Survey Park for Populations of Green Salamander | P17AS00433

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00433

The grant opportunity titled "Survey Park for Populations of Green Salamander" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00433) is a discretionary National Park Service funding opportunity under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the project would be carried out with substantial involvement or collaboration from the federal agency rather than functioning as a simple pass-through grant with minimal agency engagement. The activity area is natural resources (CFDA 15.945), and the work is focused on field-based conservation science that directly supports park management decisions.

At its core, the project is designed to produce a park-wide understanding of the green salamander by systematically surveying the entire park for likely habitat and confirming where populations are currently present. The scope goes beyond simply mapping sightings: it calls for identifying probable habitat areas, documenting existing inhabited locations, and evaluating the condition of those sites. The project also aims to characterize the population itself by looking at condition and age structure, which typically helps managers understand whether the population appears stable, reproducing successfully, or trending toward decline. In addition to population-focused information, the work includes assessing habitat condition and the vulnerability of that habitat to degradation, which can include stressors like disturbance, erosion, invasive species, hydrologic changes, recreational impacts, or other site-specific threats that reduce habitat quality over time.

A major deliverable implied by the description is a management-oriented report that integrates the field survey results with a review of current peer-reviewed research. This combination is meant to translate science into actionable guidance. The intent is to provide the information needed to draft a management plan that can guide how the park responds when green salamander habitat integrity is threatened, including prioritizing protection, monitoring, and potential mitigation actions. In practical terms, this kind of plan often clarifies where the most sensitive habitats are, what activities or environmental changes pose the greatest risk, and what operational steps the park should take to reduce impacts while still meeting visitor use and broader park objectives.

The opportunity also emphasizes landscape-level thinking through habitat connectivity planning. The final report is expected to include strategies for maintaining or improving connectivity, coordinated with partnering natural resource agencies and organizations. This reflects a corridor and greenway approach, where maintaining linkages between habitat patches can help support long-term population resilience by enabling movement, gene flow, and recolonization if local sites are lost or degraded. The focus on coordination suggests the park is looking for recommendations that align with regional conservation efforts and that can be implemented through partnerships rather than solely within park boundaries.

Eligibility is limited primarily to nonprofit organizations with IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education, with additional eligibility potentially available to other applicants as referenced in the opportunity materials. The award ceiling listed is $50,000. The posting was created on June 26, 2017, with an original closing date of July 7, 2017. The listing shows expected awards as 0, which can indicate uncertainty at the time of posting or that award expectations were not finalized in the public summary. Overall, the opportunity is structured to fund a targeted, applied research and planning effort that results in concrete management guidance and connectivity strategies to protect green salamander habitat within and around the park.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Survey Park for Populations of Green Salamander" 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 Jun 26, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 07, 2017. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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