BLM ORWA All Lands Collaborative Planning - Rogue Basin | L18AS00094

Opportunity Information: Apply for L18AS00094

The BLM ORWA All Lands Collaborative Planning - Rogue Basin grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L18AS00094) is a small, targeted Bureau of Land Management funding effort designed to support collaborative planning work in southwestern Oregon focused on wildfire risk reduction and landscape resilience. The opportunity is grounded in the 2016 BLM Southwestern Oregon Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan, which sets management objectives for handling fire, fuels, and wildfire response in a way that aligns with the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. In practical terms, the grant is meant to help BLM work alongside communities near federal lands and coordinate with local, state, and federal partners to reduce the threats and risks posed by wildland fire across jurisdictional boundaries.

The project emphasis sits squarely within the Rogue Basin and is closely tied to existing, widely used planning frameworks and datasets. The notice specifically points to the Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy: A Collaborative Vision for Resilient Landscapes and Fire Adapted Communities (Metlen et al. 2015) as a key foundation for identifying and prioritizing restoration and fire-related projects. It also highlights the Rogue Valley Integrated Fire Plan developed for Jackson and Josephine Counties, along with the Oregon and Washington Wildfire Risk Assessment, as important tools for prioritization and cross-boundary coordination. The underlying idea is that the planning effort funded through this award should not reinvent the wheel, but instead use these established strategies and risk assessment products to help partners agree on where work should happen, what kinds of treatments or actions make sense, and how agencies and communities can align efforts to build more resilient landscapes and fire-adapted communities.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, and it uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement typically signals that BLM expects to remain involved during the period of performance, collaborating with the recipient rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant with minimal agency engagement. The funding activity category is Natural Resources, and the associated CFDA number is 15.233. The opportunity anticipated making a single award (Expected Awards: 1), with an award ceiling of $20,000, indicating a relatively modest budget aimed at planning, coordination, and prioritization work rather than large-scale on-the-ground implementation.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition was open to a wide range of entity types, with the caveat that any additional eligibility clarifications would be provided in the full text of the opportunity under an eligibility section. The posting shows a creation date of August 20, 2018, and an original closing date of September 20, 2018, reflecting a one-month application window at the time it was announced.

Overall, the grant can be read as a focused investment to strengthen multi-agency, cross-boundary planning capacity in the Rogue Basin by leveraging established strategies and risk assessment tools. Its purpose is to support collaboration that leads to better prioritized, coordinated fire and fuels management efforts, consistent with BLM land use plan direction and broader national wildfire strategy goals.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM ORWA All Lands Collaborative Planning - Rogue Basin" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.233.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 20, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2018. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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