Cooperative Agreement P23AC01366
- This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,000,000.00 and effective from January 8, 2025 to January 7, 2030, is funded by the National Park Service (NPS) through the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). Under this agreement, The Nature Conservancy will work cooperatively with the NPS to facilitate the environmental and ecological restoration and conservation of ranchlands within Point Reyes National Seashore. Key project outcomes include providing ranchland transition...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $139,325.80 to Klamath Bird Observatory under the Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) on July 22, 2025, to conduct breeding bird population surveys across six national parks and monuments in Southern Oregon and Northern California through May 31, 2028. The Klamath Network encompasses Crater Lake, Lassen Volcanic, and Redwood National Parks, as well as Lava Beds National Monument, Oregon Caves National...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $182,987 to Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy on August 18, 2025, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2028. The agreement funds three primary activities focused on sensitive pollinator and endangered species conservation in California: (1) identification and reporting on 17,000 previously collected bees to establish a...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly Point Reyes Bird Observatory) was awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $194,711.82 under the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2029. The awardee will conduct scientifically robust data collection on riparian landbirds at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area in...
- The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $543,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to the C & O Canal Trust Inc., a non-profit organization in Williamsport, Maryland. The project will work in priority natural landscape blocks and unique plant communities to promote forest resiliency through management of invasive plant species, surveying and monitoring of forest pests, and planting native species including trees, forbs, graminoids, and...
- The National Park Service awarded a $270,300 cooperative agreement to the Mississippi Park Connection on September 16, 2022 through the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). The project will develop best management practices to maintain and restore floodplain forest habitat along the Mississippi River in Minnesota through September 2025. As the principle means by which NPS evaluates and improves watershed, landscape, and coastal resource health while sustaining biological...
- Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $460,980 Cooperative Agreement to Save The Redwoods League under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to develop reforestation capacity for giant sequoia restoration across the Sierra Nevada region. The project, effective August 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029, will establish native plant nurseries in Southern Sierra Nevada tribal communities by providing technical support, training opportunities, and direct...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $837,347.13 to the California Wildlife Foundation on July 22, 2025, under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954). The award funds resource management, visitor services, and public engagement initiatives at Cabrillo National Monument through June 30, 2027. Primary deliverables include erosion control and landscape maintenance along...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $103,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) supports inventory, monitoring, and management activities for rare, threatened, and endangered fish and wildlife resources and their habitats within the Redwood Creek watershed at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The award will enable the National Park Service to work with...
- The National Park Service Pacific West Region awarded a $204,898 cooperative agreement to Klamath Bird Observatory to support landbird monitoring, analysis, and reporting activities across Klamath Network parks from September 2021 through September 2026. This award will fund the sixth round of visits by the recipient to conduct point count surveys and gather population data on landbird species located within all National Park System units overseen by the Klamath Network, in alignment with the...
THE NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IS THE PRINCIPLE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) EVALUATES AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF WATERSHEDS, LANDSCAPES, AND MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINS BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON THE LANDS AND WATERS IN PARKS, AND ACTIVELY ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADAPT THEM TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TO CARRY OUT AND FURTHER THIS STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, NPS IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH, OPERATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING PARK PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. FOR THIS PROJECT, POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE ASSOCIATION WILL PARTNER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NETWORK INVENTORY AND MONITORING PROGRAM TO MONITOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, KEY ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ASSIST WITH DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND REPORT PREPARATION. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $117.4k | 7/30/25 | ||
| Not listed | $102.9k | 6/26/25 | ||
| Not listed | $183.1k | 1/12/24 | ||
| Not listed | $50.3k | 7/14/23 |