OpportunityTitle: BLM-WO, Tread Lightly Education, Training and Restoration Assistance
Description: Background: The BLM has partnered with Tread Lightly, Inc! for over 20 years to provide stewardship programs and outdoor ethics education to BLM visitors and BLM staff. Together, BLM and Tread Lightly have provided outreach and outdoor ethics education to thousands of visitors on BLM lands at recreation sites, through signage and print media and through education programs offered to visitors and BLM staff. As a result, BLM visitors and staff have been exposed to responsible recreation practices, outdoor ethics education information and have learned how to practice minimal impact principles that supports the long-term integrity of the BLM lands and resources and builds stewardship of public lands. Objectives: The mission of the Stewardship and Outdoor Ethics Education Program is to build appreciation and &#191;ownership&#191; of the public lands by fostering a connection between people and the land through outdoor experiences, education, and volunteerism. The BLM relies on partners and volunteers to help fulfill the Stewardship Program&#191;s mission. One of the BLM&#191;s long-standing partners, Tread Lightly, Inc! assists the agency promote stewardship and teach outdoor ethics and responsible recreation to the public and BLM staff. Public Benefit: This opportunity is to keep the great outdoors beautiful, healthy, and accessible by providing support to much needed critical education and communications initiatives to allow for environmentally sustainable outdoor recreation. Through this program public land visitors will learn the importance of their responsibility of having best practices in outdoor ethics while recreating on public lands. They will also learn the importance of environmental stewardship and the value of public lands, which in return will be able to pass on their environmental stewardship knowledge and practices to the next generation of public land stewards.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: mgochis@blm.gov
GrantorContactText: Maria Gochis, Grants Management Officer, 801-539-4178&lt;br/&gt;mgochis@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;mbeckstead, Grants Management Officer, 801-539-4169&lt;br/&gt;mgochis@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;