Evaluate wood loads in Yosemite National Park watersheds | P18AS00236

Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00236

The Department of the Interior, National Park Service announced a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Evaluate wood loads in Yosemite National Park watersheds" (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00236). The activity falls under the Natural Resources funding category (CFDA 15.945) and is intended to support a focused study that assesses wood loads, meaning the amount and distribution of timber and woody debris present in stream channels and adjacent floodplains within Yosemite National Park watersheds. The main purpose is to generate practical, on-the-ground information that can guide how wood in and near waterways is managed, especially where it intersects with sensitive resources and areas of potential development risk.

The expected outcome of the work is decision-support information for federal land managers and developers. Specifically, the study results are meant to help identify alternative approaches to managing in-stream and floodplain timber so that mission-sensitive resources can be protected and so that development can be steered away from locations that may be vulnerable due to wood-related flood and channel dynamics. In plain terms, the project is about understanding where wood accumulates, how it may influence flooding or channel change, and what management options make sense to reduce risk while still respecting the ecological role of wood in river systems.

This opportunity is structured as a Cooperative Agreement, indicating that the National Park Service anticipates substantial involvement in the project rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant. The listed eligible applicants are public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, reflecting that the work is geared toward academic or research institutions with the technical capacity to conduct field assessments, analysis, and reporting tied to watershed and river management.

Administratively, the notice makes clear that this is not an open competition. Although it has an original creation date of May 24, 2018, it is explicitly labeled as a Notice of Intent only, and no applications are being accepted. The task is being awarded under an existing cooperative agreement (P17AC00971) that had already been competed previously, so the funding is essentially being directed through that established agreement rather than through a new application process.

The anticipated award information included an award ceiling of $70,000 and an expectation of a single award. Taken together, the listing describes a small, targeted research effort supporting Yosemite watershed management, aimed at producing actionable guidance for managing woody material in streams and floodplains to reduce risk to sensitive assets and inform safer planning and development decisions.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Evaluate wood loads in Yosemite National Park watersheds" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 24, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is a Notice of Intent only. This Task Agreement is being awarded under Cooperative Agreement P17AC00971 which was already awarded under a competitive process. No applications are being accepted at this time.. (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 $70,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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