Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS DOIP18AC00225
The National Park Service (NPS), part of the Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Award for a project titled "Conservation Intern for Interpretation in Copper Center, AK" (Funding Announcement Number NPS-DOIP18AC00225). This is not an open competitive grant solicitation and not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as a public notice that NPS plans to make a task agreement award under an existing master cooperative agreement that had already been competed (or otherwise justified as single-source). The intended recipient is the Student Conservation Association (SCA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with federal land agencies to place young people in conservation and public service roles. The assistance is issued under CFDA 15.931 and is tied to the Public Lands Corps authority (16 USC 1723(c)), which allows the Secretary to enter into agreements with qualified youth and conservation corps for appropriate conservation-related projects.
Financially, the anticipated federal share is $29,070.11, with an identified non-federal cost share of $9,690.04, for a total project value that combines both sources. The anticipated period of performance is a summer term running from about April 30, 2018 through August 19, 2018. The award instrument is described as a task agreement issued under the broader cooperative agreement framework (referenced as Cooperative Agreement Number P15AC00031), meaning the detailed terms and conditions of the master agreement carry over unless specifically changed in this task agreement.
Programmatically, the purpose is workforce development and training: creating a structured internship for a youth participant within the Division of Interpretation and Education at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (often abbreviated WRST), based out of the Copper Center area in Alaska. The main goal is to give a young adult real-world experience in interpretation and visitor services, while also improving the park's ability to connect the public with the park's natural, cultural, and historical resources. The intern is expected to help visitors with basic orientation and trip planning, deliver interpretive programs, and build skills like leadership, public speaking, and resource stewardship messaging. A core theme throughout the announcement is that this internship is meant to be a meaningful on-ramp into future paid work with NPS by providing hands-on training, mentoring, and exposure to NPS ethics and mission.
The statement of work emphasizes developing and delivering interpretive and educational programming focused on conservation efforts at Wrangell-St. Elias. In practical terms, the intern will research park resources (cultural history, natural history, and related topics), use existing program outlines to build or refine talks and activities, and create programs connected to ongoing park conservation projects and official park themes. Delivery formats include guided walks, informal roving contacts on trails, demonstrations, evening programs, outreach, youth programming such as Junior Ranger activities, and potentially special events. The intern is also expected to collaborate with park staff on interpretive media and education products like brochures, bulletin boards, maps, guides, wayside exhibits, and exhibit panels. Safety and resource protection are treated as required components of messaging, meaning programs should consistently reinforce safe visitor behavior and compliance with regulations in a way that supports stewardship rather than enforcement-first interactions.
Roles are clearly split between SCA and NPS. SCA is responsible for recruiting and selecting the interpretive intern(s), providing transportation to and from the park, covering subsistence during the internship, and supplying participant support such as a living allowance and, when applicable, AmeriCorps education awards. SCA also provides participant welfare and oversight mechanisms, including a 24/7 hotline, site visits, and performance evaluations. NPS, in turn, provides the federal funding listed above, along with operational onboarding such as general park orientation, NPS mission and safety training, and specific training for operating government vehicles and ATVs if needed for the role. NPS also commits to providing housing for the SCA participant(s), assigning an on-site NPS technical representative to support and guide the work, and completing a written end-of-project evaluation assessing outcomes and SCA performance.
Finally, the agreement highlights that key elements such as funding level, project term, participant substitutions (including backfilling), or other major provisions cannot be changed informally. Any such changes must be made through a written modification signed by the Agreements Officer, reinforcing that while the project is collaborative, it is still governed by formal federal financial assistance controls and documentation requirements.Apply for NPS DOIP18AC00225
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Conservation Intern for Interpretation in Copper Center, AK" 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 Apr 19, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2018. (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 $29,071.00 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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