This program supports projects that further the mission of the national park service andefforts in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability that…

The National Park Service awarded Santa Monica Mountains Fund a cooperative agreement for $165,000 on February 6, 2026, under the Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) to provide trails crew equipment operator services and trail work benefiting visitors to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

The award funds direct park stewardship activities including trail maintenance, repair, and public safety work at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California. The period of performance runs through February 15, 2028. Santa Monica Mountains Fund, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Westlake Village, California, operates exclusively within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area boundary and approved partner locations in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, delivering environmental education, trail maintenance, habitat restoration, and cultural resource stewardship services to the National Park Service.

This program supports projects that further the mission of the national park service andefforts in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability that arenot covered under other specific financial assistance programs. Trails crew equipment operator and trails work to benefit visitors to the santa monica mountains national recreation area. Beneficiaries include profit organizations, public nonprofit institutions organizations, private nonprofit institutions organizations, non-federal government entities, industry and public decision makers, research scientists, engineers, and the general public.