Project Grant P23AP01426

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service has awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) for the development and publishing of Alabama's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) covering the 2026-2030 period. The SCORP will inventory existing public and private recreation resources, analyze population distribution...

The Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation in Vermont received a $123,400 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning (CFDA 15.916) program. The grant will enable the Vermont agency to create an inclusive statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) and develop a planning process action plan to guide future SCORP updates. The primary focus of the SCORP will be to conduct a...

The National Park Service awarded $165,004.84 to the New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) on June 1, 2025. This Project Grant funds the preparation and update of New Hampshire's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) covering the period 2029-2038. The SCORP serves as a strategic planning document that identifies outdoor recreation...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (CFDA No. 15.916 - Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning) provides $114,000 to the State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to complete the outdoor recreation assessment process for the 2024-2029 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) update. The funding will allow DNREC to collaborate with various stakeholders, including...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has been awarded a $176,027 project grant from the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The funding will enable DEEP to complete the 2024-2028 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) for Connecticut. This planning grant will support quantitative and qualitative reassessment of trends in the supply and...

The Kentucky Department for Local Government (DLG) has been awarded a $526,008.88 federal Project Grant by the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The grant will fund the development and maintenance of the 2025 Kentucky Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant activities include hiring a SCORP specialist, conducting public...

The National Park Service awarded $1.06 million to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) on July 15, 2025, for park development improvements at Dauphin Pool in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. The award, funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)—which derives revenue from offshore oil and gas leases rather than tax dollars—will support capital improvements and...

The National Park Service awarded $5.2 million through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on June 17, 2025, for park development improvements. Under this Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant, which is funded by offshore oil and gas lease revenues rather than tax dollars, DCNR will serve as the fiscal administrator and subaward the funding to Hempfield Township for capital...

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) in Pennsylvania has been awarded a $12,128,700 Project Grant by the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The grant will fund the rehabilitation and further development of the Morton Complex in Upper St. Clair Township, Allegheny County. The project scope includes the construction of pedestrian walkways, internal loop trails,...

The National Park Service awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) a $3,740,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Project Grant (CFDA 15.916) to acquire 40 acres of land in Chester Heights, PA. The grant funds will contribute to the costs of this land acquisition, which will result in the creation of a new passive recreation park with amenities for the public. DCNR will sub-grant the LWCF funds to Chester Heights Borough to complete this project. The...