On December 16, 2024, DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) posted a $1,000,000 funding opportunity in California through BLM’s California Wildlife Program. The funding will be used to support a range of activities including to “protect wildlife habitat, migration, habitat connectivity that supports biodiversity; increase resilience to climate change and help leverage natural climate solutions;” and more. Individual awards will be between $5,000 and $1,000,000. Applications are due by February 14, 2025 at 5pm ET. Additional application information can be found here.
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 money for DOI to support conservation, resilience, and ecosystem restoration projects.