Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0052
The National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, issued this notice to inform the public of its intent to make a single, non-competitive financial assistance award through a cooperative agreement for work supporting the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (NHT) and the Chesapeake Gateways, Parks and Sites programs. Importantly, the posting is not a request for applications and is not open for competitive proposals. Instead, it serves as a formal announcement that NPS plans to provide funding to a specific partner organization referred to as "the Conservancy" to carry out jointly managed activities. The opportunity is listed as discretionary assistance under CFDA 15.935, with an expected number of awards of one. The notice was created June 6, 2017, with an original closing date of June 16, 2017, reflecting the public notice window rather than an application deadline.
At its core, the project is about collaborative implementation: the Conservancy and NPS will work together to advance the Trail's comprehensive management plan and related planning products, such as segment plans, site plans, interpretive plans, and conservation plans. The intent is to translate those plans into on-the-ground programs and projects that improve visitor experiences, strengthen interpretation and education, protect key resources, and build long-term capacity for stewardship across the Chesapeake watershed. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, the wording emphasizes that the work will be carried out "in concert with" and "in coordination with" NPS, signaling substantial federal involvement in planning, prioritization, and implementation rather than a stand-alone grantee-led effort.
A major component of the scope is annual joint planning and alignment. The Conservancy is expected to develop, with NPS, an integrated annual work plan that organizes programs, projects, and activities around a shared vision, mission, goals, and objectives for both the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT and the Chesapeake Gateways network. This annual planning function is meant to keep efforts coordinated across multiple sites and partners, ensure that limited resources are focused on priority outcomes, and provide a practical roadmap for what will be delivered each year.
Another central theme is partnership-building and public engagement. The Conservancy will help expand and coordinate relationships with private sector entities, local organizations and communities, and public agencies to support interpretation, education, outreach, and public relations. The notice also highlights creating "economic value" tied to Trail and Gateways goals, which typically points to heritage tourism and visitor spending benefits that come from improved destinations, stronger marketing, and better connected visitor experiences across the region. In addition, the Conservancy and NPS will develop and implement communications and outreach strategies aimed at increasing public awareness and driving greater use of the Trail, Gateways locations, and other visitor destinations throughout the Chesapeake watershed.
Resource documentation and cultural sensitivity are explicitly included. The project calls for documenting priority landscapes, sites, and related resources that sustain visitor experiences along the Trail, with specific attention to places important to American Indian tribes. This suggests an emphasis on identifying, describing, and elevating landscapes and cultural resources that may require special consideration in interpretation, protection, or collaborative decision-making, and it signals that tribal significance is a priority factor in how resources are assessed and communicated.
The notice also includes tangible conservation and access support functions. Consistent with the Trail comprehensive management plan, the Conservancy will assist NPS with planning and protecting selected priorities related to public access and key Trail resources. In practice, this could include helping partners move projects forward that improve launch points, viewpoints, interpretive stops, or connections among sites, while also supporting protection strategies for sensitive natural and cultural resources that underpin the Trail experience.
Regional stewardship capacity is strengthened through coordination with broader conservation networks. The Conservancy will support collaborative conservation via the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership, with the stated goal of expanding resources for stewardship across the region. This part of the scope reflects the understanding that Trail and Gateways success depends not only on interpretation and visitor services, but also on landscape-scale conservation and sustained partner coordination throughout the watershed.
Finally, the agreement is designed to expand non-federal support and operational capacity over time. The Conservancy will seek and develop private funding, including revenue-generating enterprises, to help implement the shared mission and program goals for the Trail and Gateways. This fundraising and earned-revenue emphasis is paired with a commitment to build and organize a volunteer network, adding staffing and program capacity for both the Conservancy and NPS efforts. Together, these elements aim to make the work more durable by diversifying funding sources and increasing the people-power available for outreach, programming, stewardship, and project delivery.Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0052
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collaborative Management and Implementation of Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail and Chesapeake Gateways, Parks and Sites Programs and Projects" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.935.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 06, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 16, 2017 This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is this notice a request for applications?
No. The notice is not a request for applications and is not open for competitive proposals. It is a public notice stating the National Park Service (NPS) intends to make a single, non-competitive financial assistance award.
Can our organization apply for this funding?
No. Based on the notice, the award is intended for a specific partner organization referred to as "the Conservancy" and is not available for other applicants through a competitive process.
How many awards does NPS expect to make under this notice?
The expected number of awards is one.
