Preparing Natural Resource Condition Assessments (NRCAs) for Seven Intermountain Region Park Units | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Preparing Natural Resource Condition Assessments (NRCAs) for Seven Intermountain Region Park Units" describes a National Park Service (NPS) effort to produce natural resource condition assessments for seven specific park units in the Intermountain Region: Sunset Crater National Monument, Wupatki National Monument, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Capitol Reef National Park. The core purpose of the work is to help park managers understand how key natural resources are doing right now, what information is missing to make better decisions, and what threats or stressors are most important to watch or address. Rather than attempting to cover every possible resource topic in each park, each NRCA is expected to focus on a defined subset of high-priority natural resources and management concerns, which is typical of condition assessment products intended to be practical and directly useful for day-to-day and long-term planning.

The announcement indicates the work will be carried out through a cooperative agreement, emphasizing collaboration between the NPS and Utah State University (USU). In practice, that kind of partnership structure generally means NPS staff and university researchers work together on scoping the assessment topics, compiling and analyzing existing data, interpreting findings in a management-relevant way, and producing the final written products. The NPS goal for these NRCAs is not only to summarize current conditions, but also to clearly identify critical data and knowledge gaps. This is an important deliverable because it helps parks prioritize future monitoring, targeted studies, and inventory work, and it provides justification for where limited science and management funds should be directed. Alongside conditions and gaps, the assessment is also expected to describe threats and stressors that could be driving change, such as invasive species, altered fire regimes, climate-related shifts, visitor use impacts, air quality issues, water availability, habitat fragmentation, or other park-specific pressures, with the exact set depending on each park's resources and concerns.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed as a discretionary funding action under CFDA 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) with a single expected award. The total estimated funding is $189,971, and both the award ceiling and floor are listed as $189,971, which signals a pre-defined funding amount rather than a competitive range. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The posting date is July 9, 2015, with an original and current closing date of July 19, 2015, and an archive date of July 20, 2015. Most importantly, the notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications; it is a public notice of the NPS intention to fund a task agreement under an existing master agreement. That language indicates this was effectively a non-competitive or already-arranged award mechanism tied to an established partnership framework, rather than an open call where new applicants would submit proposals.

The practical outcome of this funded work is a set of NRCA reports or products that park resource managers can use as decision-support tools. By documenting present-day conditions, identifying what is not known, and outlining key stressors, the NRCAs help parks set priorities for monitoring, restoration, compliance planning, and adaptive management. They also create a consistent baseline that can be referenced over time to evaluate change, communicate resource status to leadership and stakeholders, and inform broader NPS regional or national reporting. For access or administrative questions, the notice provides a contact: Katie Gaertner, Grants Management Specialist, at KatieGaertner@nps.gov, and points readers to Grants.gov for additional information.

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