The Sustainable Recreation, Tourism, and Equitable Outdoor Access Directed Grant Program supports innovative efforts to enhance, promote, and develop sustainable recreation and tourism opportunities and increase access for all to public lands in the Sierra-Cascade region.
Donor Name: Sierra Nevada Conservancy
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: More than 10 Years
Details:
Program goals include improving access to nature and outdoor recreation opportunities, reducing impacts of overuse on natural and cultural resources, and supporting the development of sustainable recreation economies.
Projects funded through this program should accomplish one or more of the following across a defined geographic region:
- Assess conditions, existing resources, needs, and opportunities to support or promote recreation and tourism throughout the Region and identify highest priority activities.
- Identify, create, and participate in partnerships to support the development of equitable and sustainable recreation and tourism throughout the Region.
- Support projects or collaboratives that achieve sustainable recreation and tourism objectives throughout the Region.
Community access projects that address collaborative recreation and tourism may be supported under this program. “community access” as engagement programs, technical assistance, or facilities that maximize safe and equitable physical admittance for low-income communities, to natural or cultural resources, community education, or recreational amenities. Such projects should include at least one of the following elements:
- Transportation
- Physical activity programming
- Resource interpretation
- Multilingual translation
- Natural science
- Workforce development and career pathways
- Education
- Communication related to water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and other outdoor pursuits.
Eligible Projects
Examples of potential eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
- The development of a recreation and tourism collaborative or partnership for a defined geographic region.
- The implementation of priority projects identified through a collaborative process.
- A collaborative process to identify and prioritize recreation and tourism needs across a defined geographic region.
- Innovative public-private partnerships to address recreation and tourism-related challenges, including infrastructure and transportation needs.
- Promotion of recreation and tourism attractions and opportunities across a defined geographic region.
- Development of resource interpretation or communication programs for underserved populations, identified as a priority need through a collaborative process.
- Design of sustainable recreation and tourism programs related to and by Native American tribes.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant funds may be authorized for:
- Public agencies: Any city, county, special district, joint powers authority, state agency, or federal agency.
- Qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations: “Nonprofit Organization” means a private, nonprofit organization that qualifies for exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code, is in good standing with the state of California, and whose charitable purposes are consistent with the purposes of the SNC.
- Eligible Tribal Entities: An Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, or a tribal agency authorized by a tribe, which is one or both of the following: (1) Recognized by the United States and identified within the most current Federal Register; (2) Listed on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission as a California Native American tribe.
For more information, visit SNC.
