Cooperative Agreement P17AC00781

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will fund the development of a Paiute Native Plant Center in Utah. The Center will include greenhouse nurseries, seed processing facilities, and research areas, while providing native plant workforce training opportunities for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and rural communities in southern Utah and...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Utah Division of State Parks to transform approximately 12 acres of underutilized land into a thriving nature-based community center. The project will benefit both people and wildlife by creating habitats for birds, insects, and other animals. The grant supports the development of this Nature Center at Pia Okwai from October 1, 2024...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,303 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to support the establishment of the East Cascades Native Plant Hub in Bend, Oregon. The hub will coordinate a regional network to address organizational, ecological, and financial challenges in restoration and revegetation of sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on increasing the availability of...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government is receiving a $1,165,721 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to support the Diné Native Plants Program (DNPP). Over the period of September 2023 to September 2028, the DNPP will focus on cultural plant restoration, seed banking, and ecological restoration efforts across the Navajo Nation. Key activities include developing a priority species list, collecting and...

The Utah State University was awarded a $129,643.92 cooperative agreement by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region on June 1, 2021 to complete a native vegetation restoration project in Bryce Canyon City, UT by December 31, 2021. The award was made under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $345,590.59 to Utah State University to engage youth in restoring and conserving native biodiversity on public lands. The project involves removing invasive plants and reseeding native plants, which will decrease invasive species, increase native species abundance, and improve wildlife habitat and public...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,710,000.00 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program grant (CFDA 15.916) to the Utah Department of Natural Resources. The Utah Department of Natural Resources will sub-grant this award to the City of Tropic, Utah to develop community park improvements and upgrade existing outdoor recreation amenities such as basketball and pickleball courts. This project aims to enhance public outdoor recreation...

The National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) awarded a $7,250,492.45 Project Grant to the Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation on October 1, 2023. The Division will subgrant the funds to the City of Millcreek, UT to develop a new natural space with accompanying recreational features. The project will include walkways, decorative plaza paving, walls supporting native landscaping, an accessible informal stage area, an interactive water...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) provides $626,384 to the Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. to support rare plant species conservation efforts in the Intermountain West region. The project aims to assemble ex situ plant collections from wild populations, creating seed and gene banks as well as botanical garden living collections. These off-site conservation efforts are intended to support...

The federal Project Grant award of $480,007.00, awarded by the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), will fund the Community Park Improvement Project in Orem, Utah. The project scope includes demolishing the existing restroom facility, constructing a new bathroom building with a maintenance shed, installing a playground shade structure, and re-landscaping affected areas of the park. This project will be completed by the...