Notice of Intent to Award: Public Land Corps Student Work Crew - Canaveral National Seashore | P17AS00087

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This notice is a public announcement from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, about its intent to make an award for a project called "Public Land Corps Student Work Crew - Canaveral National Seashore." The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00087 and is categorized as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. It falls within the Natural Resources activity area and is associated with CFDA number 15.931, which is commonly used for National Park Service related assistance and project work connected to park resources and stewardship.

The key point of this announcement is that it is not a request for applications and applications will not be accepted. Instead, it serves as formal public notice that the National Park Service plans to fund the work through a task agreement issued under an existing Master Cooperative Agreement, identified as P15AC00015. In other words, rather than running an open competition where new applicants submit proposals, the agency is using a pre-established partnership framework and issuing specific task-level work under that umbrella agreement. The "eligible applicants" field is broadly described as "Others," with additional eligibility details typically handled through the terms of that master agreement and the organizations already positioned to receive task agreements under it.

The purpose of the task agreement is to engage local youth in environmental conservation activities, specifically through a student work crew model connected to Canaveral National Seashore. While the notice does not list specific work tasks in the excerpt provided, student conservation crews in National Park Service settings generally support hands-on stewardship work such as habitat restoration, trail or boardwalk maintenance, invasive species removal, coastal or dune stabilization support, visitor area cleanup, resource monitoring assistance, and other field-based projects that both improve park conditions and provide youth with practical conservation experience. The emphasis on "local youth" and "Public Land Corps" signals a workforce-development and service-learning approach, where participants gain job skills, exposure to public lands careers, and experience working on real conservation needs in a national park unit.

Financially, the announcement lists an award ceiling of $325,000 and anticipates up to 5 awards. This suggests the agency expected multiple task agreements or multiple supported crews/projects under the same overall notice, potentially spread across locations or work periods, though the title centers on Canaveral National Seashore. Because it is a cooperative agreement, the structure typically involves substantial involvement by the federal agency compared to a standard grant, meaning National Park Service staff often coordinate closely on project planning, technical guidance, compliance requirements, safety standards, and performance expectations while the partner organization manages day-to-day crew operations and participant support.

Timing details indicate the opportunity record was created on February 21, 2017, with an original closing date of March 2, 2017. In this type of "notice of intent to award" posting, the closing date functions more like an administrative date for the posting rather than a real application deadline, since the agency is explicitly stating that it will not accept applications. The practical takeaway for the public is that the National Park Service intended to proceed with funding this youth conservation crew effort through an existing cooperative partnership vehicle, and the notice exists to document that intent transparently rather than to solicit new proposals.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Award: Public Land Corps Student Work Crew - Canaveral National Seashore" 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 Feb 21, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 02, 2017 This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to fund this project as a task agreement under a master cooperative agreement.. (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 $325,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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