Community Harvest Assessment Kiana Baseline Update | P20AS00075

Opportunity Information: Apply for P20AS00075

The Community Harvest Assessment Kiana Baseline Update (Funding Opportunity Number P20AS00075) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement intended to refresh and document baseline information on how residents of Kiana, Alaska customarily and traditionally use fish and wildlife for subsistence. Kiana is located about 57 air miles east of Kotzebue along the Kobuk River and is a predominantly Inupiat community. Because local subsistence use areas include public lands within Kobuk Valley National Park, the updated baseline is meant to help the National Park Service and partners better understand current harvest patterns and practices that intersect with park-managed lands and resources.

The work focuses on collecting community-level harvest and use data in a structured, defensible way. The main data collection tool is a systematic household harvest survey designed to capture what species are harvested, in what quantities, and for what customary or traditional purposes. To strengthen the survey results and add geographic and contextual detail, the project also includes mapping activities and interviews with key respondents. Together, these methods aim to provide both quantitative baseline measures (from household surveys) and qualitative or spatial insight (from mapping and targeted interviews), which is often important for interpreting subsistence practices that vary by season, location, and household.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary financial assistance using a cooperative agreement instrument, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project (for example, coordination on study design, data standards, reporting expectations, or integration with park information needs). The activity category is Information and Statistics and Natural Resources, and it is listed under CFDA 15.945. The listing specifies that eligible applicants are state governments, and the notice states this is a notice of intent to award to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Funding details indicate an anticipated single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $112,000. The posting was created May 27, 2020, with an original closing date of June 2, 2020. Importantly, the announcement is not a request for proposals; it was posted because National Park Service regulations require public notice of financial assistance actions over $25,000, even when the agency already intends to make the award to a specific recipient.

In practical terms, the grant supports an updated snapshot of subsistence harvest and use in Kiana that can serve as a baseline for future comparison, planning, and resource management discussions involving Kobuk Valley National Park and surrounding public lands. The deliverables would reasonably be expected to include compiled survey data, mapped use areas or harvest locations as appropriate, summarized findings from key interviews, and a final report that documents methods and results in a way that can be used for long-term reference.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the information and statistics, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Harvest Assessment Kiana Baseline Update" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 27, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 02, 2020 This is a notice of intent to award to Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Per National Park Service regulations, we are required to post any financial assistance action over 25,000. This is not a request for proposals.. (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 $112,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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