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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dear Partners,
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Please see the details for this announcement below. Take care!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Where do history, conservation, and public engagement intersect? "At a battlefield" might not be the first answer you think of, but it's true. Sites of armed conflict are
part of American heritage, and as preserved landscapes, they are also important spaces for natural resource conservation and public access to green space. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The National Park Service is now accepting applications for Battlefield Preservation Planning Grants. These grant</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">s fund
<i>non-federal </i>projects focused on planning for, interpreting, and protecting battlefields and historic sites associated with armed conflicts on American soil, from any time period in history. They are awarded annually and competitively to state, local,
and tribal governments, other public entities, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions. Eligible activities include research, documentation, oral history, community engagement activities, interpretation and education, preservation planning,
and more. They do<b> not </b>require matching funds. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The 2021 competition is now open until February 12, 2021. </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The funding announcement and application
materials are available at <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grants.gov%2Fweb%2Fgrants%2Fview-opportunity.html%3FoppId%3D329813&data=04%7C01%7CSallie_Hejl%40nps.gov%7Cd082e7c1087b4a20b6e508d8a050d86d%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637435616379998589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Nxg0sCWyBSUtxsSPKiMgrmptBUV9l2w04eVXexzEiZc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329813</a>. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">You can learn more at <a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/battlefields/battlefield-planning-grants.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/subjects/battlefields/battlefield-planning-grants.htm</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The
American Battlefield Protection Program's staff welcome questions, and invite you to contact us about your ideas for proposals, at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:abpp@nps.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">abpp@nps.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.
Thank you.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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