Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0024
The "Youth Expand Trails and Establish Entry Path at Totopotomoy Creek" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 18 NERO 0024) is a National Park Service notice stating its intent to make a single task agreement award under an existing master cooperative agreement, rather than opening a new competition. In other words, it is not a request for applications. The award is being made through Master Cooperative Agreement P15AC00031 between the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) and The Student Conservation Association (SCA), a partnership designed to develop the next generation of conservation leaders by placing young people in hands-on service roles that build outdoor skills, leadership experience, and long-term stewardship values.
The project focuses on engaging youth in practical fieldwork that supports both visitor experience improvements and park resource management at the NPS newly acquired Totopotomoy Creek unit. A central theme is exposing participants to real-world land management careers by involving them in work across three closely related areas: trail creation and maintenance, natural resource management, and historic preservation. The Totopotomoy Creek area includes a historically significant site roughly 300 years old with connections to both the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War, so part of the work will include preservation-related tasks that help protect and interpret cultural resources while the park develops public access and infrastructure.
On the ground, youth participants will contribute to expanding or improving trail corridors and establishing an entry path that supports safe, sustainable visitor access. They will learn how trails are planned, built, and maintained, and they will also assist with ecological stewardship tasks that keep the landscape healthy as public use increases. The scope includes invasive plant control along trails and across surrounding landscapes to protect and restore native forest and wetland habitats, which is a common and important maintenance need in protected areas. The opportunity also includes a resource management training component: Resource Management Interns are expected to gain experience with GIS and related mapping or data management tasks, along with exposure to biological sciences and broader resource management practices that land management agencies use to monitor conditions and guide field decisions.
Administratively, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement in the Employment, Labor and Training activity category (CFDA 15.931). The eligible applicant category listed is nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), aligning with the SCA nonprofit role under the existing cooperative agreement. The notice anticipates a single award with an award ceiling of $29,692. The announcement was created on August 8, 2018, with an original closing date of August 17, 2018, reflecting the public notice period rather than an open application deadline. Overall, the intent is to fund a youth conservation and internship-style project that improves trails and access at Totopotomoy Creek while giving participants marketable conservation job skills in cultural resource support, field ecology, invasive species management, and GIS-supported resource work.Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0024
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Youth Expand Trails & Establish Entry Path at Totopotomoy Creek" 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 Aug 08, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 17, 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 $29,692.00 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) Is this a request for applications (RFA) or an open grant competition?
No. This notice states the National Park Service (NPS) intent to make a single task agreement award under an existing master cooperative agreement. It is not a request for applications and it does not open a new competitive process.
2) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this notice?
The Funding Opportunity Number is NPS 18 NERO 0024.
3) What is the project title?
The project is titled "Youth Expand Trails and Establish Entry Path at Totopotomoy Creek."
4) Who is making the award?
The award is being made by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS).
5) Who is the intended recipient of the award?
The notice indicates the award will be made under Master Cooperative Agreement P15AC00031 between NPS and The Student Conservation Association (SCA).
6) Why is there no open application process for this opportunity?
Because the NPS plans to issue a single task agreement award under an existing master cooperative agreement (P15AC00031), rather than creating a new competitive funding opportunity.
7) What is the purpose of the master cooperative agreement mentioned in the notice?
The partnership is designed to develop the next generation of conservation leaders by placing young people in hands-on service roles that build outdoor skills, leadership experience, and long-term stewardship values.
8) Where will the project take place?
The work is focused on the NPS newly acquired Totopotomoy Creek unit.
9) What work will youth participants be doing on the ground?
Youth participants will contribute to expanding or improving trail corridors and establishing an entry path to support safe, sustainable visitor access. They will also assist with ecological stewardship tasks, including invasive plant control along trails and across surrounding landscapes.
10) What is meant by "establishing an entry path"?
Based on the notice, the entry path is intended to support safe, sustainable visitor access as the park develops public access and infrastructure at Totopotomoy Creek.
11) What types of resource management and conservation tasks are included?
The scope includes invasive plant control to protect and restore native forest and wetland habitats, along with other ecological stewardship tasks that support landscape health as public use increases.
12) Does the project include training or internship components?
Yes. The opportunity includes a resource management training component. Resource Management Interns are expected to gain experience with GIS and related mapping or data management tasks, along with exposure to biological sciences and broader resource management practices.
13) What professional skills are participants expected to gain?
The notice highlights skill-building in trail planning/building/maintenance, invasive species management, field ecology and stewardship, cultural resource support related to historic preservation, and GIS-supported resource work.
14) How does historic preservation fit into this project?
The Totopotomoy Creek area includes a historically significant site roughly 300 years old with connections to both the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Part of the work includes preservation-related tasks that help protect and interpret cultural resources while the park develops access and infrastructure.
15) What is the activity category for this cooperative agreement?
The notice identifies the activity category as Employment, Labor and Training.
16) What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The notice lists CFDA 15.931.
17) What type of award instrument is described?
It is described as a discretionary cooperative agreement, issued as a single task agreement award under an existing master cooperative agreement.
18) Who is listed as eligible to apply?
The eligible applicant category listed is nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). However, the notice also states it is not a request for applications and anticipates a single award under an existing agreement.
19) What is the anticipated number of awards?
The notice anticipates a single award.
20) What is the award ceiling (maximum anticipated funding amount)?
The award ceiling listed in the notice is $29,692.
21) When was the announcement created?
The announcement was created on August 8, 2018.
22) What is the closing date and what does it mean in this context?
The original closing date is August 17, 2018. In this notice, that date reflects the public notice period rather than an application deadline for an open competition.
23) What is the overall goal of the project?
The overall intent is to fund a youth conservation and internship-style project that improves trails and access at Totopotomoy Creek while giving participants marketable conservation job skills in cultural resource support, field ecology, invasive species management, and GIS-supported resource work.
24) Is this opportunity meant to support visitor experience, resource management, or both?
Both. The work supports visitor experience improvements (trail corridors and an entry path for safer access) and park resource management (invasive plant control, habitat protection/restoration, and resource management training such as GIS).
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