Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00331
The National Park Service (Department of the Interior) announced a discretionary cooperative agreement opportunity titled "NOTICE OF INTENT: Developing Inventory and Monitoring Protocols for Sister Park Springs" (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00331). The effort is framed as a cross-border natural resource collaboration supporting long-standing U.S.-Mexico agreements focused on coordinated management of protected areas along the border, including the 1997 Letter of Intent for Joint Work in Natural Protected Areas, the 2000 agreement on cooperation in management and protection of national parks and other protected natural areas, and the 2006 Joint Declaration of Sister Park Partnerships. The work centers on "sister parks" situated across the Rio Grande from each other within the Chihuahuan Desert, where groundwater, springs, and biological diversity are shared resource priorities.
At a practical level, the project is about building better, more consistent inventory and monitoring protocols for spring systems that influence the Rio Grande and nearby watersheds, particularly those adjacent to and within Big Bend National Park (BIBE) and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River corridor. The intended outcome is improved delivery of data on current conditions, trends over time, and updated assessments of groundwater and spring resources. In other words, the grant is aimed at generating reliable, comparable information that resource managers and partners can actually use to understand how spring-fed systems are changing and what those changes mean for river and watershed health.
The grant also emphasizes management usefulness. By producing updated information on springs and groundwater, the project is meant to support park decision-making and public communication, helping managers update watershed plans, river and riparian vegetation management plans, broader management strategies, and visitor use plans. The focus on "safe and timely execution" signals that the cooperative agreement is expected to result in actionable products on a schedule that aligns with management needs, rather than purely academic research outputs.
A key objective is capacity-building in local communities connected to the sister parks. Specifically, the project calls for developing local capacity to map and characterize spring resources. That implies training, shared methods, and practical tools so that spring locations, basic hydrology, and related site characteristics can be documented consistently and maintained over time, potentially by partners working on both sides of the border. Another stated objective is enabling assessment of impacts to biological resources associated with local springs, reflecting the ecological importance of these water sources in arid desert landscapes where springs often support unique plant communities, wildlife use, and localized biodiversity.
Administratively, the opportunity was released June 14, 2018, with an original closing date of June 24, 2018. The expected award count was one, with an award ceiling of $44,125. The activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA listing provided is 15.945. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification intended in the related eligibility text field (not included in the excerpt). Overall, the grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the National Park Service anticipated an active partnership role during project implementation to ensure that methods, data products, and outcomes align with shared cross-border resource management priorities for springs and groundwater linked to the Rio Grande system.Apply for P18AS00331
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOTICE OF INTENT: Developing Inventory and Monitoring Protocols for Sister Park Springs" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 14, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 24, 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 $44,125.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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