BLM-Alaska Post Fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation, Vegetation Monitoring, Planting, and Treatments (including herbicides), Mined Watershed Assessment, Restoration, and Outreach

Funding Opportunity Number: L15AS00182 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.236Eligible Applicants State governmentsAgency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Aug 12, 2015Award Ceiling: $1,500,000Expected Number of Awards: 12Creation Date: Jun 11, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Implementation of actions to meet management goals can require specialized training, experience and /or equipment. Each year thousands of acres are burned by wildfire in Alaska. Fire may alter the conditions such that other resources are threatened either in the short or long term and should be addressed immediately after the fire. In order to reduce impacts or prevent changes that may be irreversible it is desirable to address some fire effects very soon after the burn is contained. This may include the development of rehabilitation plans, engineering of remediation or protection projects, and implementation of planned activities to prevent undesirable degradation. Invasive species (terrestrial and aquatic) and other activities are increasingly affecting the natural landscape and should be addressed through integrated management pest plans (IPMP) which may be part of a fire rehabilitation plan or simply to address invasive species in other settings. Vegetation management aside from invasive species may assist with fire prevention (hazard fuels reductio...

Source: Grants.gov - June 12, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding