BLM NV Ely DO 2009 Round 3 Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative

Post Date

September 30th 2009

Application Due Date

November 14th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

BLM-NV-RFIP-09-1430

CFDA Number(s)

15.224

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative for Cultural resources Management on Public Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management is for inventory, evaluation, protection and management of unique archaeological resources in Lincoln County as defined in the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $600000

• Award Range:

  $25000 - $200000

Grant Description

The Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 provides that 85% of proceeds from the auction of public land in Lincoln County be placed in a special account administered by the Secretary of the Interior. One purpose of the account is to make funds available for inventory, evaluation, protection and management of unique archaeological resources in Lincoln County. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has established the Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative (LCAI) to allocate monies from the account for archaeological projects to carry out the purposes of the Land Act. Proponents under this initiative will submit their proposals as outlined below. The purpose of this request for initial proposals is to nominate projects based on specified annual initiative priorities. This is request is for the Round 3 Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Susan Kaller
  skaller@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Management Officer

• Agency Email Address:

  skaller@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov