Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination

Since its initial passage in 2000, the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act (�the SRS Act�) has provided Federal funds to over 700 counties across the U.S. and Puerto Rico for three primary purposes in accordance with its three titles: � Title I � Secure Payments for States and Counties containing Federal Land: To stabilize payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds. � Title II - Special Projects on Federal Land: To make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure, implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems, and restore and improve land health and water quality with Federal lands that have traditionally been supported by timber payments. � Title III � County Funds: To stabilize payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds. This Listing Announcement specifically relates to anticipated SRS Act Title II Special Project funding that is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior�s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to benefit the 2.4 million acres of Federal lands in 18 western Oregon counties that are administered in accordance with the Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of 1937 (�the O&C Act�) and the Coos Bay Wagon Road Act of 1939. These BLM lands are managed by the BLM Coos Bay, Medford, Northwest Oregon, and Roseburg Districts, as well as the BLM Lakeview...

Local, State, and Tribal governments, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, public and Indian housing authorities, Native American organizations, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for SRS Act Title II funding for Special Projects that are located on or will benefit BLM lands in western Oregon that are administered in accordance with the O&C and Coos Bay Wagon Road Acts.

Proposed Special Projects must be from an eligible entity and meet the criteria identified in Title II of the SRS Act; comply with all other applicable Federal laws and regulations; conform to the applicable BLM resource management plan and with any subsequent management plan developed pursuant to the resource management plan; and be recommended for funding by the BLM's Western Oregon RAC in accordance with Section 205 of the SRS Act.

Fiscal year 2025: Aquatic and riparian restoration projects; the clean-up of dump sites and remediation of hazardous materials; the maintenance and improvement of recreational facilities, trails, and access roads; post-wildland fire restoration efforts; and the reduction of hazardous fuels that contribute to uncharacteristic wildland fires, including forest health projects and the management of non-native and invasive species. In many instances, funded Special Projects support youth employment opportunities with youth conservation corps partners and other entities. Fiscal year 2026: Unknown at this time.