Colorado State University - Innovative Partnerships for World Heritage

Post Date

August 16th 2010

Application Due Date

August 19th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-WASO-NOI-0050100002

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

0

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $75000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $75000

Grant Description

funding for Innovative Partnerships for Managing Tourism and Recreation in World Heritage Sites and Other Protected Areas. This task agreement This is a notice of intent ONLY. This task agreement will include a five day workshop is planned in the San Francisco Bay area, likely within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). GGNRA is the 2nd most visited unit within U.S. National Park Service (USNPS) with over 13 million annual visitors. A field trip is planned to Yosemite National Park, a World Heritage Site, which is the 3rd most visited national park in the USNPS system with over 3 million visitors. Guest speakers will include U.S. protected area superintendents, staff responsible for concessions policy and oversight, and representatives of leading concessionaires and friends-of-the-parks organizations. Participants will be asked present brief case studies on concessions policy within their agencies or overviews of concessions practice within an individual protected area.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Kortni Selinger
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 303-987-6734

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kortni_selinger@contractor.nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kortni_selinger@contractor.nps.gov