Borderlands Restoration Network

THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT YOUTH- AND VETERAN-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO CARRY OUT APPROPRIATE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND EDUCATION PROJECTS ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LANDS THROUGH AUTHORIZED NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAMS. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A RANGE OF RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTHWEST SEED PARTNERSHIP, BROADLY INCLUDING NATIVE SEED ASSESSMENTS, COLLECTION, PRODUCTION, STORAGE, RESEARCH AND MONITORING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND ECOREGIONAL COLLABORATION.BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PRIVATE NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES QUASI-PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CAREER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF NATURAL AND OR CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK BRN IS BASED IN PATAGONIA AZ AND IS DEDICATED TO ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN THE US MEXICO BORDERLANDS. THE NATIVE PLANT PROGRAM AT BRN STRIVES TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT BIODIVERSITY BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS COMMUNITIES AND LAND MANAGERS ACCESS TO RESTORATION QUALITY PLANT MATERIALS AND GUIDANCE FOR EFFECTIVE USE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS ORGANICALLY GROWN PLANTS AND SEEDS SPECIFIC TO THE MADREAN ARCHIPELAGOS SEMIARID HIGHLANDS FOCUSING ON THOSE WITH HIGH HABITAT VALUE AND SURVIVAL RATES.THE PLANT PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE SEED LAB A SEED STORAGE AND PROCESSING FACILITY. THE BRN NATIVE PLANT NURSERY A PLANT AND SEED PROPAGATION FACILITY AND BOTH FACILITIES ARE SITUATED ON A 50 ACRE FARM THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE BY 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING FARMED NATIVE SEED PRODUCTION.THE NATIVE PLANT PROGRAM AT BRN HAS A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCING RESTORATION QUALITY CONTAINER PLANTS AND COLLECTING SEEDS OF LOCAL ECOTYPES OF NATIVE PLANTS FOR USE IN BURNED AREA REHABILITATION REVEGETATION OF GRAZED LANDS EROSION CONTROL AND HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS. HOWEVER AS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO NUMEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED IMPACTS ESPECIALLY WILDFIRES THERE IS AN URGENT AND GROWING NEED FOR LARGER QUANTITIES OF PLANT MATERIALS WITH LOCAL GENOTYPES FOR LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION THAT HAS PROVEN DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO MEET WITH WILD SEED COLLECTION AND NURSERY PRODUCTION.TO REACH BRNS GOAL OF INCREASING NURSERY PLANT PRODUCTION FOR THE REHABILITATION OFBURNED AREAS THE PROJECT ACTIVITY HAS ONE MAIN OBJECTIVE.NURSERY PRODUCTION. TO INCREASE NURSERY CONTAINER PRODUCTION THROUGH THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION ON A STATE OF THE ART GREENHOUSE FOR INCREASED RESTORATION OUTPLANTINGS AND FARMED SEED OUTPLANTINGS.THIS PROGRAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE GENETICALLY APPROPRIATE NATIVE CONTAINER PLANTS IN THE QUANTITIES NEEDED FOR LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION TO LAND MANAGERS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO BUILD ON BRNS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN NATIVE PLANT AND SEED PRODUCTION FOCUSED ON LOCAL ECOTYPES FURTHERING NUMEROUS GUIDING PRINCIPLES FROM THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL EXECUTIVE ORDER INCLUDING LOCALLY LED AND LOCALLY DESIGNED CONSERVATION EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT ALSO SEEKS TO INCREASE NATIVE SEED AND SEEDLING SUPPLY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF REGIONALLY APPROPRIATE LOCAL ECOTYPES IN ORDER TO FILL GAPS AND BOLSTER THE NATIVE SEED SUPPLY CHAIN IN RESPONSE TO GOAL 1 OF THE NATIONAL SEED STRATEGY FOR RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION. FINALLY THIS PROJECT FURTHERS THE STRATEGY OF THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION BY SUPPORTING ACTIONS SUCH AS RESTORATION ON THE GROUND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SEED PRODUCTION AND CELEBRATING A CULTURE OF RESTORATION.

THIS PROJECT INITIATES A THREE-PHASE WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN, BEGINNING WITH A DETAILED WATERSHED ASSESSMENT (PHASE ONE), FOLLOWED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HAND-BUILT EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES (PHASE TWO), AND CONCLUDING WITH ONGOING MONITORING TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESTORATION EFFORTS (PHASE THREE). THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, INCLUDING HYDROLOGISTS, RESTORATION SPECIALISTS, ECOLOGISTS, AND LAND MANAGEMENT EXPERTS, WHO WILL COLLABORATIVELY COMPLETE PHASE ONE. THE RESTORATION FIELD TEAM WILL CONDUCT EXTENSIVE FIELD SURVEYS WITHIN THE SEVEN SUBWATERSHEDS OF THE CIENEGA CREEK WATERSHED. THEY WILL IDENTIFY CURRENT EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION ISSUES AND DOCUMENT ALL AREAS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF HAND-BUILT EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES IN THE FOLLOWING PHASE. THIS PROPOSAL ONLY SEEKS FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT PHASE ONE, WHICH LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR TARGETED AND EFFECTIVE RESTORATION IN PHASE TWO. THE PROJECTS INITIAL PHASE WILL PRODUCE DETAILED MAPPING OF EROSION SITES ACROSS THE SEVEN SUBWATERSHEDS, CULMINATING IN A COMPREHENSIVE GEODATABASE. THESE DATA WILL INFORM A STRATEGIZED DESIGN PLAN FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF RESTORATION AND A PROPOSAL FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS. A FINAL REPORT WILL PRIORITIZE INTERVENTION SITES TO IMPLEMENT EROSION CONTROL MEASURES, THEREBY STABILIZING LANDSCAPES, ENHANCING MOISTURE RETENTION, MAINTAINING WATER QUALITY, AND SUPPORTING THE RESILIENCE OF NATIVE HABITATS AND COMMUNITIES AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.

15.963: SOUTHWEST BORDER RESOURCE PROTECTION PROGRAMSAM.GOV LINK: CLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTINGTHIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBES, AND LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP, ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INTERPRETATION AND CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ALONG OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. THIS PROJECT, LED BY THE NATIVE PLANT PROGRAM OF BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK (BRN), AIMS TO PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY BY PROVIDING LAND MANAGERS WITH ACCESS TO RESTORATION-QUALITY PLANT MATERIALS AND GUIDANCE. BRN WILL ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH TUMACACORI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND COLLABORATE WITH CUENCA LOS OJOS AND ASOCIACIN CIVIL A.C. TO CONSERVE LOCALLY ADAPTED SEEDS OF NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS FROM THE MADREAN ARCHIPELAGO. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE WORKSHOPS AND SKILL-SHARING OPPORTUNITIES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, CELEBRATING THE SHARED LANDSCAPE AND CULTURE OF THE BORDERLANDS WHILE ENHANCING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION EFFORTS. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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HABITAT ENHANCEMENT FOR PROTECTED MONTEZUMA QUAIL POPULATIONS

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