Cooperative Agreement P25AC01338
- 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 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 (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 awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $248,800.00 to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to replace and maintain five water quality monitoring buoys on Lakes Mead and Mohave. The buoys will collect real-time meteorological and hydrological data, which will be transmitted to a publicly available database. This data will be used by partners to support water quality monitoring, modeling, 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...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), supports coordinated research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The $188,750 award to Northern Arizona University (NAU) facilitates multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products related to the resources of the National Park System....
- The National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $506,400 cooperative agreement to the Conservancy For Cuyahoga Valley National Park from June 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). The funding will support cooperative restoration efforts to reduce stormwater flooding through restoration activities within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. The Natural Resource Stewardship program aims to evaluate and improve watershed health,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $135,939.04 in funding to The Great Basin Institute (GBI) to address critical data management needs for park-based natural and cultural resource conservation projects. Specifically, the award supports two data scientist positions - one to enhance data transparency for park resources such as forest regeneration, water quality, and...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954), provides $450,000 to the River Network, a Colorado-based non-profit, to deliver technical assistance, information sharing, and guidance to locally-based organizations working on waterway revitalization projects. The key objectives of these projects are to enhance habitat, expand outdoor recreation opportunities, and strengthen community resilience to...
- The National Park Service (NPS), under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.946) federal grant program, awarded a $169,250 Cooperative Agreement to The Great Basin Institute (GBI) on September 1, 2025. The award supports a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities related to cultural resource stewardship, including inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, and climate change mitigation and adaptation....
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. THE VIRGIN RIVER PROJECT, MANAGED BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, WILL MONITOR NATIVE FISH POPULATIONS, PROVIDE MITIGATIONS TO PROTECT NATIVE FISH DURING IN-STREAM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, PERFORM FISH CLEARANCE AND SURVEYS WITHIN ZION NATIONAL PARK. THEY WILL PROVIDE REVIEW AND GUIDANCE FOR FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS IN ZION. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $20.0k | 8/4/25 |