Restoration, Natural Resources and Outdoor Facility Support at Fort Baker | P17AS00125

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00125

The National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, issued a discretionary funding notice titled "Restoration, Natural Resources and Outdoor Facility Support at Fort Baker" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00125) to support hands-on conservation and visitor-use improvements at Fort Baker, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). The effort is structured as a Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 15.931 and is designed to combine on-the-ground project delivery with youth experiential education, meaning the funded work is intended to function both as a practical conservation project and as a structured learning and job-readiness experience for youth crews.

At the center of the project is a task agreement focused on habitat restoration and natural resources support, alongside basic outdoor facility work such as trail and fence improvements. The activities described include planting native vegetation, removing invasive plant species, and completing priority maintenance or upgrades to infrastructure that shapes how visitors move through and use the site. These actions are framed as necessary across Fort Baker to improve the visitor experience while also protecting sensitive habitat, with particular emphasis on safeguarding the federally endangered mission blue butterfly, a species that depends on specific habitat conditions that can be degraded by invasive plants, erosion, and unmanaged visitor impacts.

The opportunity also explicitly ties the proposed work to established planning and compliance foundations at Fort Baker, noting that the tasks support natural and cultural resource goals identified in the site's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). In practical terms, that means the project is not operating in isolation; it is intended to implement priorities already documented through formal environmental planning, and it will require compliance steps aligned with NPS procedures. Coordination and oversight are built into the agreement: the GGNRA Fort Baker Natural Resources Specialist is expected to work closely with the recipient organization to plan and carry out fieldwork and to ensure required compliance actions are completed.

While eligibility is listed for nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), this posting is not a request for applications. It is a Notice of Intent to Award indicating the NPS planned to fund the work through an existing cooperative agreement with CCNB, with CCNB recommended as the recipient. The announcement lists an anticipated single award with an award ceiling of $50,000. The timeline included a creation date of March 15, 2017, and an original closing date of March 30, 2017, reflecting the public-notice window rather than an open competitive application period. Overall, the grant notice describes a collaborative, field-based project where youth crews gain meaningful work experience while directly supporting habitat restoration, invasive species management, and small-scale facility improvements that protect resources and improve public use at Fort Baker.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Restoration, Natural Resources and Outdoor Facility Support at Fort Baker" 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 Mar 15, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 30, 2017 Not a request for applications NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD. This funding announcement is to provide public notice that the National Park Service will fund the following project under an existing Cooperative Agreement with CCNB. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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