BLM-Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project

The summary for the BLM-Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	BLM-Utah Biomass Resources Partnership Project
	CFDA Number:	15.231
	CFDA Description:	Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	L11AS00064
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 05, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 05, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 26, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 26, 2011
	Archive Date:	May 31, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	100,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	44,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	44,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: BLM Utah is seeking a partner under the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Unit to give students and faculty an opportunity to be exposed to a well rounded and functioning collaborative group. This group will facilitate the utilization of biomass, assist in establishing a biomass market, generate community support, add to the local economy, and help meet forest and woodland health and management goals. Additionally, this will help land management agencies provide a leading role in fulfilling goals for a new energy economy based on a rapid and responsible move to large-scale production of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy. This collaborative effort is in direct support of the BLM draft biomass strategy. Opportunities for biomass utilization in BLM Utah are great; however, currently available markets and costs associated with removing/hauling material make small scale utilization profit negligible. In many instances, in regard to restoration treatments, biomass utilization as opposed to mastication or burning can be viewed as financially impractical while the overall ecosystem and carbon benefit of biomass removal is greater.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Maria Gochis, Grants Management Officer, 801-539-4178maria_gochis@blm.gov
maria_gochis@blm.gov [maria_gochis@blm.gov]
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