BLM ORWA Master Noxious Weed Control Program | L18AS00045

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The BLM ORWA Master Noxious Weed Control Program (Funding Opportunity Number L18AS00045) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, focused on natural resource protection through coordinated noxious weed management in the Pacific Northwest. The program targets BLM-managed and partner lands across Oregon and Washington, as well as the Coeur d Alene area of Idaho, with the central idea that invasive and noxious weeds do not respect administrative boundaries. Because infestations spread across jurisdictions, the BLM is looking to build or strengthen regional partnerships that can plan and act together rather than working in isolated pockets.

The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funding. In practical terms, this can involve close coordination on priorities, work planning, data standards, reporting, and aligning treatment and monitoring approaches so that multiple organizations can operate as part of a shared strategy. The goal is to gain efficiency and impact by coordinating across BLM units and neighboring jurisdictions, pooling resources, and avoiding duplicated effort.

Projects supported under this program are expected to address a broad set of invasive plant management needs. The BLM explicitly highlights collaborative activities such as on-the-ground treatments, inventories and mapping, monitoring, education and outreach, and prevention efforts. This points to a full program approach rather than a single tactic: finding infestations early, documenting where they are and how they are changing, treating effectively, and reducing the chances of new introductions through public awareness and prevention practices. A recurring emphasis is early detection and rapid response, prioritizing removal of new or small infestations early in the invasion cycle before weeds become established, spread widely, and cause greater ecological damage and higher long-term control costs.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition is broadly open to many entity types, subject to any additional eligibility details that might be provided in the full announcement. The funding opportunity includes an award ceiling of $450,000 and anticipated total awards of about five projects. The original posting date was July 18, 2018, with an original closing date of August 17, 2018. The associated CFDA (now often referenced through Assistance Listings) number is 15.230, which corresponds to Bureau of Land Management assistance programs.

Overall, this opportunity is aimed at organizations that can function as effective regional partners and coordinators, helping align weed management activities across boundaries in the Pacific Northwest. Competitive proposals would generally be expected to demonstrate strong collaboration, practical plans for treatment and prevention, credible inventory and monitoring methods, and an ability to share information and resources in a way that increases efficiency and improves long-term invasive species outcomes for public lands and surrounding landscapes.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM ORWA Master Noxious Weed Control Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.230.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 18, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 17, 2018. (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 $450,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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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