INDU Wetland Restoration Crew

Funding Opportunity Number: P14AS00002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 15.931Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-NPSClosing Date: Mar 21, 2014Award Ceiling: $60,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 17, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: Work Summary: The youth team will conduct habitat management activities associated with wetland restoration actions. Wetland restoration work will include plant propagation, plant installation, seed collection and site preparation. Site preparation work will include herbicide applications and the use of tools and operating equipment such as hand saws, loppers, pruners, sprayers, and brush cutters to remove undesirable plants. Work will be adaptive with other tasks assigned as necessary to obtained work goals. This position requires application of herbicides for vegetation control, strenuous repetitive manual labor, working primarily outdoors under a variety of weather conditions, exposure to poisonous plants, and exposure to biting and stinging insects including ticks which may harbor Lyme disease. The wetland substrate may be comprised of a thin soil fabric and unanticipated direct communication with body parts and the wetland may occur. No government housing is available; however, many...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding