National Park Service: Kings Canyon Trail Crews for Youth and Resource Protection
The National Park Service is funding a project for trail crews, focusing on youth development and critical trail maintenance in Kings Canyon National Park. This grant aims to provide CCC youth with job skills, federal lands stewardship experience, and personal development. It also ensures essential trail maintenance, reconstruction, and restoration per the park’s 2012 plan. Work includes reconstructing Zumwalt Meadow and Muir Rock trails for ADA compliance, restoring erosion-damaged areas in Palisade Creek Canyon, and assisting with annual trail upkeep in Cedar Grove and Middle Fork districts.
Notice of Intent Single Source Award of Trail Crews
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
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Expected Number of Awards:
1
Assistance Listings:
15.931 — Conservation Activities by Youth Service Organizations
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Version:
Synopsis 1
Posted Date:
Apr 09, 2012
Last Updated Date:
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Original Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 12, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 12, 2012
Archive Date:
Apr 13, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$70,000
Award Ceiling:
$70,000
Award Floor:
$70,000
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants:
State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:
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Additional Information
Agency Name:
National Park Service
Description:
This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.
There are two general goals of this agreement: (1) youth development and education and (2) trail maintenance and resource protection work.
(1) Youth Development: The CCC youth involved in the project will benefit from specific job skills training, exposure to federal lands stewardship work, community and personal development curriculum, and learning of wilderness-derived values.
(2) Trail maintenance and resource protection: the CCC Backcountry/ Americorps program will provide work on trail maintenance, trail reconstruction, and trail-associated wildlands restoration according to the 2012 trail maintenance plan for Kings Canyon National Park. Specifically, the crew will assist reconstruction of Zumwalt Meadow and Muir Rock trails to meet ADA requirements, construct reroutes and restore abandoned trail segments at erosion-damaged meadows in Palisade Creek Canyon, assist in annual trail opening and maintenance in Cedar Grove and Middle Fork trail districts, reconstruct erosion-damaged trails in Palisade Creek canyon, and assist in other portions of the 2012 Kings Canyon trail maintenance work plan as needed.
Link to Additional Information:
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