BLM UT Moab Field Office Hand on the Lands - Youth Engagement Partnership

Funding Opportunity Number: L15AS00143 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.225Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Jul 27, 2015Award Ceiling: $23,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 29, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This project helps to support a partnership between the BLM Moab Field Office and an outdoor education organization to establish a Hands on the Land field camp site in order to highlight and expand educational opportunities for students concerning nature, natural cycles and scientific observations. This project supports and works in conjunction with middle school curricula while providing students with "hands on" experiences in an outdoor field classroom. Students will be encouraged to learn about the natural processes, participate in recording and documenting cultural resources such as Ancestral Puebloan rock art, and participate in natural resource enhancement projects such as removal of non-native vegetation. A field camp is located on private property. The students would stay at the field camp for several nights alongside their instructors. The Field Camp will host local Moab eighth grade students. Many local students have never had...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding