Opportunity Information: Apply for L25AS00297
The FY25 Bureau of Land Management Forest and Woodlands Resource Management - Bureau Wide opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L25AS00297; CFDA 15.233) is a discretionary funding program that will make awards through cooperative agreements to support on-the-ground forest and woodland work on BLM-managed public lands. The main goal is to fund high-priority projects that measurably improve forest and woodland health and resilience, strengthen sustainable forest management, reduce wildfire risk, support habitat conservation needs, and address recovery from insects, disease, and fire. A related emphasis is supporting biomass utilization for bioenergy where it fits the land management objectives, which can help reduce hazardous fuels while putting removed material to beneficial use.
The types of activities this program is designed to fund are practical implementation and the required supporting work that makes implementation possible. Examples include planting trees; pre-commercial and commercial thinning; salvage and sanitation treatments following disturbance; controlling competing vegetation; fuels reduction; and riparian or upland restoration. The opportunity also recognizes that many restoration and management projects depend on advance planning and compliance work, so it allows project development and layout, planning analysis, and preparation of documents needed in connection with NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and cultural resource clearances. Data collection and monitoring are also included as eligible components, reflecting the program interest in tracking outcomes and informing adaptive management.
In terms of what BLM is prioritizing, proposals that align with Executive Order 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production, are specifically called out as priority activities under this announcement. In practice, that means competitive proposals are likely to clearly link forest and woodland health treatments to outcomes such as improved productivity and sustainability of forest resources, increased resilience to fire and insects/disease, and responsible timber-related objectives where appropriate, while still meeting broader ecological and public land stewardship goals.
Eligibility is limited to public and nonprofit and education partners rather than private commercial applicants. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized Tribal governments and other Tribal organizations; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply under this notice of funding opportunity. Another restriction is that this NOFO is not intended to support projects that hire interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice explains that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that framework, so youth corps-style proposals need to be directed to the separate BLM youth opportunity (NOFO 15.243 - BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands) rather than this forest and woodlands management NOFO.
The program is administered by the Bureau of Land Management and uses the cooperative agreement instrument, which generally indicates that BLM expects to have substantial involvement during project implementation (for example, coordination on project design, compliance, technical direction, or monitoring). The posted award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award. The opportunity was created on June 23, 2025, and the original application closing date is July 23, 2025.
The notice also provides specific guidance for applicants that are part of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) network. CESUs are partnerships intended to support research, assessments, monitoring, technical assistance, and education services. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement and the project aligns with the CESU purpose, indirect costs are capped at no more than 17.5 percent of the approved indirect cost base recognized in the partner's federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (NICRA). Applicants are expected to state whether their proposal furthers the CESU program purpose and, if it does, identify which CESU Network should be considered as the host.
Overall, this funding opportunity is aimed at partners that can help BLM deliver tangible, high-priority forest and woodland outcomes on public lands, including active management treatments, restoration, fuels and fire resilience work, and the planning, compliance, and monitoring needed to implement those projects responsibly and effectively.Apply for L25AS00297
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 Bureau of Land Management Forest and Woodlands Resource Management- Bureau Wide" 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 2025-06-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-23. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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