What type of award is NPS planning to issue?
NPS plans to issue a financial assistance award through a cooperative agreement, which indicates the work will be carried out jointly with substantial federal involvement.
What does "non-competitive" mean in this context?
What is the main purpose of the cooperative agreement?
The purpose is to support work for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (NHT) and the Chesapeake Gateways, Parks and Sites programs by collaboratively implementing the Trail's comprehensive management plan and related planning products through jointly managed activities.
Which NPS programs or initiatives are supported by this agreement?
The agreement supports the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (NHT) and the Chesapeake Gateways, Parks and Sites programs.
What is CFDA 15.935 as referenced in the notice?
The opportunity is listed as discretionary assistance under CFDA 15.935, which is the catalog reference used to identify the assistance program associated with this notice.
What kinds of planning products are included in the scope of work?
The scope includes advancing and implementing planning products such as segment plans, site plans, interpretive plans, conservation plans, and other related planning products tied to the Trail's comprehensive management plan.
What does "substantial federal involvement" mean for this project?
Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, the Conservancy will carry out the work "in concert with" and "in coordination with" NPS. This signals that NPS will be actively involved in planning, prioritization, and implementation, rather than the Conservancy operating independently.
What is meant by "collaborative implementation" in this notice?
Collaborative implementation refers to NPS and the Conservancy working together to translate the Trail's management and planning documents into on-the-ground programs and projects that improve visitor experiences, interpretation, education, conservation, and long-term stewardship capacity across the Chesapeake watershed.
What is the annual work plan requirement?
The Conservancy is expected to develop, with NPS, an integrated annual work plan that organizes programs, projects, and activities around a shared vision, mission, goals, and objectives for both the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT and the Chesapeake Gateways network.
Why is the annual work plan important?
The notice describes the annual planning function as a way to keep efforts coordinated across multiple sites and partners, focus limited resources on priority outcomes, and provide a practical year-by-year roadmap for deliverables.
What kinds of outcomes does the notice emphasize?
The notice emphasizes outcomes such as improved visitor experiences, stronger interpretation and education, protection of key resources, increased public awareness and use of Trail and Gateways sites, strengthened partnerships, and expanded long-term stewardship capacity across the Chesapeake watershed.
What partnership-building activities are included?
The Conservancy will help expand and coordinate relationships with private sector entities, local organizations and communities, and public agencies to support interpretation, education, outreach, and public relations related to the Trail and Gateways programs.
What does the notice mean by creating "economic value"?
The notice highlights creating "economic value" tied to Trail and Gateways goals, which is typically associated with heritage tourism and visitor spending benefits that can result from improved destinations, stronger marketing, and better connected visitor experiences across the region.
What communications and outreach work is included?
The Conservancy and NPS will develop and implement communications and outreach strategies aimed at increasing public awareness and driving greater use of the Trail, Gateways locations, and other visitor destinations throughout the Chesapeake watershed.
What does the notice require regarding documenting landscapes and sites?
The project calls for documenting priority landscapes, sites, and related resources that sustain visitor experiences along the Trail.
How does the scope address places important to American Indian tribes?
The notice specifically calls for attention to places important to American Indian tribes when documenting priority landscapes, sites, and related resources, indicating that tribal significance is a priority consideration in resource assessment and communication.
What types of conservation and public access support are included?
Consistent with the Trail comprehensive management plan, the Conservancy will assist NPS with planning and protecting selected priorities related to public access and key Trail resources. The notice indicates this work supports advancing projects and protection strategies that underpin the Trail experience.
What is the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership role in this agreement?
The Conservancy will support collaborative conservation via the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership, with the stated goal of expanding resources for stewardship across the region.
What does the notice say about fundraising or private support?
The notice states the Conservancy will seek and develop private funding, including revenue-generating enterprises, to help implement the shared mission and program goals for the Trail and Gateways.
Is volunteer capacity part of the project?
Yes. The notice includes a commitment to build and organize a volunteer network to add staffing and program capacity supporting both Conservancy and NPS efforts.
What is the geographic focus of the work described?
The notice repeatedly references the Chesapeake watershed as the region where visitor destinations, stewardship efforts, partnerships, and program benefits are intended to be advanced.
What are the key dates mentioned, and what do they represent?
The notice was created on June 6, 2017, and shows an original closing date of June 16, 2017. Based on the notice description, these dates reflect the public notice window rather than an application deadline, since the posting is not open for applications.
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