Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program

Agency: Department of the Interior National Park Service

Closing Date for Applications:  May 20, 2016 

Eligible Applicants:    

• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• State governments

Description:  The National Park Service State and Local Assistance Division announces the availability of $15 million (total) set aside in FY 2015 and FY 2016 appropriations for Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance grants for a nationally competitive grant program. Eligible U.S. state and local government agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes are invited to submit proposals for matching grants to support projects that would acquire or develop public land for outdoor recreation purposes located within or serving Census-delineated "urbanized areas": places with a population of 50,000 or more people that are densely settled.

Grants.gov link: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282085