Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00173
The Department of the Interior, National Park Service is offering a discretionary cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00173) to support the development of Phase III of Yellowstone National Park's Repeat Photography Program. The effort is tied to a broader pre-planning process in Yellowstone focused on managing the interconnected challenges created by rising summer visitation, with the dual goal of protecting park resources and improving the overall visitor experience. The project sits within the Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.945) and is designed to strengthen practical, management-ready tools that park staff can use to interpret and communicate landscape change over time.
A central purpose of the opportunity is to advance Yellowstone's use of repeat photography as a monitoring and interpretation tool. Repeat photography involves re-taking photographs from the same viewpoints over time to document changes in landscapes, vegetation, and human use patterns. This grant emphasizes not only improving the technical and interpretive tools used to analyze and present these changes, but also expanding public engagement by involving visitors directly in data collection through citizen participation. In other words, the park is aiming to build a stronger bridge between scientific monitoring and public understanding by letting visitors help generate the evidence of change they are learning about.
The opportunity also highlights educational outreach as a major component. Building on earlier work described in the program's Phase II, the repeat photography initiative is intended to develop school-focused outreach and curricula for multiple levels, including elementary, high school, and college. The aim is to help students understand why repeat photography datasets matter, how they support long-term monitoring, and how that monitoring feeds into real-world park management decisions and resource protection. This educational piece is framed as both an outreach strategy and a way to cultivate future stewardship by showing students how straightforward, repeatable field methods can contribute to meaningful conservation outcomes.
In addition to the photography-focused work, the project supports continued research to help the park better understand and monitor visitation dynamics. That includes tracking visitor use levels, visitor behaviors, and associated resource impacts, particularly in Yellowstone's most heavily visited frontcountry sites as well as high-use backcountry attractions and trails. The underlying management need is to gather better evidence about where pressure is increasing, how visitors move and behave in sensitive areas, and what impacts are occurring, so the park can refine strategies to reduce harm while maintaining a high-quality experience.
A specific operational element of the grant involves reviewing and refining the protocols used for citizen science data collection conducted by high school Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) participants under NPS supervision. The work would assess how current data collection methods are functioning in the field, identify improvements that make the process more consistent and reliable, and ensure that youth participants can successfully contribute useful data while gaining hands-on experience in resource protection. The YCC component is also described as part of a broader programmatic goal to motivate youth to engage in protecting natural, cultural, and historical resources in their communities and beyond, positioning the project as both a monitoring initiative and a workforce or stewardship development pathway.
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, reflecting an expectation that universities or similar entities will partner with the NPS to carry out the work under a cooperative agreement structure. The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $34,945 with an expectation of one award. The funding opportunity was created on May 22, 2019, with an original closing date of May 31, 2019, indicating a short application window for interested eligible institutions at the time it was announced.Apply for P19AS00173
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Develop Phase III of Repeat Photography Program" 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 22, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 31, 2019. (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 $34,945.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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What is this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) to support Phase III development of Yellowstone National Park's Repeat Photography Program under Funding Opportunity Number (FON) P19AS00173.
What park and program does the grant support?
The funding supports Yellowstone National Park, specifically Phase III of the park's Repeat Photography Program.
What is the broader management context for this project?
The project is tied to a broader pre-planning process in Yellowstone focused on managing interconnected challenges created by rising summer visitation. The dual goal is to protect park resources and improve the overall visitor experience.
What is the CFDA number and funding activity category?
The opportunity sits within the Natural Resources funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 15.945.
What is repeat photography in the context of this project?
Repeat photography involves re-taking photographs from the same viewpoints over time to document changes in landscapes, vegetation, and human use patterns. In this project, it is positioned as a monitoring and interpretation tool.
What is the main purpose of Phase III work described here?
A central purpose is to advance Yellowstone's use of repeat photography by improving the technical and interpretive tools used to analyze and present change over time, while also strengthening practical, management-ready tools park staff can use to interpret and communicate landscape change.
How does public engagement or citizen participation fit into the project?
The opportunity emphasizes expanding public engagement by involving visitors directly in data collection through citizen participation, helping build a bridge between scientific monitoring and public understanding.
Does the project include an education or school outreach component?
Yes. Educational outreach is described as a major component, building on earlier work from Phase II and aiming to develop school-focused outreach and curricula for multiple levels.
What education levels are included in the planned curricula?
The curricula and outreach are intended for multiple levels, including elementary, high school, and college.
What are students expected to learn through the outreach and curricula?
The outreach aims to help students understand why repeat photography datasets matter, how they support long-term monitoring, and how monitoring connects to real-world park management decisions and resource protection.
Is visitation research included, or is it only about photography?
In addition to the repeat photography work, the project supports continued research to better understand and monitor visitation dynamics.
What kinds of visitation dynamics does the project aim to track?
The project includes tracking visitor use levels, visitor behaviors, and associated resource impacts.
Which areas of Yellowstone are specifically mentioned for visitation monitoring?
The opportunity highlights monitoring in heavily visited frontcountry sites as well as high-use backcountry attractions and trails.
Why is Yellowstone focusing on visitor use, behavior, and impacts?
The underlying management need is to gather better evidence about where pressure is increasing, how visitors move and behave in sensitive areas, and what impacts are occurring, so the park can refine strategies to reduce harm while maintaining a high-quality experience.
Is there a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) component?
Yes. A specific operational element involves reviewing and refining protocols used for citizen science data collection conducted by high school Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) participants under NPS supervision.
What work is expected related to YCC data collection protocols?
The work would assess how current methods are functioning in the field, identify improvements to make data collection more consistent and reliable, and help ensure youth participants can successfully contribute useful data while gaining hands-on experience in resource protection.
How is the YCC component framed beyond data collection?
It is described as part of a broader programmatic goal to motivate youth to engage in protecting natural, cultural, and historical resources in their communities and beyond, positioning the effort as both a monitoring initiative and a stewardship/workforce development pathway.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, reflecting an expectation that universities or similar entities will partner with the NPS under a cooperative agreement structure.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed is $34,945.
How many awards are expected?
The opportunity indicates an expectation of one award.
What type of funding instrument is being offered?
The opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement.
When was the funding opportunity created?
The funding opportunity was created on May 22, 2019.
What was the application closing date?
The original closing date was May 31, 2019.
How long was the application window based on the dates provided?
Based on the creation date (May 22, 2019) and the original closing date (May 31, 2019), the application window was short.
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