Unlock Up To $50K for Nevada Conservation Projects

The Challenge Cost Share (CCS) Program was first implemented in 1985 when Congress appropriated money within the wildlife program for partnership conservation projects. Since then the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has expanded this cost-share program to include other resource programs with partnership opportunities. The CCS program now funds the following kinds of activities: research, monitoring and inventory of resources; implementation of habitat improvement projects, protection or documentation of cultural resources; providing for enhanced recreational experiences; development and implementation of species conservation and recovery plans; environmental education; conservation projects for native plant communities and eradication of noxious and other weeds. In Nevada, the program is managed to maintain a variety of partnerships for wildlife, recreation, cultural resources, and native plant community conservation including rare plants, fisheries, and riparian habitat at the local level.

Partnership contributions are required with a 50:50 overall cost share with non-federal dollars. Nevada BLM cost share will not exceed $50,000 per project annually. Multiple year projects up to but not exceeding 5 years are acceptable The objective of the Nevada CCS program is to have a cost effective, local-level cost share program with non-federal partners to implement conservation or other public land management projects for the good of the general public and public resources, including but not limited to, recreation, fish, wildlife, special status plants, water quality, cultural sites and historical trails. The projects listed below are approved for FY 2012.

New proposals are being accepted for FY 2013 and FY 2014 see section D of full annoncement.