Rehabilitation of the Rocky Springs and Yockanookany Sections of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail | NPS NOI P19AC00762

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The grant opportunity titled "Rehabilitation of the Rocky Springs and Yockanookany Sections of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS NOI P19AC00762) is a National Park Service (NPS) Notice of Intent to Award under the Department of the Interior. It is categorized as a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, and it is tied to CFDA number 15.931. The focus of the project falls under the employment, labor, and training activity category, reflecting that the effort is designed not only to improve public lands but also to create structured work, education, and skill-building experiences.

This notice is explicitly not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as a public announcement that the NPS intends to make a single award (Expected Awards: 1) through a task agreement that sits under an already-existing cooperative agreement. In other words, the competitive application phase is not being opened to the general public through this posting; the agency is signaling its planned action to issue funding and project scope through an established partner relationship. The listing shows an Award Ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that a specific maximum award amount is not being advertised in this notice format, or that the financial details are handled within the underlying cooperative agreement and the forthcoming task agreement rather than stated here as an open competition.

The core purpose of the project is the repair and rehabilitation of portions of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NST), specifically the Rocky Springs and Yockanookany sections. The work is positioned as hands-on trail rehabilitation on National Park Service land, emphasizing tangible stewardship outcomes such as restoring trail tread, addressing erosion and drainage issues, improving trail stability, and generally bringing trail conditions back to a sustainable and safe standard. While the notice does not list a detailed scope of work, the language strongly suggests practical conservation labor that directly supports trail integrity and visitor use.

A major goal of the project is workforce development for youth and young adults. The NPS describes the effort as supporting and stimulating work and/or education and training opportunities through collaborative participation in trail repair and rehabilitation. The project specifically calls out engaging Public Land Corps youth crews, which are commonly used in federal land stewardship projects to provide paid service experiences that build job skills, leadership, teamwork, and familiarity with natural and cultural resource protection practices. In practice, this kind of arrangement usually blends supervised fieldwork with training in tools, safety, conservation methods, and career exploration related to public lands management and environmental stewardship.

Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," but because this is a Notice of Intent to Award rather than an open solicitation, the practical eligibility is effectively constrained to the entity covered by the previously awarded cooperative agreement and the partner(s) identified for the task agreement. The timeline included in the record shows a creation date of July 8, 2019, and an original closing date of July 18, 2019, which in this context functions more as an administrative posting window than a true application deadline, since the notice states that applications are not being requested.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an administrative and transparency step announcing NPS plans to fund a specific, pre-arranged cooperative agreement task focused on rehabilitating two named segments of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, while simultaneously creating structured, skills-based stewardship employment and training opportunities for youth and young adults through Public Land Corps-style crews.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rehabilitation of the Rocky Springs and Yockanookany Sections of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 08, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 18, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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