This Bureau of Land Management (BLM) program funds partnership-driven studies focused on understanding natural and cultural resources within the National Conservation Lands and evaluating how well management decisions protect their values. Funded work should generate data and synthesize findings to support BLM’s land management strategies, as well as inform other land managers, citizen science, and tribal co-stewardship. Applicants typically collaborate with universities, states, local governments, tribes, and nonprofits to conduct management-focused research on BLM lands.

The National Conservation Lands programs financially support studies aimed at increasing our understanding of the resources present on BLM lands, the values these areas protect, and the effectiveness of BLM"s resource management decisions. The program seeks to develop and maintain strong partnerships with State, local, university, tribal, and non-profit stakeholders in shared conservation stewardship by engaging partners in conducting management-focused studies on the National Conservation Lands. Results from these studies on National Conservation Lands will inform management strategies throughout BLM as well as other land management entities. The Management Studies Support Program for National Conservation Lands will use partnerships with University, State, local, tribal, and non-profit entities to gather the best available data and synthesize information to support BLM"s land management decision processes, citizen science, and tribal co-stewardship initiatives.