NPS - Natural Resources Condition Assessment

Post Date

April 4th 2011

Application Due Date

April 22nd 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

E11AS00305

CFDA Number(s)

15.944

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Eligibility Categories

Other

All Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) partner institutions are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. CESU partners must need and expect substantial involvement from NPS staff to include, but not limited to collaboration, participation, project visioning or re-envisioning. For more information about the CESU network see: http://www.cesu.psu.edu/default.htm Applicants must also be registered on the Central Contractor Registration website: https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $275000

Grant Description

Natural Resource Condition Assessments are a multi-disciplinary synthesis of existing scientific data and knowledge, from multiple sources, to help answer the question: what are current conditions for important park natural resources? The objective of the project is to provide a snapshot-in-time evaluation of resource condition status for an important subset of park natural resources. Project findings, which include a written report and accompanying map products, will help individual Park managers: •À_ Develop near-term management priorities (how to allocate limited staff and funding resources); •À_ Engage in watershed or landscape scale partnership and education efforts; •À_ Conduct park planning (e.g., General Management Plan, Resource Stewardship Strategy); •À_ Report program performance (e.g. Department of Interior•À_s Strategic Plan •À_land health•À_ goals, NPS Director•À_s State of the Parks reports). The parks that are part of this natural resources condition assessment are Grand Portage National Monument, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Voyageurs National Park, and Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Tonya Bradley
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 402-661-1656

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  tonya_bradley@nps.gov

• More Information:

  Announcement