Implementation of Maurice River Comprehensive Management Plan and C2A “Wild About Cumberland” Program Expansion | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Implementation of Maurice River Comprehensive Management Plan and C2A 'Wild About Cumberland' Program Expansion" is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding action under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is associated with Funding Opportunity Number NPS 16 NERO 0103 and falls under the natural resources funding activity category. The intended funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project work (for example, collaborating on planning, oversight, technical direction, or coordination) rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant.

A key point in the notice is that it is not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as public notice that the NPS intends to fund specific project activities without competition. In practical terms, that usually indicates the agency has already identified a project partner or recipient and is proceeding with a non-competitive award process. The announcement functions mainly to document transparency and compliance with federal notice requirements rather than to invite new proposals from the public.

The project focus, as reflected in the title, is twofold: implementing elements of the Maurice River Comprehensive Management Plan and expanding a C2A program known as "Wild About Cumberland." While the notice does not provide detailed work plans in the excerpt you provided, the phrasing suggests activities tied to natural resource management and associated community or conservation programming in the Maurice River and Cumberland County context. "Comprehensive Management Plan" implementation generally implies on-the-ground or coordinated actions that move a previously adopted plan into execution, such as resource protection measures, habitat or watershed-related initiatives, interpretive or educational improvements, partnerships, and program delivery aligned with the plan's goals. The "program expansion" language indicates scaling up an existing initiative rather than starting from scratch, which often involves broadening geographic reach, increasing participant capacity, adding programming components, or strengthening partnerships.

The notice lists an award ceiling of $88,400 and anticipates a single award, which aligns with the stated intent to make a sole, non-competitive cooperative agreement. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," with a note to consult the additional eligibility information in the full announcement for clarification. That phrasing commonly signals eligibility may be limited or tailored (for example, to a specific type of partner, a named organization, or a narrowly defined set of entities) consistent with the planned non-competitive approach.

In terms of timing, the opportunity record shows a creation date of July 13, 2016, and an original closing date of July 22, 2016. With non-competitive public notices like this, the "closing date" generally functions more as an administrative posting window than a true application deadline, since the announcement is explicitly not soliciting applications.

For reference and classification, the opportunity is tied to CFDA number 15.954, which is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance identifier used at the time to categorize federal assistance programs (now generally mapped within SAM.gov assistance listings). Overall, the announcement is best understood as a brief formal notice that the NPS planned to issue one cooperative agreement, up to $88,400, for natural resource-related work connected to the Maurice River Comprehensive Management Plan and an expansion of the "Wild About Cumberland" C2A program, with no open competition for applicants.

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