On December 4, 2024, DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) posted three funding opportunities in Colorado to support and protect natural resources on public lands:
1) DOI will award up to $1,000,000 for cultural and paleontological resource management projects. Individual awards will be between $50,000 and $500,000. Additional application information can be found here.
2) DOI will award up to $800,000 for recreation and visitor services projects. Individual awards will be between $5,000 and $200,000. Additional application information can be found here.
3) DOI will award up to $120,000 for forest and woodlands resource management projects. The individual award will be between $100,000 and $120,000. Additional application information can be found here.
Applications for all programs are due by February 3, 2025. The awards will be made with BLM’s fiscal year 2025 funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act. IRA sections 50121 and 50122 appropriated funding for DOI to support conservation, resilience, and ecosystem restoration projects.