Closed · L17AS00086 · CFDA 15.231 · Discretionary

BLM OR/WA Biological Soil Crust Resarch and Restoration

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Land Management, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$65K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 3, 2017
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

BLM OR/WA Biological Soil Crust Resarch and Restoration is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Land Management that offered $1 -- $65,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 3,020 other opportunities from Bureau of Land Management.

$1-$65K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
15.231
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BLM OR/WA Biological Soil Crust Resarch and R… is closed (last close July 3, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 15.231 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Land Management still indexes 3,020 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 3, 2017

Posted May 4 Closes Jul 3

Est. Total Funding

$65,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Biological soil crusts (BSC) have been determined to be very important in native rangeland systems in limiting the spread of weeds, decreasing fuel loads, and holding native soils in place (reducing erosion). BSC is lost following wildfire, agriculture, intense grazing or other repeated physical disturbance. Very little information is available on whether BSC can be cultured and enhanced to restore damaged sites. This agreement will support research on BSC that will benefit both BLM land management and land management across all rangeland ownerships. The objective is to collaborate with a partner to gather additional information about biological soil crusts within the watershed, including culturing and using these crusts in restoration. Objectives of this agreement will be to determine: a) how much open (disturbed) ground surface needs to be seeded with BSC to meet restoration goals?; b) how effective is BSC amplification (culturing) at increasing the amount of disturbed area that can be treated/restored? Information produced from this agreement will improve BLM land management, and the management of other rangeland managers. Application of results are expected to lead to more resilient shrub-steppe ecosystems.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · L17AS00086

Grants.gov marks BLM OR/WA Biological Soil Crust Resarch and R… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of Land Management book (1,420 peers, 47% of 3,021).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 15.231

Fish and Wildlife Service Research Grants

U.S. Department of the Interior

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Agency Contact

Shelli Timmons (503) 808-6295 srtimmons@blm.gov

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What to do next

BLM OR/WA Biological Soil Crust Resarch and R… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 15.231 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Fish and Wildlife Service Research Grants indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau of Land Management lists 3,020 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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