Control Invasive Exotic Plants throughout Cultural Landscape | NPS 18 NERO 0047

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0047

The grant opportunity titled "Control Invasive Exotic Plants throughout Cultural Landscape" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 18 NERO 0047) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding action that is being issued strictly as a public notice of intent rather than as an open call for proposals. In other words, the notice is not inviting applications from the public and should not be read as a competitive funding announcement. Instead, it signals that NPS plans to award financial assistance for specific project activities related to controlling invasive, non-native plant species across a cultural landscape under NPS management or stewardship. The repeated language in the description reinforces that the primary purpose here is transparency about an intended award, not solicitation.

The funding instrument listed is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the recipient would be expected to work in close coordination with NPS, with NPS having substantial involvement during the project rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. The activity category is labeled "Employment, Labor and Training," suggesting the supported work may include labor-based field activities and potentially workforce development components such as seasonal crews, conservation corps participants, or trained staff performing invasive plant management tasks. The associated CFDA number is 15.931, which corresponds to National Park Service financial assistance programs.

Key administrative details show the notice was created on June 13, 2018, with an original closing date of June 23, 2018, though in this context that date functions more as an administrative timeline marker rather than an application deadline for interested parties, since the announcement explicitly states it is not requesting applications. The opportunity category is "Discretionary," indicating NPS has discretion in making the award rather than distributing funds by formula. The listed award ceiling is $34,890, which indicates the maximum anticipated amount for the intended financial assistance action. The eligible applicants field is "Others," a broad category that can include non-federal partners such as nonprofits, partner organizations, or other entities, but again, eligibility information is largely academic here because the notice is not opening competition.

Programmatically, the project focus is invasive exotic plant control within a cultural landscape, which generally means actions aimed at protecting the ecological health, historical character, and visitor experience of landscapes that have cultural, historic, or designed significance (for example, historic grounds, battlefields, parkways, memorial landscapes, or other managed settings where vegetation management affects both natural resources and cultural features). Typical project activities under a title like this can include surveying and mapping infestations, prioritizing treatment areas, mechanical removal, targeted herbicide application where appropriate, and follow-up monitoring and retreatment to prevent reinvasion. It can also include restoration actions after removal, such as replanting with native species to stabilize soils and reduce the chance that invasives return. Because the notice provides only a high-level description, it does not list specific target species, methods, sites, or partner responsibilities, but the scope implied by "throughout" suggests multiple treatment locations within the landscape rather than a single isolated patch.

Overall, the announcement is best understood as a formal public notice that NPS intends to issue a cooperative agreement of up to $34,890 to support coordinated invasive plant management work across a cultural landscape, and it is not an opportunity that outside organizations can apply to through a standard competitive application process.

• The National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Control Invasive Exotic Plants throughout Cultural Landscape" 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 2018-06-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-06-23. (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 $34,890.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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