This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $104,766.14 to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (AITRC) to identify current distributions of harvestable fish species within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The project will result in maps detailing the locations of Arctic grayling, burbot, Dolly Varden, lake trout, rainbow trout, and whitefish, which will inform the management of...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $253,116.68 through December 31, 2025 from the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System grant program to conduct the Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment. The assessment will provide updated information on the harvest and use of subsistence resources by residents of Copper Basin communities in Alaska through household surveys, ethnographic interviews, and analysis....
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 based in Williamsport, Maryland. The award, which runs from January 2025 to December 2029, will support efforts to promote forest resiliency in priority natural landscape blocks and unique plant communities. Key activities include management of invasive plant species, surveying and monitoring of forest...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will support geologic resource management in Alaska's national parks under a $1.32 million cooperative agreement from the National Park Service. Awarded on July 15, 2021 and running through December 31, 2025, this funding through the NPS's Natural Resource Stewardship program will support the development of geologic resources inventory reports. As the principal means for NPS to evaluate and improve landscape and marine resources on lands and waters within...
The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $180,108.53 Cooperative Agreement under the NPS Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.984) to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (AITRC) on June 1, 2024. The award supports AITRC's work to preserve traditional subsistence resource management practices and ensure the sustainability of local subsistence fisheries and wildlife in rural Alaska. The 5-year agreement will enable AITRC, a tribally-owned non-profit...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $215,763 to the Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. to engage park partners and leverage professional expertise to answer ecological questions, address management needs, and provide information to park visitors and the general public. The project will further the understanding of water resource health and easily...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $285,000 and issued by the National Park Service under the CFDA 15.954 Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program, funds the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative to assess, synthesize, and forecast stream gage discharge data relevant to national parks in the western United States. The project objectives include: 1) conducting analysis and synthesis of historic discharge data on free-flowing stream gages relevant to National Park...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) provides $200,000 to the Maniilaq Association, an Alaskan Native non-profit organization, to mitigate climate change impacts on subsistence users and improve food security through tribal-NPS co-stewardship arrangements. The award, which runs from September 2024 to September 2027, will support cultural resource stewardship activities such as inventory, monitoring,...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement to the Copper River Watershed Project Inc. from February 2021 through January 2026 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program. The purpose of this award is to support the EVOS COPPER RIVER WATERSHED FISH PASSAGE PROJECT 2026, which will fund efforts to restore natural resources and their services that have been injured by an oil spill or hazardous substance...