Opportunity Information: Apply for L17AS00056
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California State Office announced a statewide discretionary funding opportunity titled "BLM CA Cultural and Archaeologicial Resources, California State Office Statewide Announcement" (Funding Opportunity Number L17AS00056). Issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, this opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 15.224 and sits within the Natural Resources funding activity category. The notice was created on April 18, 2017, with an original application closing date of June 19, 2017.
The core purpose of the opportunity is to establish a strategic partnership that can support BLM across California in managing cultural and archaeological resources on BLM-administered public lands. BLM is specifically looking for a recipient (or recipients) with broad, demonstrated technical capability spanning several key disciplines and services. These include cultural and archaeological resource inventories (field identification and documentation of sites and historic properties), collections management (care, organization, and accountability for archaeological collections and associated records), ongoing resource monitoring (tracking site condition and threats over time), research activities that strengthen cultural resource understanding and decision-making, vulnerability assessments (evaluating exposure and risk to resources from factors like erosion, development pressures, recreation impacts, theft, wildfire, or climate-related change), and sensitivity modeling (using environmental and cultural data to predict where resources are more likely to occur or where they may be most at risk).
A major theme in the description is speed, consistency, and usefulness of deliverables. BLM indicates a need to conduct important fieldwork and studies in a timely manner across the entire state, which implies work may be geographically dispersed and may need to ramp up quickly based on project demands. The partnership is also intended to help leverage funding, meaning BLM expects the cooperative agreement structure to support coordination, shared planning, and potentially combining or stretching resources to accomplish more work than would be possible through isolated efforts. Another explicit priority is ensuring that reports, datasets, and other products are provided in the correct BLM format and follow BLM guidelines, signaling that compliance with agency standards for documentation, data management, and reporting is an important evaluation and performance expectation.
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open to any type of applicant entity, subject to any additional eligibility details that may be included in the full announcement. The award ceiling is $500,000, and BLM anticipated making up to 10 awards. Overall, the opportunity is designed to build statewide capacity for cultural and archaeological resource work on BLM lands by partnering with organizations that can deliver multi-disciplinary expertise, produce standardized and usable deliverables, and support BLM in completing inventories, management tasks, monitoring, and analytical studies efficiently across California.Apply for L17AS00056
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM CA Cultural and Archaeologicial Resources, California State Office Statewide Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.224.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 18, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 19, 2017. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "BLM CA Cultural and Archaeologicial Resources, California State Office Statewide Announcement."
2) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L17AS00056.
3) Which agency is offering this opportunity?
This opportunity was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California State Office.
4) What type of award is being offered?
The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, indicating an award model that emphasizes coordination and shared planning between BLM and the recipient(s).
5) What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 15.224.
6) What funding activity category does this opportunity fall under?
The funding activity category is Natural Resources.
7) When was the notice created?
The notice was created on April 18, 2017.
8) What was the original application closing date?
The original application closing date was June 19, 2017.
9) What is the main purpose of this statewide announcement?
The core purpose is to establish a strategic partnership that supports BLM across California in managing cultural and archaeological resources on BLM-administered public lands.
10) What kinds of capabilities is BLM looking for in a recipient?
BLM is looking for broad, demonstrated technical capability spanning multiple cultural resource disciplines and services, including inventories, collections management, monitoring, research, vulnerability assessments, and sensitivity modeling.
11) What are "cultural and archaeological resource inventories" in the context of this opportunity?
Inventories include field identification and documentation of sites and historic properties on BLM-administered public lands.
12) What does "collections management" mean here?
Collections management refers to the care, organization, and accountability for archaeological collections and associated records.
13) What is meant by "ongoing resource monitoring"?
Monitoring involves tracking site condition and threats over time, supporting ongoing management and protection of cultural resources.
14) What types of research activities are relevant to this opportunity?
The opportunity includes research activities that strengthen cultural resource understanding and improve decision-making for managing resources on public lands.
15) What is a "vulnerability assessment" in this program description?
A vulnerability assessment is an evaluation of exposure and risk to cultural and archaeological resources from factors such as erosion, development pressures, recreation impacts, theft, wildfire, or climate-related change.
16) What is "sensitivity modeling" as described in the announcement?
Sensitivity modeling refers to using environmental and cultural data to predict where cultural resources are more likely to occur or where they may be most at risk.
17) Does BLM expect the work to cover the entire state of California?
Yes. The announcement emphasizes statewide support for BLM across California, and it notes that fieldwork and studies may need to be conducted in a timely manner across the entire state.
18) Why does the announcement emphasize speed and consistency?
BLM states a need to complete important fieldwork and studies in a timely manner statewide, and it also emphasizes consistent, useful deliverables that can be applied effectively to BLM management needs.
19) What does BLM mean by "deliverables in the correct BLM format"?
BLM indicates that reports, datasets, and other products should be provided in the correct BLM format and follow BLM guidelines, highlighting the importance of compliance with BLM documentation, data management, and reporting standards.
20) What kinds of deliverables are implied by the announcement?
The description references reports, datasets, and other products tied to inventories, collections management, monitoring, research, vulnerability assessments, and sensitivity modeling, with an emphasis on producing materials that align with BLM formats and guidelines.
21) Is this opportunity intended to help "leverage funding"?
Yes. The partnership is intended to help leverage funding, suggesting coordinated planning and combined or stretched resources to accomplish more work than isolated efforts.
22) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open to any type of applicant entity, subject to any additional details that may appear in the full announcement.
23) How much funding is available per award?
The award ceiling is $500,000.
24) How many awards does BLM anticipate making?
BLM anticipated making up to 10 awards.
25) Can more than one recipient be selected?
Yes. The announcement indicates BLM is seeking a recipient (or recipients) and anticipated making up to 10 awards.
26) What geographic lands are the focus of the work?
The work focuses on cultural and archaeological resources on BLM-administered public lands in California.
27) What are some examples of threats that monitoring and vulnerability work may consider?
The announcement lists erosion, development pressures, recreation impacts, theft, wildfire, and climate-related change as examples of factors that can affect vulnerability and risk.
28) What is the overall goal of the partnership described?
The overall goal is to build statewide capacity for cultural and archaeological resource work on BLM lands by partnering with organizations that can deliver multi-disciplinary expertise, standardized deliverables, and efficient statewide support for inventories, management tasks, monitoring, and analytical studies.
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