Bureau of Land Management Nevada Recreation and Visitor Services | L22AS00254

Opportunity Information: Apply for L22AS00254

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada Recreation and Visitor Services grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L22AS00254) is a discretionary federal funding program administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior through BLM. The opportunity is intended to support work tied to natural resource and public land recreation and visitor services in Nevada, and it is offered through a cooperative agreement, which generally means BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordinating on planning, prioritization, oversight, or technical direction rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant).

Eligibility for this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is limited to a defined set of public and nonprofit entities, as well as institutions of higher education. Eligible applicants include state, county, city/township, and 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; Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so proposals from private businesses or from a person applying independently would not be considered under this NOFO.

A key restriction in the announcement concerns youth hiring and internship-style arrangements. This NOFO does not support projects that involve entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that framework, and because of that, youth conservation corps-type projects must be pursued under a different BLM funding line specifically designed for that purpose. The opportunity directs eligible Youth Conservation Corps applicants to use NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands, rather than applying those intern/crew concepts here.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, the program is cataloged under CFDA 15.225 and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument type. The listed award ceiling is $340,000, indicating the maximum amount anticipated for an individual award under this opportunity. The posting was created on March 8, 2022, and the original closing date for applications was May 10, 2022. While the record shows "ExpectedAwards:" without a number provided, applicants would typically interpret that as the posting not specifying how many awards BLM planned to make, which can affect competitiveness and planning.

In practical terms, this NOFO is best suited for government entities, tribes/tribal organizations, nonprofits, and colleges or universities that want to partner with BLM Nevada on recreation and visitor service efforts on public lands, but it is not the right vehicle for proposals centered on youth crews, interns, or similar staffing models under the Public Lands Corps authority. Any applicant whose core project design depends on that kind of youth employment mechanism would need to shift to the BLM youth conservation funding opportunity referenced in the notice, or redesign the project scope to fit within the constraints of this recreation and visitor services program.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bureau of Land Management Nevada Recreation and Visitor Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.225.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-03-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-05-10. (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 $340,000.00 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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