The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering this grant to partner on the development and peer review of critical classification and mapping products for public programs such as LANDFIRE and NatureServe Explorer. This initiative aims to increase the accuracy of vegetation data and facilitate the National Vegetation Classification’s (NVC) adoption by both public and private land managers. The resulting tools will support interagency implementation through the FGDC Vegetation subcommittee, providing a common language for inventory and monitoring efforts. This standardization enhances efficiency, promotes information sharing, and improves public understanding of the nation’s vegetation resources and their changes over time, ultimately benefiting BLM with more consistent and accurate data.
Opportunity ID: 240074
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | L13AS00209 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Developing Tools and Education Materials for Implementing the National Vegetation Classification |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.231 — Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 16, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 13, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,400,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $400,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Land Management |
| Description: | The principle purpose of this agreement is to make the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) available and usable by anyone in the US. This proposal seeks a partner for development and peer review of classification and mapping products for publicly available programs like LANDFIRE, NatureServe Explorer and VegPlot. Products produced in this proposal can provide increased accuracy of information and facilitate use of the NVC by both public and private land managers. The tools in development can be used for interagency implementation of the NVC through the FGDC Vegetation subcommittee. Both public and private land managers are actively engaged in inventory and monitoring vegetation resources across the nation. The common language provided by the NVC increases the return on those individual investments in this survey work and allows all to be more efficient and share information widely to increase our understanding of the nations vegetation resource. Having one vegetation language benefits the public and increases their s ability to understand what the vegetation is in an area of concern to them and increases understanding of how it is changing over time. The BLM benefits by having more accurate and standardized data on public lands that correlates with vegetation outside our jurisdictional boundaries for a landscape or watershed scale view of the condition of vegetation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://grants.gov/apply |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Lisa Clayton
Grants Management Officer Phone 202-912-7098 Email:lisa_clayton@blm.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 240074 Full Announcement-1 -> rfa for nvc.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Lisa Clayton Grants Management Officer Phone 202-912-7098 Email: lisa_clayton@blm.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.231 | PKG00183370 | Aug 16, 2013 | Sep 13, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
240074 SF424-2.0.pdf
240074 Project-1.1.pdf
240074 Budget-1.1.pdf
240074 SF424A-1.0.pdf
240074 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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