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Opportunity Summary:

The Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P14AS00203) is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award, meaning it is not an open call for applications and is not seeking proposals. Instead, it serves as public notice that NPS intends to make a single award without full and open competition as a continuation of an existing cooperative agreement (H4531110704). The anticipated award amount is $149,984.40, with no cost share or match required, and the funding is administered as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 15.921, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance. The posting date is July 24, 2014, and the listed closing date is August 7, 2014, reflecting the public notice period rather than a competitive application deadline.

The intended recipient is Groundwork USA (GW USA), a national nonprofit organization, with Stephen Burrington listed as the principal investigator/program manager. NPS cites the justification for a single-source action as a continuation, indicating the work is part of an ongoing, previously funded effort rather than a new competitively awarded project. Statutory authority is referenced as 16 USC 1(g) and 16 USC 460l-1(d). The NPS point of contact is June Zastrow (303-987-6718, junezastrow@nps.gov), who can provide access help or further details, including the attached notification referenced in the announcement.

Programmatically, the award supports continued development and expansion of the Urban Waters Learning Network into additional communities. The core purpose is capacity building and technical assistance for communities dealing with impaired urban water resources and related environmental justice challenges, including areas affected by brownfields. The work focuses on conserving and improving urban rivers, lakes, wetlands, and shorelines, with an emphasis on helping local groups build practical, long-term restoration capability rather than only funding one-time on-the-ground construction or cleanup work. The network is described as including NPS-developed Groundwork Trust organizations and grantees from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Urban Waters Program, positioning UWLN as a collaborative learning and support structure that spans multiple federal and local partners.

GW USA is identified as a central coordinating entity in the Groundwork model, responsible for strengthening and organizing the broader Groundwork network, connecting local sites to national partnerships and resources, documenting and sharing best practices, and transferring lessons learned to other communities doing similar work. In this role, GW USA is expected to leverage its existing practitioner network and partnerships to deliver hands-on assistance to local organizations, tribal governments, and local governments participating in UWLN. The goal is to help these participants gain the skills, tools, and techniques needed to plan, implement, and sustain urban waters restoration efforts over time.

The announcement lists four main objectives for the task agreement. First, it aims to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of the Urban Waters Learning Network and broaden participation among urban waters practitioners. Second, it focuses on supporting community-led restoration projects so participants can develop sustainable efforts that measurably improve and protect urban waters. Third, it includes a learning-and-feedback component: identifying and assessing the needs of communities and organizations working on urban water conservation, then using that information to inform federal agency partners so their support becomes more targeted and effective. Fourth, it commits to providing targeted technical assistance to organizations that face critical barriers to success, explicitly aiming to build local capacity and organizational effectiveness where gaps in expertise, staffing, planning, or coordination may be limiting progress.

In short, this is a continuation cooperative agreement funded by NPS to GW USA to operate and expand a national learning network that helps communities, including tribes and local governments, strengthen their ability to restore and protect degraded urban waterways, especially in places experiencing environmental justice burdens such as brownfields impacts. It is primarily an organized technical assistance and capacity-building effort, not a competitive grant program open for new applicants during this notice period.

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