Implementation of Natural Resource Projects at Lake Mead NRA | P17AS00608

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The Department of the Interior, National Park Service published a discretionary funding notice titled "Implementation of Natural Resource Projects at Lake Mead NRA" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00608; CFDA 15.931) to support hands-on conservation and natural resource management work on National Park Service lands within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The project is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the work is intended to be carried out in close coordination with the NPS rather than as a stand-alone grant where the recipient operates independently. The overarching purpose is to protect and restore resources in areas affected by recreation use and prior disturbance, while improving long-term management capacity for trails, backcountry routes, and native plant restoration.

The scope of work described centers on a set of practical field actions to repair impacts and prevent new damage. One major component is reconstructing and maintaining trails throughout Lake Mead NRA to improve sustainability and reduce erosion and user-created impacts. Another is the decommissioning and rehabilitation of abandoned roads and areas damaged by off-road vehicle use, especially where those disturbances occur along approved backcountry roads. The work also includes evaluating, repairing, and building physical infrastructure meant to guide visitor use and protect sensitive areas, specifically off-road vehicle barriers and ungulate management fencing in the backcountry. Together, these tasks aim to reduce resource degradation, keep travel on designated routes, and protect habitat and restoration areas from both vehicle intrusion and wildlife pressure.

A substantial restoration and native plant component is also built into the project. The partner is expected to conduct native plant salvage ahead of construction activities at Lake Mead NRA, which typically involves carefully relocating or collecting native plants that would otherwise be destroyed and holding them for later use. The project further calls for collecting native seed for the Lake Mead Song Dog Native Plant Nursery, propagating plants at that nursery, and then outplanting nursery-grown stock back onto National Park Service land. This pipeline from seed collection to propagation to outplanting is intended to strengthen native plant availability for restoration projects, improve the success rate of revegetation in desert conditions, and help rehabilitate sites that have been disturbed by roads, trails, or construction.

In terms of administrative details, the eligible applicant category listed is nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), and the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement under the Natural Resources activity category. The listed award ceiling is $44,800. However, the announcement is explicitly labeled as a "Notice of Intent to Award" and states it is not a request for applications. In other words, this posting functions as public notice that the National Park Service planned to fund the work under an existing cooperative agreement with ACE, rather than opening a competition for new applicants. The notice was created on August 3, 2017, with an original closing date of August 17, 2017, and it indicates no expected competitive awards because the funding was tied to that pre-existing partnership arrangement.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Implementation of Natural Resource Projects at Lake Mead NRA" 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 03, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 17, 2017 NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD. This is NOT a request for applications. This funding announcement is to provide public notice that the National Park Service will fund the following project under an existing Cooperative Agreement with ACE.. (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 $44,800.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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