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- The Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Challenge Cost Share program is intended to support specific National Park Service mission-related projects that align with the goals of project partners.
- Challenge Cost Share projects must support one or more of the following funding themes:
- Community Resiliency. Projects that build climate resiliency in our NPS-administered lands and waters. Projects could include developing green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and/or creating sustainable energy sources.
- Conservation Projects (Lands and Waters). Projects that increase the acres of protected or restored lands and waters.
- Outdoor Recreation. Projects that increase public access to new and restored outdoor recreation opportunities.
- Projects that benefit NPS administered National Parks, National Trails and Wild and Scenic Rivers.
- National Park Service staff will work with project partners to achieve these mutually beneficial outcomes.
- This partnership challenge seeks to reward proposals that have the best prospects to build enduring benefits and develop new partnerships.
