Public Stewardship and Youth Outreach - Invasives Removal | P17AS00514

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00514

The Public Stewardship and Youth Outreach - Invasives Removal opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00514) is a National Park Service (NPS) Notice of Intent to Award issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is classified as a discretionary cooperative agreement under the Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.944). The notice was created on July 19, 2017, and it is explicitly not a request for applications, meaning the NPS is not seeking proposals from the general public and there is no application deadline or competitive submission process associated with this posting.

Instead, the purpose of the announcement is to provide public transparency that the NPS intends to fund a specific set of project activities under an existing cooperative agreement framework. The work is identified as Task Agreement P17AC01003 and will be carried out under a master Cooperative Agreement (P13AC00786) with the Point Reyes National Seashore Association. In practical terms, this signals that the project partner has already been selected through the pre-existing agreement structure, and the agency is simply documenting its intent to make an award tied to that established relationship.

The project itself, as reflected in the title, focuses on public stewardship and youth outreach connected to invasive species removal. While the notice does not provide detailed work plans or performance measures, the framing indicates activities that combine on-the-ground natural resource management (removing invasive plants or other invasive organisms that threaten native habitats) with community engagement, likely including volunteer coordination, youth participation, and educational or stewardship programming. The emphasis on stewardship and youth outreach suggests that the project is designed not only to achieve ecological benefits within a park unit, but also to build public awareness, develop conservation skills, and encourage long-term community involvement in protecting park resources.

Financially, the posting lists an award ceiling of $50,000 and anticipates a single award. Eligibility is described in general terms as nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), but because this is not an open solicitation, that eligibility information functions more as standard classification data than as an invitation for other organizations to apply. Overall, the notice serves as a formal public statement that the NPS plans to direct up to $50,000 through one cooperative agreement action to support invasive removal work paired with youth and public stewardship efforts, delivered through the Point Reyes National Seashore Association under the referenced master agreement.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Public Stewardship and Youth Outreach - Invasives Removal" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 19, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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