Arizona Wildlife Program | L19AS00035

Opportunity Information: Apply for L19AS00035

The Arizona Wildlife Program grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L19AS00035) is a discretionary funding program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is designed to support on-the-ground and collaborative work that maintains, restores, and conserves wildlife species and the habitats they depend on across BLM-administered public lands in Arizona. The overarching purpose is to help ensure wildlife populations remain self-sustaining and that public lands continue to hold a healthy, natural abundance and diversity of species for the benefit and enjoyment of current and future generations.

At its core, the opportunity focuses on conserving a wide range of wildlife, reflecting the diversity found on BLM lands. These landscapes provide habitat for thousands of species, including mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and invertebrates, across some of the most ecologically varied and important environments in the United States. Projects supported under this program are generally expected to align with practical wildlife and habitat conservation outcomes, such as improving habitat conditions, addressing factors that limit species persistence, supporting recovery or stability of sensitive species, and sustaining biodiversity at meaningful landscape scales.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates a more hands-on partnership approach than a standard grant. In practice, that means the BLM may remain actively involved during the life of the project, coordinating on planning, implementation, monitoring, or other technical aspects, and working alongside the recipient and other partners. The program description also emphasizes cooperation with federal and state wildlife agencies and other partner organizations, signaling that proposals that demonstrate strong coordination, shared objectives, and leveraged resources are likely to fit well within the intent of the opportunity.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of entities that commonly work on conservation and land stewardship. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in that category listing); and small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests the program is meant to support a mix of public-sector, tribal, nonprofit, academic, and private-sector partners capable of delivering wildlife and habitat conservation work on or tied to BLM lands.

The opportunity was posted with a creation date of June 25, 2019, and an original closing date of August 30, 2019. The maximum award amount listed is $500,000, and the agency anticipated making about 5 awards. The funding activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 15.247, which is a standard identifier used for federal assistance programs.

In summary, this funding opportunity supports collaborative wildlife and habitat conservation efforts in Arizona on BLM-managed public lands, with an emphasis on maintaining biodiversity and healthy wildlife populations through cooperative, partner-driven projects. It offers up to $500,000 per award, anticipates a small number of funded projects, and is open to a wide range of governmental, tribal, nonprofit, academic, and small business applicants who can contribute to practical conservation outcomes on these ecologically significant landscapes.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Arizona Wildlife Program" 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 Jun 25, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 30, 2019. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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), 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, Small businesses.

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