Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River – Land Protection; River | NPS 17 NERO 0189

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0189

The grant opportunity titled "Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River - Land Protection; River" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 17 NERO 0189) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding action centered on natural resource protection activities connected to the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River. The listing is essentially a public notice rather than a call for proposals. In other words, it is not inviting the public to apply, and it is not structured as a competitive funding opportunity where multiple applicants submit proposals for review.

The announcement states that the NPS intends to award financial assistance "without competition" through a cooperative agreement. A cooperative agreement is a form of federal financial assistance that typically involves substantial involvement by the federal agency in carrying out the supported work, which can include collaboration on planning, oversight, deliverables, or technical input. The activity category is Natural Resources, which aligns with the general theme of protecting river-related lands and resources within the Lower Delaware corridor.

The opportunity is associated with CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number 15.962, which corresponds to National Park Service assistance programs. The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others," which usually signals that the intended recipient may not fall neatly into standard applicant categories like state governments, local governments, or universities. In non-competitive notices like this, that label often reflects that the agency already has a specific partner organization in mind (for example, a nonprofit, conservation organization, or local entity) that is uniquely positioned to carry out the project work.

Key administrative details included in the public notice are an award ceiling of $71,000 and an expected number of awards that appears unspecified in the source data. The original closing date is shown as 2017-09-10, and the creation date of the notice is 2017-08-31. Even though a "closing date" is listed, the text makes clear the announcement is not accepting applications, so the date functions more like an administrative posting window rather than a deadline for submitting proposals.

Overall, the purpose of the posting is transparency. Federal agencies commonly publish these notices to document and justify an intent to make a non-competitive (sole-source) award, particularly when a specific recipient is anticipated and the agency wants to provide public visibility into the planned use of funds. The project focus, as reflected in the title, relates to land protection and river-related conservation in the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River area, supported through a cooperative agreement managed by the National Park Service.

• The National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River – Land Protection; River" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.962.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-08-31.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-09-10. (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 $71,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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