This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior (DOI) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $961,655.92 to develop genetically appropriate native plant materials for use in habitat restoration and rehabilitation on public lands in California. The 5-year project, which began on September 1, 2024, has the following specific objectives: Develop genetically appropriate native plant material, including a minimum of 5,000 lbs of pure live seed...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $351,588.23 to the Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation to support ex-situ research and seed production techniques. The project aims to increase the availability of source-identified seeds and container plants from Department of the Interior (DOI) lands to enable widespread post-fire restoration. Key activities include establishing trial fields within one year,...
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 monitor and survey plant communities at over 30 sites within national park units in the San Francisco Bay Area Network. The project, which runs from August 2024 through March 2027, will assess grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands/forests to track long-term trends in...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $639,758 to support 67 non-federal short-term positions for a total of 1,724 weeks across 58 park units and programs. The participants will conduct research, fieldwork, and data collection to support natural resource management in national parks, including species surveys, habitat assessments, water/soil sampling, fossil documentation, and other data...
This $460,980 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) under the CFDA 15.944 Natural Resource Stewardship program will support the development of a reforestation pipeline to restore Giant Sequoia trees across their native range in California. The project aims to build native plant nursery capacity within Southern Sierra Nevada tribal communities by providing technical assistance, training, and direct funding. This will increase the availability of Sequoia seedlings...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $543,000.00 and granted by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), will support efforts to promote forest resiliency in priority natural landscape blocks and unique plant communities. The project will focus on managing invasive plant species, surveying and monitoring forest pests, and planting native species including trees, forbs, graminoids, and rare plants. The award recipient, C &...
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...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $137,489.00 to American Forests to coordinate and implement post-fire recovery and burned area plant materials projects supporting whitebark pine restoration at three large Washington national parks: North Cascades, Mount Rainier, and Olympic National Parks. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) prioritizing and directing...
Under this $358,262.04 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the CFDA 15.944 Natural Resource Stewardship program, American Forests will collaborate with Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park to promote recovery and conservation of the threatened whitebark pine. The project will expand scientific planning and restoration capacity, and develop compliance documentation, a report on whitebark pine status and trends, and an updated park conservation...