BLM Arizona Recreation and Visitor Services | L19AS00050

Opportunity Information: Apply for L19AS00050

The BLM Arizona Recreation and Visitor Services grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L19AS00050) is a discretionary funding program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), focused on strengthening recreation and visitor services on public lands in Arizona. The program sits within BLM's Recreation and Visitor Services portfolio, which covers a wide range of recreation-related work intended to expand and improve the kinds of outdoor experiences available to the public. The core idea is to support projects that enhance recreational opportunities while also helping protect public land resources and sustain the visitor services that make recreation accessible, safe, and enjoyable.

A central theme of the opportunity is the link between recreation, local economies, and conservation outcomes. By investing in recreation resources and visitor services, BLM aims to help nearby communities benefit from visitor spending and tourism-related activity, while also ensuring that increased recreation use does not degrade natural or cultural resources. The opportunity emphasizes partnership and collaboration, reflecting BLM's goal of being a constructive neighbor to local communities and an active partner with governments, tribes, nonprofits, and educational institutions. Because the funding instrument type is a Cooperative Agreement, the expectation is typically that BLM will have substantial involvement in the funded work, such as coordination, technical input, shared planning, or joint implementation, rather than simply issuing funds with minimal federal participation.

The opportunity is categorized under Natural Resources and carries CFDA number 15.225. It was created on May 23, 2019, with an original application closing date of July 24, 2019. The maximum award amount listed is $450,000 (award ceiling), and BLM anticipated making about 10 awards under this announcement. Those figures suggest mid-sized, project-based awards aimed at producing tangible recreation or visitor-service improvements, potentially across multiple sites or communities, rather than one large statewide award.

Eligibility is broad and includes many common public and community-serving organizations that work in recreation, education, conservation, and public services. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). This wide eligibility pool is consistent with BLM's emphasis on partnerships and shared stewardship, where local governments, tribes, nonprofits, and universities may bring on-the-ground capacity, local knowledge, volunteers, education programs, or specialized technical expertise to improve recreation assets and visitor services.

In practical terms, this opportunity supports projects aligned with BLM's goal of enhancing recreational opportunities for the public, improving visitor experiences, and sustaining or improving the recreation infrastructure and services that help people responsibly enjoy public lands. The description highlights a "broad and complex set of recreation related programs," which typically implies that project concepts could range across planning, management, maintenance, visitor information, education and interpretation, access improvements, facility or site enhancements, and other visitor-focused services that help manage recreation use while protecting resources. Overall, the grant is designed to help BLM and partners deliver better recreation outcomes in Arizona in ways that benefit communities and reinforce conservation objectives at the same time.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM Arizona Recreation and Visitor Services" 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 May 23, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2019. (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 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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