Opportunity Information: Apply for N62473 25 2 0002
The WESTERN MOJAVE ENCROACHMENT SOLUTIONS PROJECT is a Department of the Navy funding opportunity managed through Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest that focuses on protecting military readiness at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms while improving landscape resilience and conserving sensitive desert ecosystems in the western Mojave. The core problem it is trying to address is that Southwest training and testing ranges are increasingly stressed by severe drought, wildfire, and flooding, which can damage infrastructure, disrupt water supplies, degrade soils and habitat, and ultimately constrain the ability to train and test at scale. MCAGCC Twentynine Palms is a major strategic training installation, covering about 1,102 square miles and supporting live-fire and combined-arms training across 27 range management units that include targetry, routes, landing areas, expeditionary spaces, and safety buffers. Because MCAGCC trains roughly one-third of the Fleet Marine Force and Reserve units each year, the Navy is treating these climate-driven and watershed-related impacts as mission risks that need coordinated, on-the-ground solutions and better monitoring.
A central feature of this opportunity is its connection to the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape, a 2024 designation covering roughly 3.5 million acres between several major military installations in Southern California, including MCAGCC, Fort Irwin, Edwards AFB, Naval Weapons Station China Lake, and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. While the designated Sentinel Landscape itself does not include the military lands, it is intended to align and coordinate work across the broader region, including the additional adjacent military acreage. The Sentinel Landscape concept is designed to bring together state, federal, tribal, county, local, and nongovernmental partners to reduce incompatible development pressures and address shared natural resource vulnerabilities. Within that framework, the grant emphasizes landscape-scale and watershed-scale actions that strengthen resilience: improving stormwater infiltration, increasing groundwater recharge, building soil health, reducing wildfire risk, mitigating heat impacts, and restoring habitat and ecosystem function. The Navy is specifically looking for innovative solutions that improve watershed function and reduce both current and projected degradation, paired with practical monitoring capabilities such as field sampling, remote imagery, and data analysis that can demonstrate results and guide future investments.
Another major driver is species conservation under the Recovery and Sustainment Partnership (RASP), a Department of Defense and Department of the Interior initiative launched in 2018 to support recovery of Endangered Species Act listed species while increasing flexibility for military mission activities. At MCAGCC, the focal species is the Agassiz's desert tortoise, which is listed as threatened and occurs widely on the installation but has been declining. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works closely with the Marine Corps on tortoise conservation through monitoring, permitting, mitigation guidance, and recovery planning. MCAGCC has taken a leadership role for the desert tortoise under RASP and has chosen a participation level that trades sustained financial support for robust off-base population recovery in exchange for broader operational flexibility on-base. This arrangement is formalized through a RASP Biological Opinion completed via ESA Section 7 consultation, and the investment strategy is coordinated through the Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery Implementation Plan (May 2022), developed with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
In practical terms, the Navy is seeking statements of interest to establish a funding framework linking MCAGCC and USFWS for two connected lines of effort: (1) drought, fire, and flood encroachment resistance activities within the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape context, and (2) desert tortoise conservation investments aligned with both the Sentinel Landscape program and RASP commitments. The intent is to support actions that reduce environmental and climate-related encroachment on training and infrastructure while meeting conservation goals that help sustain long-term mission flexibility. The award is structured as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically implies active collaboration between the government and the recipient during implementation, rather than a more hands-off grant.
Administratively, this is an earmark-category opportunity with Funding Opportunity Number N62473 25 2 0002 and CFDA 12.005. The anticipated award ceiling is $9,000,000 with one expected award, and the original closing date is May 2, 2025. A key constraint is eligibility: the Cooperative Agreement is intended to be sole-sourced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under Section 101(d)(2) of the Sikes Act, meaning only NFWF submissions will be accepted and evaluated. Any applications or materials from other organizations will not be reviewed. This effectively makes the opportunity a mechanism for the Navy to fund and coordinate a specific partnership vehicle through NFWF to deliver watershed resilience and tortoise recovery outcomes tied directly to military readiness needs at Twentynine Palms and the broader western Mojave region.Apply for N62473 25 2 0002
- The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "WESTERN MOJAVE ENCROACHMENT SOLUTIONS PROJECT FOR THE MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.005.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-04-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-05-02. (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 $9,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the WESTERN MOJAVE ENCROACHMENT SOLUTIONS PROJECT?
It is a Department of the Navy funding opportunity managed through Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest. The effort focuses on protecting military readiness at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms while also improving landscape resilience and conserving sensitive desert ecosystems in the western Mojave.
Which Navy organization is managing this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is managed through Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest.
What problem is this project trying to solve?
The project is responding to increasing stress on Southwest training and testing ranges from severe drought, wildfire, and flooding. These impacts can damage infrastructure, disrupt water supplies, degrade soils and habitat, and ultimately constrain the military's ability to train and test at scale.
Why is MCAGCC Twentynine Palms a focus area?
MCAGCC Twentynine Palms is described as a major strategic training installation covering about 1,102 square miles. It supports live-fire and combined-arms training across 27 range management units, including targetry, routes, landing areas, expeditionary spaces, and safety buffers. It trains roughly one-third of the Fleet Marine Force and Reserve units each year, so climate-driven and watershed-related impacts are being treated as mission risks.
What types of environmental threats are considered mission risks for MCAGCC?
