Continue to expand the successful partnership between the unionsportsmens alliance (USA) and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service (FWS)

This agreement will facilitate nationalcollaborative volunteer program and project management and volunteer recruitment for mutually agreed uponprograms and projects at U.S. Fish and wildlife service sites across the nation.USA works tomentor and train young adults, veteran corps and youth on conservation, union trades, or apprenticeshipopportunities. The union sportsmens alliance mission is to unite the union community through conservation to preserve northamericas outdoor heritage. USA and FWS have a long history of conservation projects nationwide since thebeginning of the organizations work boots on the ground mission in 2010. Currently, USA and the department ofinterior and the U.S. Fish and wildlife service have signed a memorandum of agreement to facilitate volunteerpublic service opportunities for USA members that will support outdoor recreation, environmental and recreationaleducation, and other opportunities on service-managed lands. The union sportsmens alliance staff are working toward and currently seeking potential opportunities in keymarkets where the US fish and wildlife service may have impactful and viable conservation recreation projectsthat are reasonable distance for the USA union volunteers. The union sportsmens alliance is uniquely qualifiedas the FWS nonprofit partner to recruit and work collaboratively to recruit, screen, and select USA members toparticipate in the program, providing highly skilled labor for selected FWS projects.