The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $309,291.86 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to the Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA), a non-profit organization, to support natural resource conservation efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area network of national parks. Through this award, PRNSA will jointly fund a botanist and biological technician with NPS to conduct vegetation surveys, monitor rangelands and invasive plants, and...
Under the Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) through the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will work cooperatively to facilitate the environmental and ecological restoration and conservation of ranchlands within Point Reyes National Seashore. The $1,000,000 award, with a performance period from January 8, 2025 to January 7, 2030, will support ranchland transition, development and implementation of a conservation...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $172,391.70 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to Yosemite Management Group, LLC on April 3, 2025. This award facilitates the administrative use of an office building in Mariposa, California that is essential for park administration and visitor services within Yosemite National Park. The Natural Resource Stewardship program is the NPS's primary means of evaluating and improving the health of watersheds,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $517,758 to support 67 non-federal short-term positions for a total of 1,724 weeks in 58 park units and programs. The participants will conduct a variety of natural resource management projects that advance the NPS mission, including species surveys, habitat assessments, data collection, data analysis, and reporting on wildlife management, wildland fire...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $152,200 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.944 - Natural Resource Stewardship) to the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District to collaborate on projects that restore and enhance biodiverse habitats, control invasive species, and mitigate the threat of catastrophic wildfire in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The five-year project period from January 16, 2025 to September 30, 2029 will focus on management actions to reduce fire fuels and...
Conservation Science Partners, Inc. will receive $344,930 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service through the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System federal grant program (CFDA 15.945). The company will evaluate and assess natural resource conditions in national parks by writing one or more natural resource condition assessment reports, assisting with resource evaluations and ranking, summarizing data and information,...
This $543,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), supports efforts to promote forest resiliency in priority natural landscape blocks and unique plant communities. The key activities to be performed include: 1) management of invasive plant species, 2) surveying and monitoring of forest pests, and 3) planting of native species such as trees, forbs, graminoids, and rare plants. This five-year project,...
This $1,043,000 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), supports post-fire invasive plant control and restoration efforts in the Santa Monica Mountains region. The awardee, Santa Monica Mountains Fund, will deliver a range of natural resource management and conservation services, including native habitat restoration, invasive species control, ecological monitoring, and youth conservation programs. Key...
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...
American Forests will provide $250,000 in climate-smart reforestation services to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks under a four-year cooperative agreement from the National Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship program. Key activities include meeting with indigenous stewards to develop reforestation goals, evaluating assisted adaptation strategies, collecting tree cones, growing seedlings, planning post-fire recovery, and stakeholder engagement. American Forests will work with...