Severe drought, wildfire, and flooding are specifically identified as threats that can lead to infrastructure damage, water supply disruptions, soil degradation, habitat impacts, and constraints on training and testing capacity.
How does this opportunity connect to the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape?
A central feature is its connection to the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape, a 2024 designation covering roughly 3.5 million acres between several major military installations in Southern California, including MCAGCC, Fort Irwin, Edwards AFB, Naval Weapons Station China Lake, and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
Does the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape include military lands?
The designated Sentinel Landscape itself does not include the military lands, but it is intended to align and coordinate work across the broader region, including additional adjacent military acreage.
What is the purpose of the Sentinel Landscape concept in this project?
The Sentinel Landscape concept is intended to bring together state, federal, tribal, county, local, and nongovernmental partners to reduce incompatible development pressures and address shared natural resource vulnerabilities across the region.
What kinds of actions does the grant emphasize under the Sentinel Landscape framework?
The grant emphasizes landscape-scale and watershed-scale actions that strengthen resilience, including improving stormwater infiltration, increasing groundwater recharge, building soil health, reducing wildfire risk, mitigating heat impacts, and restoring habitat and ecosystem function.
What does the Navy mean by "innovative solutions" in this opportunity?
Based on the opportunity description, the Navy is looking for innovative solutions that improve watershed function and reduce both current and projected degradation. These approaches are expected to be paired with practical monitoring capabilities that can demonstrate results and guide future investments.
What monitoring capabilities are mentioned as part of the expected work?
The opportunity mentions practical monitoring approaches such as field sampling, remote imagery, and data analysis to demonstrate results and inform future investment decisions.
What is RASP and how is it relevant here?
RASP refers to the Recovery and Sustainment Partnership, a Department of Defense and Department of the Interior initiative launched in 2018. It is intended to support recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed species while increasing flexibility for military mission activities.
Which species is a focal conservation driver at MCAGCC?
The focal species is Agassiz's desert tortoise, which is listed as threatened and occurs widely on the installation but has been declining.
How does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) fit into the desert tortoise work?
USFWS works closely with the Marine Corps on desert tortoise conservation through monitoring, permitting, mitigation guidance, and recovery planning.
What role has MCAGCC taken under RASP for the desert tortoise?
MCAGCC has taken a leadership role for the desert tortoise under RASP and selected a participation level that trades sustained financial support for robust off-base population recovery in exchange for broader operational flexibility on-base.
What formal process documents the RASP arrangement for MCAGCC?
The arrangement is formalized through a RASP Biological Opinion completed via ESA Section 7 consultation.
What plan guides the investment strategy for desert tortoise recovery mentioned in the opportunity?
The opportunity references the Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery Implementation Plan (May 2022), developed with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
What is the Navy requesting through this opportunity?
The Navy is seeking statements of interest to establish a funding framework linking MCAGCC and USFWS for two connected lines of effort: (1) drought, fire, and flood encroachment resistance activities within the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape context, and (2) desert tortoise conservation investments aligned with both the Sentinel Landscape program and RASP commitments.
What are the two main lines of effort funded under this project?
The two lines of effort are: (1) drought, fire, and flood encroachment resistance activities in the Sentinel Landscape context, and (2) desert tortoise conservation investments aligned with Sentinel Landscape and RASP commitments.
What is the overall intent of funding these two lines of effort together?
The intent is to support actions that reduce environmental and climate-related encroachment on training and infrastructure while meeting conservation goals that help sustain long-term mission flexibility.
What type of award is expected?
The award is structured as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically implies active collaboration between the government and the recipient during implementation rather than a hands-off grant.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number is N62473 25 2 0002 and the CFDA is 12.005.
How much funding is available and how many awards are expected?
The anticipated award ceiling is $9,000,000, and one award is expected.
What is the closing date for this opportunity?
The original closing date is May 2, 2025.
Who is eligible to apply for this Cooperative Agreement?
Eligibility is limited. The Cooperative Agreement is intended to be sole-sourced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) under Section 101(d)(2) of the Sikes Act, meaning only NFWF submissions will be accepted and evaluated.
Will applications from other organizations be considered?
No. Any applications or materials from other organizations will not be reviewed.
Why is this described as an earmark-category opportunity?
The opportunity is explicitly described as an earmark-category opportunity, and it is structured to be sole-sourced to NFWF under the stated authority, functioning as a mechanism for the Navy to fund and coordinate a specific partnership vehicle.
What geographic area is this project intended to benefit?
The focus is on MCAGCC Twentynine Palms and the broader western Mojave region, particularly through coordinated work connected to the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape and desert tortoise recovery investments.
What military installations are mentioned as part of the broader Sentinel Landscape region?
The opportunity mentions MCAGCC, Fort Irwin, Edwards AFB, Naval Weapons Station China Lake, and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow as installations connected to the broader region covered by the Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape designation.
How does this funding opportunity support military readiness?
It supports military readiness by funding on-the-ground and monitoring solutions that reduce drought, fire, and flood related encroachment risks to training and infrastructure, while also supporting conservation outcomes that are tied to long-term operational flexibility.
What is the intended partnership vehicle for delivering results?
The opportunity describes the funding mechanism as effectively enabling the Navy to fund and coordinate a specific partnership vehicle through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to deliver watershed resilience and desert tortoise recovery outcomes tied to readiness needs.
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