Project Grant P19AP00235

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $315,314 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites (CFDA 15.933) program, awarded September 22, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. This award funds the Moab Citizen Isolation Center (MCIC) Archaeological Project, which will conduct three field seasons of comprehensive archaeological excavations and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Japanese American Historical Society Inc. received a $1.52 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites program (CFDA 15.933), awarded on September 16, 2025, with a completion date of September 16, 2028. The grant funds the Fragile Freedoms Project, which will deliver comprehensive professional development and educational resources to classroom...

The federal Project Grant award P24AP01822 in the amount of $1,277,100.82 was provided by the National Park Service's Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites (CFDA 15.933) Grant Program. The grant supports the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation's efforts to restore and stabilize the last remaining root cellar built by Japanese American incarcerees at the Heart Mountain incarceration site in Park County, Wyoming. Previous JACS grants have funded earlier phases of restoration and...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The National Park Service (NPS) awarded The Great Basin Institute, operating through its Nevada Conservation Corps division, a cooperative agreement totaling $172,473.67 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award, effective September 26, 2025, through September 30, 2027, supports conservation and education projects on Department of the Interior lands, specifically focusing on deferred maintenance and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the California Conservation Corps a Cooperative Agreement totaling $138,404.21 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to deliver youth internship and environmental conservation services. Effective September 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, this award supports the deployment of two trained youth interns across Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) $102,325.70 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) on August 18, 2025, with performance extending through May 31, 2026. The organization will deploy young adults to perform critical resource management activities at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, including invasive plant removal, trail...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded Santa Monica Mountains Fund a $180,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) effective February 2, 2026, through February 1, 2027. The award funds conservation and resource management activities in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area near Calabasas, California. Primary deliverables include trail maintenance and restoration,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $623,069 to the Tijuana Estuary Foundation under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves Program (CFDA 11.420) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award supports research, monitoring, and staff development activities at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) located in Imperial Beach,...

Summary The National Park Service awarded a $369,034.98 cooperative agreement to American Conservation Experience under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) on September 5, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2026. The award funds an internship program that recruits nine local youth to provide conservation and operational support across four Northern California historic sites: John Muir National Historic Site, Eugene O'Neill National...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded $3.45 million to the County of San Diego under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) effective January 1, 2026, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. This cooperative agreement funds the dredging and cleanup of Smuggler's Gulch and pilot channel within the Tijuana River Valley, a water infrastructure project authorized under the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act....