Cooperative Agreement F26AC00527

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), awarded a $227,487.62 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps organization. The award, effective from December 5, 2024 to December 31, 2026, supports ACE in recruiting and deploying two maintenance crew members to contribute to refuge maintenance projects alongside staff at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia....

Cooperative Agreement Summary American Conservation Experience (ACE) received a $612,679.12 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), effective July 29, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Under this award, ACE recruits and deploys six invasive species strike team biology members to support nutria trapping and invasive species removal projects at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex in...

Cooperative Agreement Summary American Conservation Experience (ACE) received a $117,483.60 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), effective August 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027. Under this agreement, ACE will recruit and place two wildlife support members at the Gulf Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi to provide direct support to refuge biology projects under the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through its Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), awarded a $393,132.13 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps organization, on November 21, 2024. The award supports ACE in recruiting four members to contribute to the forestry program and other biological projects alongside FWS staff at several Midwest region refuges. The forestry members will gain experience in...

American Conservation Experience (ACE) received a $117,619.64 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), awarded on July 1, 2025, with completion by December 31, 2027. Under this agreement, ACE will place one Bullfrog Removal Team Leader position per year for three years at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington, operating in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary American Conservation Experience (ACE) received a $115,319.12 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) for the period of January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Under this award, ACE will recruit one member to work at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Minnesota, providing support for visitor and community engagement, environmental...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $139,958.14 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps, to contribute to habitat development and restoration project coordination as well as other regulatory activities at the Chesapeake Bay Field Office. This award is funded under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), which seeks to partner with non-profit organizations to carry out conservation and educational...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWFS) Region 8 awarded American Conservation Experience (ACE), a nonprofit conservation corps organization, $268,999.07 under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) effective May 13, 2025, through June 30, 2027. Under this cooperative agreement, ACE will deploy two Refuge Support Members to develop and implement data-informed inventory and monitoring initiatives across National Wildlife...

Cooperative Agreement Summary American Conservation Experience (ACE) received a $266,738.33 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), effective June 26, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Under this agreement, ACE will recruit and deploy three members to the Traveling Invasive Plant Strike Team operating in Missouri to support U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) staff in invasive...

This $222,255.12 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) supports American Conservation Experience, a non-profit conservation corps, to recruit and deploy three National Wildlife Refuge Support Members. These members will contribute to a variety of wildlife refuge projects and operations at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, including biological monitoring, wildlife...