Cooperative Agreement P22AC00125
- This $102,325.70 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will engage the non-profit organization Conservation Legacy, operating as the Southwest Conservation Corps, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will involve young adults in protecting Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona...
- The Department of the Interior's National Park Service, through its Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), awarded a $103,502.25 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, with a performance period from July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2027. The award funds the research, documentation, cataloging, storage, and preservation of cultural artifacts and natural history specimens from the...
- The Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) will provide $708,200.00 to the Tucson Audubon Society to facilitate the restoration of old agricultural fields and degraded riparian areas back to native vegetation at Tumacacori National Historical Park in Arizona. The key objectives include removing fencing, preparing soil for seeding, treating non-native plants, and...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $136,982.00 from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides hands-on educational opportunities for anthropology, archaeology, and museum studies students at the University of Arizona. The award supports activities such as: Creating inventories of NPS collections held in non-federal repositories for 18 parks to ensure accountability and facilitate...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $200,994 Cooperative Agreement under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) to the Cedo Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans, Inc. The award, effective September 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, supports efforts to protect native freshwater fish species in the Sonoyta River, including the Quitovaquito-Sonoyta pupfish and Mexican longfin dace. Key project...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $266,456.63 to support the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" internship initiative delivered by the Friends of Saguaro National Park, a non-profit organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The funding will support paid internship opportunities for youth aged 18-30 from Tucson and surrounding communities to gain practical experience...
- The federal Cooperative Agreement award P24AC02110, totaling $847,249.03, was granted by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). This award supports a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities across cultural resource stewardship, including inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, education, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Key project...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Region awarded a $109,101 Cooperative Agreement to Sky Island Alliance under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) on June 11, 2025. The project will monitor wildlife occurrence and movement patterns in response to border infrastructure along 90 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, quantify wildlife use of crossing structures, and evaluate landscape characteristics to inform optimal placement and...
- The University of Arizona will receive $394,514.24 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service Intermountain Region, within the Department of the Interior, to conduct an ethnographic study and cultural landscape report for the TA-18 area of Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The funding is provided through the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System federal grant program (CFDA 15.945). Under the award, University of...
- This $277,126 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) aims to address declining avian biodiversity, with a focus on the vulnerable Desert Purple Martin. The project involves a partnership between the Tucson Audubon Society, Saguaro National Park, CICESE, Northern Arizona University, and the Purple Martin Conservation Association. Key activities include: 1) tracking...
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: P21AS00210FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT:THE SOUTHWEST BORDER RESOURCE PROTECTION PROGRAM (SWBRPP) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NPS UNITS, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBES, AND LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP, ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INTERPRETATION AND CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ALONG OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. PURPOSE OF AWARD (SUMMARY OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT):THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO ASSIST THE O'ODHAM PEOPLE IN RECORDING THEIR MEMORIES OF QUITOBAQUITO, ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA, THROUGH ORAL HISTORY AND TO PROVIDE THOSE INTERVIEWS TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SO THAT O'ODHAM KNOWLEDGE CAN MORE DEEPLY INFORM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE OASIS.SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:CONDUCT TWENTY ORAL HISTORIES WITH O'ODHAM PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.PREPARE A TWENTY-PAGE REPORT FOR PARK STAFF SUMMARIZING AND SYNTHESIZING THE RESULTS OF THE ORAL HISTORIES AND PLACING THEM IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.COLLABORATE WITH O'ODHAM NARRATORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE INTERPRETATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUITOBAQUITO.PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:MARCH 7-10, 2022. ATTEND SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCE, AJO, AZ; BEGIN RECRUITING/CONDUCTING INTERVIEWSAUGUST 31, 2022. RECRUIT AND COMPLETE AT LEAST 5 INTERVIEWS WITH FULLY EDITED TRANSCRIPTS.DECEMBER 29, 2022. SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT.JANUARY 2023. ARIZONA TRIP TO RECRUIT AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS.AUGUST 31, 2023. RECRUIT AND COMPLETE AT LEAST 10 INTERVIEWS WITH FULLY EDITED TRANSCRIPTS.DECEMBER 29, 2023. SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT.JANUARY 2024. ARIZONA TRIP TO RECRUIT AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS; CONSULT WITH O'ODHAM NARRATORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON INTERPRETATION RECOMMENDATIONS.AUGUST 31, 2024. RECRUIT AND COMPLETE AT LEAST 5 INTERVIEWS WITH FULLY EDITED TRANSCRIPTS.FALL 2024. COMPLETE HISTORICAL CONTEXT REPORT AND INTERPRETATION RECOMMENDATIONS.DECEMBER 29, 2024. SUBMIT ALL DELIVERABLES AND FINAL REPORT.BENEFICIARIES:O'ODHAM INDIVIDUALS AND TRIBES, WHO WILL GAIN A TANGIBLE HISTORICAL PRIMARY SOURCE RECORDING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE OF A SACRED SITE AND WHOSE STORIES WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR TEACHING A WIDER PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SITE AND THE PEOPLE.NPS STAFF, WHO WILL GAIN USABLE DOCUMENTS FOR PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AT A VITAL OASIS IN ORGAN PARK CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND FOR NOMINATING IT FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER.COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, WHO WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE METHODOLOGY OF ORAL HISTORY AND WORKING WITH NPS STAFF AND TRIBES AS WELL AS IN INTERPRETATION, CONDUCTING PRIMARY-SOURCE RESEARCH, PRESENTING RESEARCH FINDINGS, AND WRITING HISTORICAL CONTEXT REPORTS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 7/7/24 | ||
| Not listed | ($41k) | 7/6/24 | ||
| Not listed | $49.8k | 1/26/22 |