Develop Climate Change – Resilient Restoration Techniques on Cadillac Mountain | NPS 17 NERO 0171

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0171

The grant opportunity titled "Develop Climate Change - Resilient Restoration Techniques on Cadillac Mountain" is a National Park Service (NPS) funding notice describing the agency's intent to make a single, non-competitive financial assistance award to support natural resource work focused on restoration methods that can better withstand climate change impacts on Cadillac Mountain. It is listed as a discretionary opportunity and would be issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means NPS expects to stay substantially involved in the project through coordination, technical input, or joint decision-making rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The overall theme is applied, site-based restoration planning and technique development aimed at improving the long-term resilience of restoration outcomes under changing environmental conditions.

This notice is explicitly not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as a public announcement that NPS plans to award the funds without competition, meaning the agency has already identified the intended recipient or partner and is publishing the notice to meet transparency requirements. The text repeats this point multiple times: the public should not interpret the posting as an open call or an invitation to submit proposals. The presence of a closing date in the listing (September 3, 2017) should be understood in that same context: it is part of the standard federal opportunity record, but it does not function as an application deadline for external applicants because applications are not being solicited.

From the source details, the opportunity number is "NPS 17 NERO 0171," indicating it was managed within the National Park Service and likely associated with the Northeast Region Office (commonly abbreviated NERO). The assistance is categorized under a natural resources funding activity area and is associated with CFDA number 15.944, which corresponds to National Park Service financial assistance programs. The eligible applicant field is broadly labeled "Others," but because the award is non-competitive, eligibility is less about who could apply and more about who NPS has already chosen to work with for this specific project.

In terms of funding scale and expectations, the award ceiling is listed as $98,489. The "expected awards" field is blank in the provided record, but the structure and wording of the notice strongly imply a single planned award rather than multiple grants. The opportunity record was created on August 24, 2017, aligning with the 2017 timeline in the opportunity number and closing date.

In practical terms, the project described by the title would center on developing restoration techniques for Cadillac Mountain that account for climate-driven stressors such as shifting temperature and precipitation patterns, increased storm intensity, changing freeze-thaw cycles, altered soil moisture, and ecological shifts that can affect vegetation establishment and erosion dynamics. Because it is framed as "climate change-resilient restoration techniques," the work would likely emphasize methods and guidance that remain effective even as conditions change, such as selecting plant materials suited to a wider range of future conditions, improving soil stabilization and water management, and designing restoration practices that reduce maintenance needs and failure risk over time.

Overall, this listing is best read as an administrative transparency notice: NPS is documenting its intention to fund a specific restoration-focused, climate resilience project on Cadillac Mountain through a cooperative agreement, up to $98,489, without opening a competitive application process.

• The National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Develop Climate Change – Resilient Restoration Techniques on Cadillac Mountain" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-08-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-09-03. (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 $98,489.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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