The National Park Service (NPS) is offering this grant to academic partners for a vital project to update and conduct a comprehensive visitor trail use survey within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in southern California. This grant is for determining current recreational trail use and employing assessment tools to understand usage patterns. A key purpose is to analyze how recreational trail use has evolved by comparing data from a 2002 survey with a new, proposed survey to be conducted in 2018. The NPS seeks to gain insights into changing visitor behaviors and their impact on the park’s trails, ultimately informing future management and conservation efforts in the Santa Monica Mountains. Proposals are sought from qualified academic institutions.
Opportunity ID: 294933
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P17AS00427 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Recreational Trail Use Visitor Survey, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Information and Statistics Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $80,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible applicants must be a participating partner of the Californian CESU. Additionally, this announcement is limited to applicants located within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area or the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 15-01. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting proposals from potential academic partners to collaborate in a project to update a visitor trail use survey and use assessment tools to determine the current recreational trail use for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (park) in southern California. The park seeks to understand how recreational trail use is changing in the Santa Monica Mountains by comparing data collected in a 2002 recreational trail use survey to a proposed comparative survey to be conducted in 2018. See Notice of Funding Opportunity for further information. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Financial Assistance Officer William Nash 415 623-2262
William_Nash@nps.gov Email:William_Nash@nps.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 294933 Full Announcement-NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY -> P17AS00427.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Financial Assistance Officer William Nash 415 623-2262 William_Nash@nps.gov Email: William_Nash@nps.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.945 | P17AS00427 | SAMO Recreational Trail Use Survey | PKG00233376 | Jun 22, 2017 | Jul 24, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
294933 SF424_Mandatory_1_2-1.2.pdf
294933 SF424A-1.0.pdf
294933 Mandatory_SF424B-1.1.pdf
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