Opportunity Information: Apply for L17AS00177
The BLM-CO Motorized Trail Program for the Royal Gorge Field Office (Funding Opportunity Number L17AS00177) is a discretionary federal grant offered by the Bureau of Land Management through a cooperative agreement, focused on natural resources and recreation stewardship on BLM-administered public lands in Colorado. The opportunity is centered on supporting responsible motorized trail use, with an emphasis on maintaining and improving dirt bike and off-highway vehicle riding opportunities while protecting the land and improving the overall visitor experience. It is tied to CFDA 15.225 and was created on June 16, 2017, with an original closing date of August 21, 2017.
The program reflects the broader context of BLM Colorado managing extensive and diverse public lands and resources, including about 8.3 million surface acres and 27 million acres of mineral estate statewide. These lands include a wide range of ecosystems and landscapes and support significant recreation and tourism, with millions of annual visitors. BLM lands in Colorado are generally described as more rustic than many other recreation destinations, with fewer developed facilities and no entrance stations, and they are managed to preserve visitor freedom while still ensuring sustainable use. Within that statewide picture, the Royal Gorge Field Office plays a major role, administering more than 668,000 surface acres along the Front Range and managing 6.8 million subsurface acres, spanning varied terrain and a wide set of public-facing initiatives.
The main purpose of the funding is to establish or support a partnership with a cooperator to carry out on-the-ground stewardship work on motorized trail systems managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office. The focus is on improving trail conditions and long-term sustainability through practical maintenance and restoration actions, such as erosion control, trail repair, and related improvements that keep routes safe and usable. The program is designed to benefit all visitors by enhancing the quality and safety of the trail network while reducing resource damage that can result from unmanaged impacts.
A key element of the opportunity is education and ethics: the partnership is expected not only to fix physical trail problems, but also to help promote trail safety and encourage responsible user behavior across different recreation groups. This includes efforts to discourage the creation and use of unauthorized "social" or "renegade" trails, which can expand impacts, harm sensitive areas, and degrade public lands. In other words, the project is as much about shaping sustainable recreation habits and protecting vulnerable resources as it is about routine trail work.
The opportunity lists eligibility as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of applicants could potentially apply, and it anticipates one award with a maximum (ceiling) amount of $20,000. Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, it also signals that BLM expects substantial involvement in the project beyond simply issuing funds, typically through collaboration on planning, priorities, deliverables, and oversight to ensure the work aligns with agency objectives for recreation management and resource protection.Apply for L17AS00177
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM-CO Motorized Trail Program, Royal Gorge Field Office" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.225.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-06-16.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-08-21. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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