The goal of this agreement is coordinate and implement post fire recovery and burned area plants materials projects to support whitebark pine restoration at three large washington national parks

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded American Forests a Cooperative Agreement valued at $137,489 under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) on June 12, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. The agreement supports whitebark pine restoration and post-fire recovery initiatives across three major Washington national parks: North Cascades National Park Complex (NOCA), Mount Rainier National Park (MORA), and Olympic National Park (OLYM). American Forests will deliver three primary services: prioritizing and directing whitebark pine cone collection operations at all three parks; coordinating post-fire restoration projects at North Cascades to support three federally-funded burned area recovery initiatives; and contracting cone collection activities with appropriate technical oversight for prioritized restoration areas within North Cascades and Mount Rainier National Parks.

This cooperative agreement represents a collaborative approach to ecosystem restoration and species conservation consistent with the Natural Resource Stewardship program's focus on improving watershed and landscape resilience across national park systems. The work addresses critical post-fire recovery needs while advancing long-term whitebark pine conservation objectives through systematic seed collection and restoration planning activities.

North cascade national park complex noca mount rainier mora and olympic olym national parks. This work will include 1. Prioritizing and directing cone collection at three parks 2. Coordinating post fire restoration projects at noca for three burned area recovery funded post fire projects and 3. Contracting cone collection including appropriate technical oversight for prioritized areas within north cascades and mount rainier national parks.