Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00191
The American Hiking Society National Trails Day opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00191) is a Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) notice stating the agency's intent to make a single-source cooperative agreement to the American Hiking Society (AHS) to carry out the AHS National Trails Day project. Rather than being an open, competitive grant solicitation, this posting is essentially a formal announcement that the recipient has already been selected and that the agency plans to fund one award through a cooperative agreement, meaning FWS expects to be actively involved in project coordination and implementation alongside the recipient.
The purpose of the project is to advance DOI priorities for financial assistance while supporting NWRS work to identify, conserve, manage, and enhance the physical and ecological infrastructure on public lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In practical terms, the project is meant to improve and highlight trail systems and trail corridors connected to refuges and other Service-managed lands, using National Trails Day as a focal point for public engagement. The opportunity emphasizes encouraging outdoor recreation, particularly hiking, as a way to expand public access and deepen stewardship, while also educating the public about why trails and the surrounding corridor areas need protection and ongoing maintenance.
A key theme in the announcement is community connection and outreach. The project is framed as supporting trust and stronger relationships with local communities by increasing awareness of Americas trails and by encouraging events that celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act of 1968. In other words, the grant is not only about on-the-ground trail use and maintenance, but also about public-facing events, communications, and coordinated activities that bring people to public lands and reinforce shared responsibility for conserving these recreational and ecological assets.
Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, with the activity area listed as natural resources. It is tied to CFDA 15.654, and the stated legal authorities include a range of statutes that generally support fish and wildlife conservation, refuge recreation and administration, public lands youth and conservation corps programs, archaeological resource protection, and certain highway-related authorities. The agency listed is the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the posting date is June 25, 2018, with an original closing date of July 1, 2018, reflecting the short window typical of a notice of intent for a single-source action rather than a broad application period.
Funding details are straightforward: the award ceiling is $60,000, and the expected number of awards is one. Eligible applicant categories are nonprofits, including both 501(c)(3) organizations and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), though the notice makes clear that this is a single-source cooperative agreement specifically intended for the American Hiking Society and that the recipient has already been chosen.Apply for F18AS00191
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "American Hiking Society National Trails Day" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.654.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 25, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 01, 2018 This is a Notification of Intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the American Hiking Society. The recipient has been selected.. (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 $60,000.00 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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