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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI – in case it is of interest in your communities!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Oconnell, Tim - RD, Washington, DC <tim.oconnell@usda.gov>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program (RTCA) supports community-led natural resource conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the nation. Our conservation and
recreation planning professionals partner with community groups, nonproft organizations, tribes, and government agencies. This partnership assists local communities in realizing their conservation and outdoor recreation vision and goals by providing a broad
range of services and skills. National Park Service (NPS) staff share their expertise to help your team turn an idea into reality. We offer this assistance on an annual basis with extensions based on mutual agreement.
<b><i>No monetary grants are made.</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#202020">Learn about the 2022 application process:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#202020;font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Thursday, January 27th, noon Pacific:
</span></strong><span style="color:#202020">(partner event)<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foregontrailscoalition.us15.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc973c3a78b5cafbb85fe84a20%26id%3Dbea828c1a0%26e%3Dc8af700ac4&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4d978332a45e44dd922808d9dc4303ad%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637783003688590410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=69KirK6jKOi7uyXpEj%2F%2Fr0DPkT6aNHGKRXRJNmvazdE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">National
Park Service - Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program informational webinar</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">(<a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlNmetCQIoI1IiYFbSo_bkHdUNzA2QlEwS1ZGOTY2TTlSN1lMN1hKUThWNi4u"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlNmetCQIoI1IiYFbSo_bkHdUNzA2QlEwS1ZGOTY2TTlSN1lMN1hKUThWNi4u</span></a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)<span style="color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#202020"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foregontrailscoalition.us15.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc973c3a78b5cafbb85fe84a20%26id%3Da96ecd66ee%26e%3Dc8af700ac4&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4d978332a45e44dd922808d9dc4303ad%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637783003688590410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=I%2FJMgyExjTSTXQooYCdJm9HYO6gdU1cGbNCJYs07lrA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">NPS-
Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program</span></a> (<a href="https://www.nps.gov/orgs/rtca/apply.htm">https://www.nps.gov/orgs/rtca/apply.htm</a></span>)<span style="color:#202020"> - Applications due March 1st </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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