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Find similar grantsBattlefield Land Acquisition Grant Program (BLAG) is sponsored by National Park Service. Provides funding to acquire interests in eligible Civil War battlefields and other historic sites to preserve and protect them.
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Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants - American Battlefield Protection Program (U.S. National Park Service) Skip to global NPS navigation Skip to the footer section Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (BLAG) enable State and local governments to permanently protection historic battlefield lands through fee simple acquisition or through the purchase of an interest in the land through a preservation covenant .
ABPP administers Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants using funds appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund . BLAG applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The Notice of Funding Opportunity and application materials are available on Grants.
gov. 37 States contain BLAG eligible battlefield lands NPS Photo State and local government entities can apply. Nonprofit organizations often support the applicant in this effort. The land must be at least 50% within the boundary of a Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Civil War battlefield identified in the reports below.
Lands must be outside the boundaries of any National Park Service legislative boundary. The grants require a dollar-for-dollar non-Federal match. Please contact the BLAG team if you have questions or need additional information about eligibility.
BLAGs are authorized by 54 U.S.C. §308103 and 54 U.S.C. §200305 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant Battlefield Land Acquistion Grants NPS ABPP Battlefield Boundaries Map Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Report Find eligible Rev.
War and War 1812 battlefields Nation's Civil War Battlefields Report Find eligible Civil War battlefields Battlefield Geospatial Data Download geospatial data to access eligible battlefield boundaries National Park Service Geospatial Data Download geospatial data to access National Park Service legislative boundaries Learn more about how to apply to BLAGs Last updated: May 1, 2024
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State or local governments. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant Program (BLAG) is funded by National Park Service. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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IDNR's OSLAD program closes at 5:00 p.m. on August 31, 2026, with $37.5 million available, a $1,125,000 ceiling for land acquisition and $600,000 for development. The standard deal is 50/50. The deal that matters for small towns is the full-funding provision for economically distressed communities — and the thing that disqualifies applicants is not the project, it is GATA prequalification.
Read articleA new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
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