Opportunity ID: 53882

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: L10AS00036
Funding Opportunity Title: BLM WY Improving Sagebrush Reclamation in Bentonite Mining Areas of the Bighorn Basin (CESU)
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
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: Apr 20, 2010
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 20, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 20, 2010
Archive Date: Jun 30, 2010
Estimated Total Program Funding: $96,800
Award Ceiling: $96,800
Award Floor: $96,800

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: BLM intends to award this project to a member of the Great Plains CESU network.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Bureau of Land Management
Description: A. Project Background Information: The Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, intends to award a cooperative agreement with the University of Wyoming ¿ Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center (UW-WRRC) to gather data to help develop improved techniques/best management practices (BMPs) to accomplish more, successful sagebrush reclamation on mined lands in the Bighorn Basin and other areas with similar characteristics. The project would also assess the successes and/or failures of sagebrush reclamation on bentonite-mined lands over the past 20 years.

B. Project Objective: The University of Wyoming ¿ Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center (UW-WRRC) will work to determine the best techniques/best management practices to accomplish successful sagebrush reclamation on mined lands. The UW-WRRC will both gather data on its own about climate, soils, and plant communities, and use existing data/locations of past sagebrush reclamation provided by the CYFO and mine company contacts to discover and summarize the best sagebrush reclamation techniques available. UW-WRRC would do the following: (1) review mine permit documents to determine pre-mine vegetation communities, soil data, and species seeded during reclamation efforts, (2) conduct field assessments of reclaimed bentonite lands to determine plant species present, (3) assess recent climatological records, and (4) statistically evaluate the relationships between vegetation establishment, soils, and climate, and discuss in a final report. UW-WRRC would provide the BLM with a quarterly report to ensure the project was progressing as required.

C. Period of Agreement: 2 years

Link to Additional Information: http://www.grants.gov
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

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

Email:ipowers@blm.gov

Version History

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Folder 53882 Full Announcement-1 -> l10as00036 rfa bentonite.pdf

Packages

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

Email: ipowers@blm.gov

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
15.231 PKG00018141 Apr 20, 2010 May 20, 2010 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

53882 SF424-2.0.pdf

53882 Project-1.1.pdf

53882 Budget-1.1.pdf

53882 SF424A-1.0.pdf

53882 SF424B-1.1.pdf

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