Cooperative Agreement P23AC02106
- 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...
- The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) to the University of California, Davis in the amount of $757,007.00 on August 16, 2024. The award supports the development and application of enhanced quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures to improve data analyses of long-term datasets, the refinement of monitoring and sampling analysis methods, and the creation of...
- 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...
- This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $248,800.00 to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to replace and maintain five water quality monitoring buoys on Lakes Mead and Mohave. The buoys will collect real-time meteorological and hydrological data, which will be transmitted to a publicly available database. This data will be used by partners to support water quality monitoring, modeling, and...
- 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...
- 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...
- The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to the University of California, Davis. The funding supports a 2-year research project to analyze water samples from Arctic streams in national parks in Alaska impacted by iron seeps. The project aims to observe the persistence and potential amelioration of iron impacts along stream gradients. Surface water and...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) National Office awarded a $4.6M cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy (operating as Southwest Conservation Corps) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) beginning July 1, 2025, and extending through March 30, 2028. This agreement funds the Scientists in Parks Program, which deploys 67 non-federal short-term positions across 58 park units and programs for a combined total of 1,724 weeks of...
- 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...
- 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...
15.944 NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIPTHE NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IS THE PRINCIPLE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE NATIONALPARK SERVICE (NPS) EVALUATES AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF WATERSHEDS, LANDSCAPES, AND MARINE AND COASTALRESOURCES, SUSTAINS BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON THE LANDS AND WATERS IN PARKS, AND ACTIVELY ENDEAVORS TOIMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADAPT THEM TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TO CARRYOUT AND FURTHER THIS STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, NPS IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS A BROAD RANGEOF RESEARCH, OPERATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING PARK PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. OBJECTIVES OF THE SAN VICENTE CREEK BACTERIA WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM ARE TO MEET THE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS OF THE WQIP AND TO ASSIST GGNRA AND SMC IN REDUCING FIB AND ACHIEVING WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES BY JUNE 2026 AS REQUIRED BY THE WQIP. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FIB FROM DIFFERENT AREAS SOURCES IN THE SAN VICENTE CREEK WATERSHED AND RECOMMEND BMPS TO REDUCE FIB DISCHARGES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $44.7k | 9/17/25 | ||
| Not listed | $44.0k | 8/20/24 | ||
| Not listed | $37.0k | 8/31/23 |