Natural Resource Management - Lane County Youth Services
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- W9127N-26-2-R003
- Agency
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ENDIST Portland
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Applications due
- Award size
- $20,000 to $175,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 12.010 Youth Conservation Services
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
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About this opportunity
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Portland District is seeking a cooperative agreement recipient to provide natural resource management training and education services to adjudicated youth involved with the Lane County Department of Juvenile Justice. The recipient must deliver land stewardship, habitat restoration, native plant propagation, wetlands restoration, and riparian enhancement activities on USACE-managed water resources projects in the Willamette Valley. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, youth service organizations, conservation corps, and public entities that demonstrate organizational commitment to youth education in conservation environments and provide evidence of past performance in resource management and conservation activities. Applications must include a completed SF-424 form, SF-424A budget form, a program narrative (maximum 12 pages) addressing goals and objectives, a program management plan (maximum 10 pages), past performance documentation (up to three relevant federal agreements from the past five years), an appropriation certification, and either a negotiated indirect cost rate agreement or de minimis rate statement. The application deadline is May 21, 2026, with a question submission deadline of May 8, 2026.
The cooperative agreement will award one recipient an estimated $155,000 total ($30,000 for the base year from May 20, 2026 through April 30, 2027, plus four optional one-year periods of $30,000 each), with 100% USACE funding and no cost-sharing requirement. Work will occur on approximately 36 mutually agreeable days during the base year with eligible crews consisting of four to ten youth participants plus supervisors. Performance will take place at Willamette Valley Projects including Fern Ridge, Fall Creek, Dexter, Lookout Point, and Hills Creek Lakes in Lane County, Oregon, with work conducted up to four days per week from 7:30 a.m. to approximately 3:00 p.m.
Synopsis
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District (NWP) intends to enter into a cooperative agreement with a non-Federal public entity, non-profit entities, youth service or conservation cops organization for land stewardship and restoration services on USACE land in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. This cooperative agreement will assist NWP in fulfilling environmental stewardship responsibilities consisting of restoration and management of native prairie landscapes and wildlife habitat at Willamette Valley Projects in Lane County, Oregon. The recipient's participants will gain experience with project planning, development, and implementation. Projects will mainly focus on land stewardship, habitat restoration, campground maintenance, and vegetation management for dam safety at Fern Ridge, Lookout Point, Dexter, or Fall creek Lakes with occasional work at Dorena and Cottage Grove Lakes.
The cooperative agreement will be awarded pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 2339 Conservation and Recreation Management.
The recipient for this cooperative agreement must be a non-Federal public, non-profit entity, youth service or conservation corps organization that serves youth with an active case with the Lane County Department of Juvenile Justice where students may earn restitution, work required community service hours, high school credit, work towards a GED, receive vocational training, and learn job readiness skills. The recipient will employ experienced crew leaders so that ecological concepts can be accurately conveyed to crew and leaders.
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