FY24 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Nevada (NV) Recreation and Visitor Services Program | L24AS00229

Opportunity Information: Apply for L24AS00229

The FY24 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Nevada (NV) Recreation and Visitor Services Program (Funding Opportunity Number L24AS00229) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It supports recreation and visitor services work on BLM-managed public lands in Nevada and is offered through cooperative agreements, which generally means BLM expects to be substantially involved in the project during performance (for example, coordinating planning, providing technical direction, or collaborating on implementation and oversight). The funding activity category is Natural Resources and the assistance listing is under CFDA/Assistance Listing 15.225.

Eligibility is limited to a broad set of public and nonprofit partners, including 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 Tribal governments; other Tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the latter category). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible under this notice of funding opportunity, so proposals from private businesses or individual applicants will not be considered for award.

A key restriction in this NOFO is that it does not support entities 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 specific authority, and as a result, eligible Youth Conservation Corps applicants looking to do youth/intern crew-based projects must instead apply under a different, specific funding pathway: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In practical terms, applicants should avoid structuring proposals around Public Lands Corps intern/crew hiring under this recreation and visitor services NOFO, and if youth corps labor is the core of the approach, they should target the youth conservation opportunity notice instead.

The opportunity also includes important guidance for applicants connected to Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs). CESUs are partnerships designed to facilitate research, studies, monitoring, technical assistance, and educational services that align with the CESU mission. If BLM issues a cooperative agreement to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement and the proposed work is consistent with CESU purposes, then indirect costs are capped at no more than 17.5 percent of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner's federally approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA). Applicants are expected to state whether their proposal advances CESU purposes and, if it does, to indicate which CESU Network should serve as the host.

The original application closing date for this funding opportunity was March 19, 2024, and the stated award ceiling is $750,000. While the notice excerpt does not specify the exact number of expected awards, the program is positioned as a competitive, project-based investment tied to BLM Nevada recreation and visitor services priorities under FY24 funding associated with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and/or the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Applicants preparing similar proposals should be ready to demonstrate clear public-land recreation or visitor service outcomes, fit with BLM Nevada priorities, compliance with the eligibility and youth intern restrictions, and (where relevant) adherence to CESU indirect cost limits and network-host identification.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY24 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management Nevada (NV) Recreation and Visitor Services Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.225.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-19. (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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