Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program Grant Round is now open…

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 7, 2025 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of State Parks is now accepting applications for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program. The National Park Service is anticipating recommending between 25-40 projects per year in the nationwide competition.

Eligible applicants include other state agencies and local governments, such as cities and counties, as well as special-purpose districts, including park districts, located within a community having a population of 25,000 or more in the 2020 Census and located within a designated underserved community.

Project request amounts are limited to a maximum of $15 million and a minimum of $300,000. The deadline to submit a project application is March 25 and Aug. 19 each year from 2025-2029.

For more information about this program and the application process, please visit mostateparks.com/page/55065/outdoor-recreation-grants.

Established in 2014, the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program is funded through the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service. This nationally competitive grant program is funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and focuses on communities with little to no access to outdoor recreation opportunities in urban areas. The grant can be used for park projects to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks and form connections between people and the outdoors in economically underserved communities.

For more information on state parks and historic sites, visit mostateparks.com. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.