Department of the Interior

Description

The Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, intends to award a cooperative agreement with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to develop a conservation easement to retain agricultural nature of the property; maintain or enhance wildlife resource of the property; limit development of cabin sites or other residential uses of the property; and retain the relatively natural scenic, topographic, and open space resources present on the property on private lands near LaBarge Creek in southwest Wyoming. Funds support a conservation easement to: maintain or enhance sagebrush communities; maintain or enhance greater sage-grouse habitat and populations; maintain or improve pronghorn migration corridors; maintain or enhance pronghorn and other wildlife species habitat and populations; and maintain or enhance the State's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Species of Greatest Conservation Need (CWCS SSGN). These habitats interrelate with habitats on adjacent BLM-administered lands. The anticipated length of the project is a one year period. The BLM will consider continued funding for the project upon (a) the recipient showing progress satisfactory to the BLM toward program goals and the determination by the BLM that continuation of the program would be in the best interest of the Government or (b) the availability of funds. The total project period for this award will not exceed 12 months.

Who can apply

• State governments

Contact

Ilze J Karklins-Powers<br/>ipowers@blm.gov<br/>
ipowers@blm.gov