Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00481
This funding opportunity, titled "Documenting Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Snow and Ice Conditions and of Caribou Herds in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00481), is a National Park Service cooperative agreement focused on gathering and preserving traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and related historical information connected to caribou herds and winter environmental conditions in and around Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The core purpose is to better understand how caribou populations have changed over time, how snow and ice conditions have varied historically, and how those winter conditions have affected subsistence access for local communities. The information collected is intended to directly support more informed, culturally grounded, and effective management of caribou herds that use the park and preserve, with an explicit emphasis on informing an update to the management plan for the Mentasta caribou herd.
The project is positioned within the Environment and Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.946) and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, which typically indicates a more hands-on partnership between the federal agency and the recipient than a standard grant. In practical terms, that signals the National Park Service expects active collaboration during planning, documentation methods, product development, and how findings are shared or applied to management decisions. The emphasis on TEK suggests the work would likely involve structured engagement with knowledgeable community members and subsistence users, potentially through interviews, oral histories, community meetings, and careful documentation of observations about caribou movements, herd health, calving areas, harvest patterns, and travel safety as influenced by snowpack, freeze-thaw cycles, river and lake ice stability, wind, and other winter factors. The end goal is not just archival; it is to translate lived experience and historical knowledge into actionable context for wildlife and subsistence management in a changing environment.
The opportunity is listed as discretionary and was created on August 7, 2019, with an original closing date of August 16, 2019. The award has a ceiling of $120,000 and anticipates a single award. While eligibility is generally described as nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), this specific posting is explicitly a notice of intent to award to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission, and it states that applications will not be accepted from any other entity. That means this is effectively a sole-source competitive exclusion notice rather than an open call, reflecting a targeted partnership with an organization closely connected to the communities and knowledge holders most relevant to the Mentasta herd and the Wrangell-St. Elias region.
In summary, this is a one-award, up-to-$120,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service intended to document and synthesize traditional ecological knowledge and historical information about caribou herd dynamics and winter snow and ice conditions, specifically to improve management of caribou that use Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and to support an update to the Mentasta caribou herd management plan. The opportunity is narrowly directed to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission and is not open to other applicants.Apply for P19AS00481
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Documenting Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Snow and Ice Conditions and of Caribou Herds in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 07, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 16, 2019 This is a notice of intent to award to Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission. Applications will not be accepted from any other entity.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $120,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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