Perform Improvements on the Orick Horse Trail | P17AS00524

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00524

The National Park Service (NPS), within the U.S. Department of the Interior, published a Notice of Intent to Award for a project called "Perform Improvements on the Orick Horse Trail." This announcement is strictly a public notice and not an open funding opportunity. In other words, the NPS is not asking for applications and there is no competitive process associated with this posting. Instead, it documents the agency's plan to make a single award under an existing cooperative agreement framework.

The planned funding mechanism is a Cooperative Agreement, listed as a discretionary opportunity under Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00524. The work will be carried out through Task Agreement P17AC01064, which sits under a broader master Cooperative Agreement (P13AC00165) with the California Conservation Corps. Because the award is being issued under an established agreement and to a named partner, the practical effect is that the project is already assigned and the notice functions as transparency for how federal funds are being directed.

The purpose of the project is to complete improvements on the Orick Horse Trail. While the notice does not provide a detailed scope of work in the excerpt, the title indicates the effort is focused on trail improvement activities, which typically can include repairs, tread and drainage work, clearing, minor reconstruction, and related on-the-ground conservation labor that supports safe and sustainable trail use. The funding activity categories attached to the notice are Employment, Labor and Training and Natural Resources, which aligns with the California Conservation Corps model of performing conservation and recreation infrastructure work while providing paid work experience and workforce development.

The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $25,454 and anticipates one award in total, reinforcing that this is a small, single-recipient project rather than a broad grant program. The CFDA listing provided is 15.931, a National Park Service assistance program identifier used for federal reporting and tracking of assistance awards. The eligible applicant type is shown as state governments, which is consistent with the California Conservation Corps being a state entity that often partners with federal land management agencies for conservation and public works projects.

Key administrative details include the creation date of July 21, 2017, and an "Original Closing Date" field that explicitly states there is no request for applications. Anyone searching for opportunities to apply would not be able to submit for this project, since the NPS is documenting a non-competitive award to a pre-identified partner under an existing cooperative agreement structure.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Perform Improvements on the Orick Horse Trail" 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 Jul 21, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (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 $25,454.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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