Opportunity Information: Apply for L18AS00023
The BLM OR/WA FY2018 Master Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Community Assistance opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L18AS00023) is a discretionary federal grant program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, focused on reducing the risk and consequences of catastrophic wildland fire in communities where homes and infrastructure border or mix with fire-prone vegetation. It is built around the National Fire Plan, a federal initiative launched in 2001 to help communities that face elevated wildfire risk by strengthening preparedness, improving mitigation, and supporting on-the-ground fuels work that lowers the intensity and spread of future fires.
This funding is provided through cooperative agreements, which typically means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the planning, coordination, or oversight of the supported work rather than simply issuing a check and stepping back. The program falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and is associated with CFDA 15.228. In practical terms, the opportunity is aimed at projects that help communities become more capable of living with wildfire by supporting activities like local risk assessments, community wildfire planning, and mitigation projects that reduce hazardous fuels. It also emphasizes community and homeowner education, helping residents understand defensible space, home hardening, evacuation readiness, and other actions that reduce the likelihood of structure loss and improve firefighter safety.
A major component of the opportunity is implementing hazardous fuels reduction work, including the training, monitoring, and maintenance connected to those treatments. The fuels work can occur on federal lands managed by the BLM or on adjacent non-federal lands when those actions directly mitigate wildfire threats to nearby communities and natural resources, especially in high-risk areas. By allowing work on adjacent non-federal land, the program recognizes that fire does not stop at property boundaries and that effective risk reduction often requires cross-boundary planning and treatments that create more continuous zones of reduced fuels around communities.
Beyond risk reduction, the opportunity explicitly notes the value of enhancing local and small business employment. This reflects a dual-purpose approach: lowering wildfire risk while also supporting local economies through work such as thinning, brush removal, chipping, prescribed fire preparation, fuels monitoring, and ongoing maintenance contracts. The overall message of the funding is that wildfire resilience is not a one-time project, but a sustained community capability that combines planning, public engagement, and continuous fuels management.
The posting lists an award ceiling of $6,000,000 and anticipates making about five awards. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many types of applicants, subject to any additional eligibility language that may appear in the full announcement. The opportunity was created on July 12, 2018, with an original application closing date of August 11, 2018.Apply for L18AS00023
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM OR/WA FY2018 Master Wildland Urban Interface Community Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.228.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 12, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 11, 2018. (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 $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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 BLM OR/WA FY2018 Master Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Community Assistance opportunity?
It is a discretionary federal grant program from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), intended to reduce the risk and consequences of catastrophic wildland fire in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities, where homes and infrastructure border or mix with fire-prone vegetation.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this program?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L18AS00023.
Which agency is offering this funding?
The funding is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), specifically the OR/WA (Oregon/Washington) component as stated in the opportunity title.
Is this a competitive or discretionary grant?
The opportunity is described as a discretionary federal grant program.
What is the main purpose of the program?
The main purpose is to help communities reduce wildfire risk and improve resilience by strengthening preparedness, supporting mitigation, and implementing on-the-ground fuels work that reduces the intensity and spread of future fires, especially in high-risk WUI areas.
How does the National Fire Plan relate to this opportunity?
This opportunity is built around the National Fire Plan, a federal initiative launched in 2001 to help communities facing elevated wildfire risk by improving preparedness, strengthening mitigation efforts, and supporting fuels treatments and related work.
What types of projects or activities are supported?
Based on the description, supported activities include local risk assessments, community wildfire planning, mitigation projects that reduce hazardous fuels, and community and homeowner education focused on practical wildfire readiness and risk reduction.
What does the opportunity say about hazardous fuels reduction?
Hazardous fuels reduction is described as a major component of the opportunity. This includes not only treatment work, but also the training, monitoring, and maintenance associated with those treatments.
Where can fuels reduction work take place?
Fuels work can occur on federal lands managed by the BLM. It can also occur on adjacent non-federal lands when those actions directly mitigate wildfire threats to nearby communities and natural resources, particularly in high-risk areas.
Why does the program allow work on adjacent non-federal land?
The opportunity recognizes that wildfire does not stop at property boundaries and that effective risk reduction often requires cross-boundary planning and fuels treatments that create more continuous areas of reduced fuels around communities.
What kinds of homeowner or community education does the program emphasize?
The opportunity emphasizes education that helps residents understand and implement actions such as defensible space, home hardening, evacuation readiness, and other steps that reduce the likelihood of structure loss and improve firefighter safety.
What funding instrument is used (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
Funding is provided through cooperative agreements.
What does it mean that funding is provided through a cooperative agreement?
The description indicates that cooperative agreements typically involve substantial BLM involvement in the planning, coordination, or oversight of the supported work, rather than simply providing funding with minimal federal participation.
What is the funding activity category for this opportunity?
The posting places the program under the Natural Resources funding activity category.
What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 15.228.
Does the program have any economic or workforce-related goals?
Yes. The opportunity explicitly notes the value of enhancing local and small business employment while reducing wildfire risk.
What examples of local work does the opportunity connect to employment benefits?
Examples mentioned include thinning, brush removal, chipping, prescribed fire preparation, fuels monitoring, and ongoing maintenance contracts.
How much funding is available per award?
The posting lists an award ceiling of $6,000,000.
How many awards does the program expect to make?
The opportunity anticipates making about five awards.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many types of applicants, subject to any additional eligibility requirements that may appear in the full announcement.
When was this funding opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on July 12, 2018.
What was the original application closing date?
The original application closing date was August 11, 2018.
What overall approach to wildfire resilience does this program promote?
The opportunity frames wildfire resilience as an ongoing community capability that combines planning, public engagement, and continuous fuels management, rather than a one-time project.
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