Cooperative Agreement P21AC11036

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $155,727 Cooperative Agreement under the National Trails System Projects program (CFDA 15.935) to the Trail Of Tears Association. The award, effective from September 25, 2025 through October 31, 2026, supports the organization's efforts to enhance public access, recreation, and historical retracement opportunities along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Key project activities include volunteer coordination, trail...

The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $157,950 Cooperative Agreement under the National Trails System Projects program (CFDA 15.935) to the Trail Of Tears Association. The funding will support the Association's efforts to preserve, protect, and develop the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail through September 2025. Key activities include volunteer coordination, trail maintenance, interpretive signage installation, route refinement, and stakeholder engagement to enhance public...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $554,666.66 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to rehabilitate the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Key activities include repairing or replacing trail bridges and boardwalks, controlling erosion, removing downed timber and overgrown vegetation, and installing signage. The project aims to preserve resources, improve...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946), provides funding of $248,732 to Rematriation, Inc. to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will train tribal citizen historians to research primary documentation regarding their tribal nations' involvement in and the impacts...

The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $147,866 Cooperative Agreement (Grant ID: P24AC01947, CFDA 15.011 Experienced Services Program) to National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions), a non-profit organization. Through this agreement, NEW Solutions will place an experienced worker at the NPS National Trails Office to assist in developing travel itineraries for up to ten National Historic Trails, creating content and selecting images for websites and social media, and...

This $266,014 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265) will support employment and training services for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals in Tennessee. The grant will fund the Native American Indian Association of TE, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to deliver a range of career services, follow-up counseling, and skills...

The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Inc. will receive $550,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to support the Beyond Horizons geospatial application project. Funded under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program, the project will deploy staff over three years to host and populate a web-based geospatial tool originally developed by the National Park Service. The...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $427,744.44 Cooperative Agreement on October 15, 2023 to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The project seeks to involve Native American scholars and leaders in documenting the history of U.S. attempts to deconstruct Native American societies after the Civil War, an underrepresented aspect of...

This $460,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on September 5, 2023 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the National Trails System Projects program (CFDA 15.935) supports the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in protecting, preserving, and developing the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. The funded activities include volunteer-based surveys, assessments, and preservation treatments for sensitive species and rare plant communities, inventory and control of invasive...

The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) was awarded a $469,466.03 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region to provide interpretation and visitor orientation support at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (TUAI) and Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (SEMO) from August 21, 2023 to October 31, 2025. This award is funded under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which...