Due Date: February 2, 2015

Background: The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) includes Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Forest Reserves, legislated Outstanding Natural Areas, Cooperative Management and Protection Areas, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Scenic and Historic Trails. BLM policy states that "the BLM will use the best available science in managing NLCS units" and that "science and the scientific process will inform and guide management decisions concerning NLCS units". Providing a scientific foundation for decision-making is also a goal identified in the National Conservation Lands 15-Year Strategy.

Research Areas: Each proposal must incorporate at least one of the following research themes.

a. Research Identified in Unit Science Plans 

b. Effectiveness Research

c. Standardized Inventory and Monitoring

d. Research Syntheses

e. Citizen Science

f. Other Management-Driven Research

 

The maximum allowable budget for projects is $25,000

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