priorities, reflecting an emphasis on evidence-based decision-making rather than ad hoc restoration.
The BLM frames the work through eight program goals that applicants can support in whole or in part, with awards prioritized based on current CPNPP needs. Those goals include: (1) native seed collection to support evaluation and development, (2) evaluation and development of plant materials, (3) field establishment, (4) seed production by private growers, (5) seed storage, (6) restoring native plant communities, (7) monitoring restoration activities, and (8) communication with partners and the public. In practical terms, applicants can propose projects ranging from hands-on field collection and common garden experiments to data management systems and outreach products that make restoration information easier to use and replicate.
The notice highlights several topic areas of particular interest at the time of posting. These include building and maintaining a new non-federal CPNPP website, improving overall program activity with Native American Tribes (including citizen science collaborations), and strengthening data management and administrative capacity through online tools and applications. It also emphasizes information synthesis and communication, education and outreach, development of demonstration sites or gardens, and scientific work such as scenario modeling that helps determine where collection and seed-increase efforts should be focused. Additional examples of encouraged work include economic analyses (including valuation of biodiversity and other non-market benefits), propagation and storage research, leadership of citizen science projects (existing or newly developed), and activities that support pollinator conservation.
Because this is a cooperative agreement, the expectation is active coordination with the BLM and other partners rather than a standalone, disconnected project. Partners are expected to operate transparently with strong fiscal accountability, and to demonstrate quality assurance/quality control practices along with clear management plans. Ongoing collaboration requirements are spelled out: participation in annual meetings, regular CPNPP conference calls, cooperation across the partner network, and responsiveness to progress inquiries and outreach needs. The BLM is also seeking partners whose missions overlap with CPNPP and who are interested in sustained collaboration over the long term, described as five years or more, even though future funding beyond the initial period is not guaranteed.
Structurally, the opportunity anticipates first-year funding that sits within a broader five-year assistance agreement framework. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that include a five-year vision and budget estimates, even though initial awards cover only the first year. The posted maximum federal funding per award is $75,000, with an expectation of about four awards. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types may apply, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.
The stated public benefit is centered on improving the capacity to restore and reclaim public lands across the Colorado Plateau by increasing both the supply and the practical effectiveness of native plant materials. The BLM also stresses the value of improving scientific rigor in studies that guide seed development priorities, and of documenting and communicating restoration methods and outcomes so other practitioners can learn from them. Beyond technical restoration gains, the program frames benefits in terms of broader public outcomes: better stewardship of natural resources, stronger ecosystem services and ecological processes, and more inclusive engagement in natural resources management, including opportunities for youth and underrepresented groups to participate.Apply for L17AS00004
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM Utah Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program Partnership for Seed Collection, Seed Use Research, Demonstration Gardens, Outreach/Communications/Web Support and Meetings" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.231.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 13, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 13, 2017. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 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.
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