Quartermaster Reach Restoration | P15AS00417

Opportunity Information: Apply for P15AS00417

The Quartermaster Reach Restoration opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P15AS00417) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement focused on restoring and reconnecting wetland and stream habitat in the Presidio of San Francisco. The core aim is to plan and carry out restoration work that improves ecological function by re-establishing a hydrological connection between Crissy Field Marsh and the Tennessee Hollow watershed. By doing that, the project is intended to strengthen the continuity of water flow and habitat conditions across an important landscape corridor, supporting healthier wetland processes and better conditions for native species.

A key point in the notice is that it is not a request for applications. In other words, it reads like a task agreement intended for a specific collaborative partner arrangement rather than an open competition. The work is framed as a partnership among three main entities: the Presidio Trust, the National Park Service (through Golden Gate National Recreation Area, or GGNRA), and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (the Parks Conservancy). The agreement emphasizes joint planning and implementation, meaning the partners are expected to coordinate closely on the design, sequencing, and delivery of restoration actions, rather than operating as a simple pass-through grant.

The project purpose goes beyond physical habitat restoration and explicitly includes public-facing stewardship outcomes. The task agreement calls for engaging the park, the two partner organizations, and the surrounding community in shared environmental stewardship activities. It also highlights expanding opportunities for youth participation, suggesting that education, hands-on restoration involvement, or workforce-development-style experiences for young people are part of the intended public benefit. A specific geographic restoration goal described in the notice is creating a connected stream and wetland corridor between Thompson Reach (managed by the Presidio Trust) and Crissy Field Marsh (managed by GGNRA), effectively linking management areas so the overall system functions more like a single connected watershed and wetland network.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically signals substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project’s execution, coordination, or oversight. The activity category is Natural Resources under CFDA 15.944. The listed eligible applicants are nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), aligning with the Parks Conservancy’s nonprofit role in supporting national parks through fundraising, programming, and project delivery in coordination with NPS.

In terms of funding scale and timing, the notice lists an award ceiling of $98,000 with one expected award. The opportunity was created on 2015-09-15 with an original closing date of 2015-09-20, reinforcing the impression that it functioned as a targeted agreement rather than a broad, long-window solicitation. Overall, the opportunity centers on a relatively focused restoration investment designed to improve wetland habitat, reconnect water and ecological pathways between key sites in the Presidio, and pair the environmental work with community stewardship and youth engagement outcomes through a formal collaboration between NPS/GGNRA, the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

• The National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Quartermaster Reach Restoration" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-09-20. (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 $98,000.00 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.

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