Opportunity Information: Apply for L17AS00165
The BLM-WO Outcomes-Focused Recreation and Community Assessment Project (Funding Opportunity Number L17AS00165) was a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discretionary grant opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior under CFDA 15.225, focused on natural resources and recreation management. Offered as a cooperative agreement, it was designed to support a single project (expected awards: 1) with funding up to an award ceiling of $90,000. The opportunity was created on June 14, 2017, with an original application deadline of August 14, 2017. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to applicants of many types, subject to any additional eligibility language contained in the full notice.
The purpose of the project centers on the BLM's shift in how it plans for and manages recreation on public lands. The notice explains that recreation has increasingly been recognized as a major contributor to quality of life, economic vitality, social well-being, and environmental outcomes. Over time, recreation management has evolved through several frameworks: activity-based management (focused on what people do), experience-based management (focused on what people feel and perceive while recreating), and benefits-based management (focused on the benefits people receive). Within the BLM, that benefits-based approach has further matured into what it calls outcomes-focused management.
In practical terms, outcomes-focused management is framed as an approach that prioritizes the positive outcomes that result from recreational experiences. A key idea highlighted in the description is that recreation benefits do not stop at the site boundary or end when a visitor leaves. Instead, the onsite experience and immediate benefits are seen as persisting with individuals after the trip and, over time, adding up into broader offsite outcomes. Those cumulative outcomes can show up at the community level (such as health, social cohesion, or community identity), the economic level (such as local spending and sustained economic activity connected to recreation), and the environmental level (such as stewardship behaviors and support for conservation).
Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, the opportunity implies a more collaborative relationship with the federal agency than a standard grant, typically involving substantial federal involvement in shaping or supporting the work. Overall, the project can be understood as an effort to assess, define, and strengthen BLM's ability to evaluate recreation not only by counts of visits or types of activities, but by the longer-lasting outcomes recreation can generate for people and the places connected to BLM-managed lands.Apply for L17AS00165
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM-WO Outcomes-Focused Recreation and Community Assessment Project" 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 Jun 14, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 14, 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 $90,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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)
What is the official name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled the BLM-WO Outcomes-Focused Recreation and Community Assessment Project.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON) for this announcement?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L17AS00165.
Which federal agency offered this opportunity?
This was a discretionary grant opportunity issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the U.S. Department of the Interior.
What CFDA program is associated with this opportunity?
The notice lists CFDA 15.225 and indicates it relates to natural resources and recreation management.
What type of award instrument was used?
The opportunity was offered as a cooperative agreement, rather than a standard grant.
What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
Based on the notice description, a cooperative agreement implies a more collaborative relationship with the federal agency than a standard grant, typically involving substantial federal involvement in shaping or supporting the work.
How many awards were expected?
The opportunity was designed to support a single project, with expected awards listed as 1.
What was the maximum funding amount available?
The award ceiling was up to $90,000.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on June 14, 2017.
What was the application deadline?
The original application deadline was August 14, 2017.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to applicants of many types, subject to any additional eligibility language contained in the full notice.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The project centers on BLM's shift in how it plans for and manages recreation on public lands, with an emphasis on evaluating recreation through the outcomes it generates, not only by visitor counts or activity types.
What is meant by outcomes-focused recreation management?
Outcomes-focused management is described as an approach that prioritizes the positive outcomes that result from recreational experiences, including longer-lasting effects that extend beyond the recreation site and persist after visitors leave.
How does outcomes-focused management differ from older recreation management approaches?
The notice describes an evolution in recreation management frameworks: activity-based management (what people do), experience-based management (what people feel and perceive), and benefits-based management (the benefits people receive). Within BLM, benefits-based management is described as maturing into outcomes-focused management.
Why does the notice emphasize outcomes beyond the site boundary?
The description highlights that recreation benefits do not stop at the site boundary or end when a visitor leaves. Onsite experiences and immediate benefits can persist with individuals and accumulate over time into broader offsite outcomes.
What kinds of community outcomes are referenced in the notice?
The notice provides examples of community-level outcomes such as health, social cohesion, and community identity.
What kinds of economic outcomes are referenced in the notice?
The notice provides examples of economic outcomes such as local spending and sustained economic activity connected to recreation.
What kinds of environmental outcomes are referenced in the notice?
The notice provides examples of environmental outcomes such as stewardship behaviors and support for conservation.
What is the project trying to help BLM do differently?
The project can be understood as an effort to assess, define, and strengthen BLM's ability to evaluate recreation not only by counts of visits or types of activities, but by the longer-lasting outcomes recreation can generate for people and communities connected to BLM-managed lands.
Is this opportunity focused only on recreation activities on public lands?
The notice frames recreation as producing both onsite experiences and offsite outcomes over time, including community, economic, and environmental outcomes connected to BLM-managed lands.
Does the notice indicate why recreation is important to BLM planning and management?
Yes. The description states that recreation has increasingly been recognized as a major contributor to quality of life, economic vitality, social well-being, and environmental outcomes.
Is this opportunity competitive for multiple projects or intended for one project?
It was intended to support a single project, with expected awards listed as 1.
Does the provided information include required deliverables or a detailed scope of work?
No detailed deliverables are included in the provided summary. The information focuses on the management approach shift and the overall intent to assess and strengthen outcome-based evaluation of recreation.
Does the notice specify any geographic area or specific BLM sites covered?
No geographic scope or specific sites are stated in the information provided.
Does the notice list matching requirements or cost share?
No matching requirement or cost share information is included in the provided details.
Does the provided information describe how applications would be evaluated?
No evaluation criteria are included in the information provided.
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