Restore Trails and Native Vegetation at Canyonlands National Park | NPSNOICANY1800355

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The "Restore Trails and Native Vegetation at Canyonlands National Park" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPSNOICANY1800355) is a National Park Service notice stating its intent to make a single, specific award rather than opening a competitive grant round. In other words, it is not an invitation for the public to apply. Instead, it serves as a formal public posting that the Department of the Interior, National Park Service plans to fund a defined project through a task agreement that falls under an existing cooperative agreement (P15AC00026). The announcement was created on April 13, 2018, with an original closing date of April 23, 2018, which functions more as an administrative timeline for the notice rather than an application deadline, since applications are not being solicited.

The project focus is natural resources work at Canyonlands National Park, specifically restoring trails and native vegetation. While the notice does not provide technical work details, the title indicates the award supports on-the-ground restoration activities that typically include repairing or rehabilitating impacted trails, reducing erosion, and re-establishing native plant communities where disturbance has occurred. Efforts like these commonly aim to improve visitor safety and trail sustainability while protecting sensitive desert ecosystems by discouraging off-trail travel, stabilizing soils, and helping native vegetation recover in areas affected by heavy use or past damage.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means the Park Service expects substantial involvement in the project beyond simply issuing funds. Cooperative agreements are often used when the agency anticipates collaboration on planning, methods, field coordination, or monitoring. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and falls under the Natural Resources activity area, with the associated CFDA number 15.931, a federal assistance listing commonly tied to National Park Service resource stewardship and related conservation work.

The notice indicates there is one expected award with an award ceiling of $34,100. The intended recipient is Utah State University, identified as receiving the award via a task agreement under the previously established cooperative agreement number P15AC00026. Although the standard eligibility field in the source data lists eligible applicants as 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than institutions of higher education), this particular posting is explicitly a non-competitive notice of intent directed to a named institution through an existing agreement vehicle. Practically, that means outside organizations should not interpret the eligibility statement as an opportunity to submit a proposal for this project; the funding decision and recipient are already predetermined and the posting is primarily for transparency and recordkeeping.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Restore Trails and Native Vegetation at Canyonlands National Park" 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 13, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 23, 2018. (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 $34,100.00 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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