Rehabilitate Nyack Creek Trail Sections with SCA Youth Crew FY19 | NPSNOIGLAC1900294

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The grant opportunity titled "Rehabilitate Nyack Creek Trail Sections with SCA Youth Crew FY19" (Funding Opportunity Number NPSNOIGLAC1900294) is a discretionary funding action issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. It is categorized under Natural Resources and uses a Cooperative Agreement as the funding instrument. The listing is tied to CFDA number 15.931, which generally covers National Park Service programs that support resource stewardship and related conservation work.

This notice is explicitly labeled as a "Notice of Intent to Award," meaning it is not an open solicitation and it is not asking the public to submit applications. Instead, the National Park Service is announcing its intention to direct this funding to a specific partner organization, the Student Conservation Association (SCA). The mechanism for doing so is a task agreement under an existing, previously awarded cooperative agreement (P15AC00031). In practice, that means the competition already occurred when the broader cooperative agreement was originally established, and this particular project is being implemented as a defined task or work assignment under that larger umbrella agreement.

The project purpose, as indicated by the title, is to rehabilitate sections of the Nyack Creek Trail using an SCA youth crew during fiscal year 2019. While the notice does not provide a workplan narrative, the wording strongly indicates hands-on trail restoration and maintenance activities typical of youth conservation crews, such as repairing tread, addressing drainage issues, stabilizing eroded areas, improving trail sustainability, and conducting general site rehabilitation consistent with National Park Service standards for trail work and resource protection.

The announcement lists an award ceiling of $38,627 and anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1). Although the eligible applicant category is described as 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than institutions of higher education, the key practical point is that the intended recipient has already been identified: the Student Conservation Association. The posting includes administrative dates (Creation Date: April 11, 2019; Original Closing Date: April 21, 2019), but because this is not a request for applications, the "closing date" functions more like a public notice window rather than a deadline for submissions.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a public transparency notice documenting that the National Park Service planned to fund a specific, youth-crew-based trail rehabilitation project through SCA via an already-established cooperative agreement, with a modest project budget and no open competition for new applicants.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rehabilitate Nyack Creek Trail Sections with SCA Youth Crew FY19" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 21, 2019. (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 $38,627.00 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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