OpportunityTitle: BLM-UT Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Landscape Conservation Forecasting
Description: This project would involve a non-federal partner in the development of science-based management strategies for the first NCAs designated in Utah, as part of BLM&#146;s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). Principle tenets of NLCS management include using Science and Research to guide actions in the units and Partnerships to involve non-federal entities in the stewardship of these public lands. The partnership created through this agreement would augment BLM&#146;s capacity in the development of GIS-based ecological condition data and modeling predictions about future ecological conditions under differing public land management scenarios. These data would support BLM&#146;s development of management goals, objectives, and actions for the new RMPs for each NCA. This project would also develop GIS-based modeling scenarios related to differing management and restoration strategies that include cost-benefit analyses. The public would particularly benefit from the scenario analyses as these would identify the most cost-effective strategies and technologies to conserve, protect, and enhance ecological conditions in the two NCAs.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: maria_gochis@blm.gov
GrantorContactText: Maria Gochis &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Officer &lt;br/&gt;Phone 801-539-4178