Cooperative Agreement P25AC01289
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944), provides $4,700,067 to support 67 non-federal short-term positions for a total of 1,724 weeks across 58 park units and programs. The award focuses on completing natural resource management projects that advance the NPS mission, with participants engaged in research, fieldwork, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Key tasks include species surveys, habitat...
- 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...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $692,370.67 in funding to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps for a 5-year project (2/9/2024 - 2/8/2029). The project will engage youth in natural resource management activities across the National Capital Region, including identifying, reporting, and managing invasive plant species. Youth participants will be trained by NPS staff and work...
- 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 awarded a $620,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) Alaska Center for Conservation Science under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The project, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to June 30, 2029, focuses on invasive plant management in Alaska region national parks. It involves early detection and rapid response techniques to control invasive...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.944 Natural Resource Stewardship program), provides $104,766.14 to identify and map the current distribution of harvestable fish species within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The project will collect data on the location and abundance of Arctic grayling, burbot, Dolly Varden, lake trout, rainbow trout, and whitefish to inform management of subsistence and recreational fishing in the park. The...
- The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $170,866 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Hoonah City School District in Hoonah, Alaska. The agreement, with a performance period from September 15, 2024 to January 30, 2026, will provide a framework for co-stewardship programs that encompass a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities focused on cultural resource stewardship. Key initiatives include developing and...
- The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) will receive $256,718 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to address invasive weeds in Cordova, Alaska through June 2027. Under the award, CRWP will work cooperatively with the Forest Service to control and eradicate invasive plant species that threaten natural ecosystems and community resources. The funding is provided through the Schools and Roads Grants to States program (CFDA #10.665), which...
- The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Saint Marys University of Minnesota under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The award, effective September 30, 2025 through April 30, 2030, supports the university's efforts to advance wetland mapping in Alaska's national parks. Key activities include remapping outdated wetlands, surveying areas with significant changes, and developing...
- 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...
15.944 NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIPSAM.GOV LINK: CLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTINGTEMPLATE: THE NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IS THE PRINCIPLE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) EVALUATES AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF WATERSHEDS, LANDSCAPES, AND MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINS BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON THE LANDS AND WATERS IN PARKS, AND ACTIVELY ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADAPT THEM TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TO CARRY OUT AND FURTHER THIS STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, NPS IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH, OPERATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING PARK PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. THIS IS TO ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH COPPER RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT (CRWP) TO DO INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT IN AND AROUND WRANGELL ST-ELIAS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE (WRST). WRST HAS A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT LAND OWNERSHIPS IN ITS FRONT COUNTRY, AND THIS WILL ASSIST WITH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE LANDOWNERS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS ALLOW FOR TREATMENT CONSISTENCY FROM NPS MANAGED LAND ONTO THE OTHER LANDS. CRWP IS A PROMINENT ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND IS INTEGRATED INTO THE AREA. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $30.0k | 8/13/25 |