RECOVERY Repair Deteriorating Trail and Footbridges with The Student Conservation Association, Inc. YELL 121640 14 1035 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "RECOVERY Repair Deteriorating Trail and Footbridges with The Student Conservation Association, Inc. YELL 121640 14 1035" is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). The project focuses on Yellowstone National Park, specifically addressing maintenance and restoration needs in the park's backcountry trail system. The core purpose is straightforward: repair and rebuild deteriorated trails and footbridges, restore damaged trail structures and surfaces, and reduce or reverse impacts to surrounding natural resources at a set of pre-selected work sites along the Yellowstone backcountry trail network.

This opportunity was posted on April 29, 2010, with an original and final closing date of May 6, 2010, and it was archived on May 7, 2010. The short application window reflects the nature of the announcement: it is not an open competitive solicitation in the typical sense, but a notice of intent to award. The NPS states that the intended recipient is The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA), and that the award was competed using internal NPS procedures. In practical terms, that means the agency had already identified SCA as the partner for the work, and the posting serves as the formal public notice tied to the federal grants process.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that NPS expected to be substantially involved in the project rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The estimated total funding amount is $28,190, and the opportunity anticipated a single award. The award ceiling and floor are both listed as $0, which is a data-field quirk that sometimes shows up in older postings; the meaningful figure here is the estimated total funding. The program is tied to CFDA number 15.931, "Conservation Activities by Youth Service Organizations," which aligns with SCA's role as a youth conservation and service organization that provides crews and interns to carry out hands-on conservation projects.

Cost sharing or matching is required, meaning the recipient was expected to contribute resources toward the project. The announcement does not specify the match percentage or what forms of match would qualify, but in cooperative agreements this can include cash contributions as well as allowable in-kind support such as labor, equipment use, or other project-related services that meet federal documentation rules.

In terms of deliverables, the work described centers on practical field improvements: constructing and restoring degraded trail structures (which can include steps, water bars, retaining features, and other built trail elements), repairing trail tread and surfaces damaged by weather, use, or erosion, and rehabilitating natural resources harmed by trail deterioration. Rehabilitation can include stabilizing eroded areas, improving drainage to prevent sediment movement, hardening surfaces where needed to protect surrounding vegetation and soils, and repairing impacts around stream crossings and bridge approaches. The emphasis on pre-selected sites indicates NPS had already identified priority locations where deterioration posed safety risks, resource damage concerns, or access issues.

For anyone seeking more information from the original posting era, the contact listed is Rhonda Martinez, Contract Specialist with the National Park Service, phone 505-988-6042, who was identified as the point of contact for assistance accessing the full announcement electronically. The official opportunity identifier is Funding Opportunity Number NPS ARRANOIYELL100016, and the opportunity category is listed as discretionary, reflecting that it was issued at the agency's discretion under ARRA recovery-related funding priorities.

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