Conduct trail maintenance including tread repair and erosion control on several trails in Cumberland Gap National Historic Park

Post Date

May 24th 2013

Application Due Date

May 31st 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

P13AS00070

CFDA Number(s)

15.931

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $113920

• Award Range:

  $113920 - $113920

Grant Description

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. This project is a cooperative endeavor between NPS and American Conservation Experience. Project work will consist of a variety of general trail maintenance tasks. Crews will transport, distribute and compact tread materials onto areas of eroded trail surface. Other tasks may include the installation and cleaning of water bars and grade dips swales using hand tools (mattock, hoe, shovel, etc.) removal of encroaching vegetation using hand tools, gas powered string trimmers, chainsaws and pole saws blocking of social trails, and installation of signage.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  BRIAN STRAKA, 865-436-1217
  brian_straka@nps.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  brian_straka@nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  brian_straka@nps.gov

• More Information:

  Grants.Gov Website