BLM WY Sweetwater County Conservation District Projects

Post Date

August 10th 2010

Application Due Date

August 30th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

L10AS00246

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Eligible Applicants: Sweetwater County Conservation District This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Land Management's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $6000

• Award Range:

  $6000 - $6000

Grant Description

A. Project Background Information: Funds will be used for a WLCI supported project with partners to provide riparian plant species for placement along various sections of Bitter Creek to promote riparian health, stream stabilization, and reduce erosion. Bitter Creek is classified as a Wyoming 303 (d) stream where water quality could be improved. This project will help address the water quality of Bitter Creek by working to reduce sedimentation, improve stream bank stabilization and improve water quality. The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) is a part of the BLM Healthy Landscapes Initiative. WLCI works with partners to implement a long-term science-based program to assess and enhance the quality and quantity of aquatic and terrestrial habitats at a landscape scale in Southwest Wyoming, while facilitating responsible development. As funds become available, other projects would be designed to meet WLCI objectives including additional riparian plantings, improving fish passage through removal of barriers to fish passage, improving wildlife migration through removal and modification of barriers such as fencing, and promoting native seed collections and plantings. B. Project Objective: The objective of the project is to maintain, improve or enhance habitats within the Sweetwater County Conservation District Area. This includes working with partners, exploring opportunities to share funds, materials, in-kind support and expertise, to help meet the goals and objectives of WLCI. Specific projects will be identified each year as needed, with the specific responsibilities of each of the agreement parties identified and appended to this agreement. The initial project will provide plant materials for placing along portions of Bitter Creek to promot

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293
  ipowers@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov