Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management NV Invasive and Noxious Management | L21AS00405

Opportunity Information: Apply for L21AS00405

The "Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) NV Invasive and Noxious Management" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L21AS00405) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically means BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The activity category is Natural Resources under CFDA 15.230, and the overall focus is work related to invasive and noxious species management on or connected to BLM-managed lands in Nevada.

Eligibility is limited to public and mission-driven entities rather than private commercial applicants. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments (including special districts), independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, other tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so any proposal led by a private person or a commercial business would not be considered under this announcement.

A key restriction in this notice is that it does not support entities hiring interns or crews under this program. The opportunity explains that the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns, and because of that, youth corps or similar groups cannot use this specific NOFO as a pathway to place interns or field crews on BLM projects. Instead, youth-focused work must be proposed under a different, designated funding opportunity: NOFO 15.243, "BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands." In practical terms, applicants to this Nevada invasive/noxious management notice should design projects around programmatic work, partnerships, planning, treatment implementation, monitoring, outreach, coordination, or other eligible activities that do not rely on using this award to staff intern or crew positions in a way that conflicts with those authorities.

The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $200,000, indicating the maximum anticipated federal amount per award under the announcement. The original closing date was June 29, 2021, with a creation date of April 28, 2021, which places it within a specific historical application window. While the notice does not state an exact number of expected awards in the provided data, the ceiling gives a sense of project scale: proposals would generally be sized for targeted, implementable invasive and noxious species management outcomes rather than very large multi-million-dollar efforts.

Overall, this opportunity is best suited for government agencies, tribes, universities, and nonprofits that can partner with BLM Nevada on invasive and noxious plant (and potentially broader invasive species) management efforts, while staying clear of structuring the project around intern or youth crew hiring. Applicants that want to incorporate youth corps elements are directed to pursue the separate BLM youth conservation funding pathway rather than trying to fit that component into this announcement.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management NV Invasive and Noxious Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.230.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-04-28.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-29. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
• 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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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