WVP Cottage Grove Area HS | W9127N2120008

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The WVP Cottage Grove Area HS opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, aimed at supporting hands-on land stewardship and ecological restoration work on USACE-managed lands in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The work is centered primarily around Cottage Grove Lake and Dorena Lake, with an emphasis on restoring and managing native prairie landscapes and improving wildlife habitat. Alongside the on-the-ground conservation outcomes, the program is also designed to provide structured education, job training, and practical field experience for at-risk youth from nearby communities, so participants leave with real skills tied to conservation and natural resource careers.

The core activities funded under this agreement focus on practical restoration and maintenance tasks that directly support USACE environmental stewardship responsibilities. Projects are expected to include land stewardship and prairie and habitat restoration actions, as well as nursery and greenhouse maintenance that helps sustain native plant propagation and restoration supply needs. A key feature of the program is that participating students are not just doing labor; they are expected to gain exposure to project planning, project development, and implementation, meaning the agreement supports learning that extends from preparation and logistics through field execution and follow-up.

Eligibility is limited to non-federal entities that can credibly run a youth-focused conservation program in the Cottage Grove area. Qualified applicants include non-federal public agencies, nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits), and qualified youth service or conservation corps organizations. State governments, independent school districts, and federally recognized tribal governments are also listed as eligible applicant types. Beyond formal eligibility, USACE is looking for an organization with direct experience operating small field crews supervised by experienced crew leaders, specifically so ecological and restoration concepts can be accurately taught and reinforced while the work is being performed. In other words, the program expects a structured, supervised crew model rather than ad hoc volunteer coordination, and it expects the applicant to have a demonstrated connection to serving at-risk youth in local communities near Cottage Grove.

The agreement is issued under the authority of 33 U.S.C. 2339, Conservation and Recreation Management, which supports partnerships that advance stewardship and public benefit work on USACE lands. The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number W9127N2120008, with the funding activity category listed as Natural Resources and the CFDA number shown as 12.010. USACE anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $125,000. The notice lists a creation date of May 10, 2021 and an original closing date of June 7, 2021. Overall, the grant is structured to produce a dual outcome: measurable ecological improvements on federal project lands in the Willamette Valley and meaningful workforce-development style training for local at-risk youth through supervised restoration crews.

• The Department of Defense, USACE Portland District in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "WVP Cottage Grove Area HS" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.010.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 10, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 07, 2021. (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 $125,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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