Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00440
The IIJA Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00440) is a discretionary federal funding program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), focused on natural resource work tied to hazardous fuels management and community fire assistance in the Oregon/Washington BLM State area. The funding is offered through cooperative agreements, which typically means BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordinating on planning, technical standards, or implementation steps) rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant.
The core purpose of the program is to support work that reduces wildfire risk and improves community resilience, generally by addressing hazardous fuels and supporting activities that help communities prepare for and respond to wildfire threats. While the provided notice text is brief and does not list specific project types, the title and program framing signal alignment with fuels reduction and related community assistance efforts that are consistent with BLM fuels management objectives under the broader infrastructure and wildfire resilience priorities.
Eligibility is limited to public and nonprofit entities and certain educational institutions. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status. Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so proposals must come from qualifying governmental, tribal, educational, housing authority, or nonprofit entities.
A key restriction in this notice is that it does not support applicants hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The notice emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that mechanism, and that youth or conservation corps-style internship projects must be pursued under a separate BLM funding pathway. Specifically, eligible Youth Conservation Corps applicants are directed to develop those types of projects under NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands, rather than under this fuels management and community fire assistance opportunity. In practical terms, organizations looking to use the award primarily to place interns or field crews through a Public Lands Corps structure would need to pursue the other NOFO instead of this one.
The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $750,000, indicating the maximum expected federal share per award under this notice. The original application closing date was March 15, 2023, and the opportunity was created on December 14, 2022. The CFDA (assistance listing) number associated with the program is 15.228, and the activity category is Natural Resources, reinforcing that the primary emphasis is land and fuels management work connected to wildfire risk reduction and associated community support in the BLM Oregon/Washington context.Apply for L23AS00440
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "IIJA Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.228.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-12-14.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-03-15. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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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