FY24 IIJA/IRA Bureau of Land Management New Mexico (NM) Good Neighbor Authority

Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management New Mexico (NM) Good Neighbor Authority Program

This program is limited to state, county and tribal governments. All other applicants are ineligible to apply for projects under this program.This program NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II-Public Lands Corps, is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under this authority. Therefore, eligible Youth Conservation Corps may only apply for projects developed under NOFO 15.243 – BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. CESUs are partnerships with a purpose to promote, conduct, and provide research, studies, assessments, monitoring, technical assistance, and educational services. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement which is consistent with the CESU purpose, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no-more-than 17.5 percent of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner's Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).  Applicant’s should specify if their proposal furthers the purpose of the CESU program, and if so which CESU Network should be considered as host. 

Sheri Dowley sdowley@blm.gov