Notice of Intent: Establish a wildlife and conservation partnership between ⿿sister park⿝ units in southern Arizona and northern Mexico | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement intended to set up and coordinate a cross-border wildlife monitoring and conservation partnership between "sister park" units in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. The overall idea is to connect comparable protected areas that share habitats, species, and conservation challenges in the Sky Island region, and to build a structured, long-term collaboration rather than a one-off project. The work is framed as collaborative coordination between the recipient and the NPS (listed in the narrative as SNP, but the agency is the Department of the Interior, National Park Service), with an emphasis on shared planning, information exchange, and consistent monitoring approaches.

The project centers on the Sky Island Alliance (SIA), described as a grassroots organization focused on protecting and restoring native species and habitats across the Sky Island region spanning the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The geographic scope includes Mexican national parks as well as U.S. NPS units such as Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, and Chiricahua National Monument. In practical terms, the partnership is meant to tie together parks and related conservation lands on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border that are ecologically connected, so that wildlife management and monitoring efforts are better aligned and more effective at the landscape scale.

The public need this grant aims to address is twofold: first, to increase shared environmental stewardship by actively involving recipients, partner groups, local communities, visitors, and students; and second, to improve public understanding of the natural resource values of national parks, with special attention to wildlife and springs. The emphasis on springs is notable because these water sources are often critical wildlife refuges in arid environments and can be focal points for monitoring biodiversity, climate impacts, and habitat condition. By building a broader stewardship network, the project seeks to strengthen awareness and support for conservation actions that extend beyond any single park boundary.

The objectives are largely coordination- and capacity-building oriented. They include identifying and connecting the key partners and park units needed for a long-term wildlife monitoring and conservation program, and then maintaining communication and coordination among those parties. A major activity described is organizing workshops and meetings that bring together SIA personnel with park staff from the United States and Mexico. These gatherings are intended to share results and align strategies, conservation practices, and monitoring protocols so that data and lessons learned are comparable across sites. The opportunity highlights wildlife camera monitoring (remote cameras/camera traps) as an especially important tool, suggesting an intent to standardize how cameras are deployed, how images and detections are recorded, and how findings are interpreted and shared across different agencies and land managers.

Another key component is outreach to additional partners and data sources beyond the core park units. The opportunity specifically mentions seeking collaboration with private preserves and incorporating datasets from other wildlife remote-camera efforts in the broader U.S.-Mexico border region. This reflects a landscape conservation approach: wildlife does not recognize jurisdictional boundaries, so the value of monitoring increases when parks, private lands, and other protected areas coordinate methods and share compatible datasets. Pulling in existing camera networks can also accelerate progress by building on established monitoring efforts rather than starting from scratch.

In terms of public purpose and expected outcomes, the grant is designed to create an enduring partnership among similar lands that face shared conservation goals and issues. The long-term value is framed as improved cross-border stewardship infrastructure: stronger relationships, consistent monitoring practices, shared data and interpretation, and a broader coalition of people and institutions invested in conserving wildlife and habitats in this binational region. SIA is expected to leverage its experience to engage a wide mix of participants, including volunteers, scientists, landowners, public officials, and government agencies, helping to build conservation capacity on both sides of the border.

Administratively, this opportunity is listed as a discretionary cooperative agreement under the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.944). The eligible applicant category is nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), and the opportunity anticipated a single award with an award ceiling of $34,680. The posting dates indicate it was created on July 5, 2016, with an original closing date of July 14, 2016, suggesting a short application window and a targeted, partnership-specific award rather than a broad open competition.

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