Cooperative Agreement L15AC00225

This $287,364.95 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) is designed to provide work experience and career development opportunities for four youth in New Mexico. The project, implemented by the non-profit organization Gem Environmental NFP, will engage participants in hands-on natural resource management activities such as habitat restoration, invasive species removal, recreation site...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $125,413.20 cooperative agreement to Mobilizegreen, Inc. to introduce youth to careers in natural resource management through the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands federal grant program (CFDA 15.243). Under the five-year award beginning September 21, 2022, Mobilizegreen will provide seasonal work experience for youth such as wildlife and plant monitoring and educational program support on the BLM's McInnis Canyon and...

This $1,703,710.59 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) supports the Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to conduct 54 crew hitches (2 weeks each) and place 11 individual placement members to complete natural resource and resiliency projects across the target landscape in Montana. The project focuses on low-tech restoration, fence removal and modification, soil stabilization, seed...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $921,634.17 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to engage youth, veterans, and young adults in conservation and natural resource management projects on public lands. The award will fund activities such as trail maintenance, invasive species removal, habitat restoration, historic preservation, cultural resource...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides up to $136,000.00 to support a project that will introduce youth to careers in land management. The award, effective September 12, 2024 through July 27, 2027, will place up to four Native plant materials interns annually with the non-profit organization Conservation Legacy to support seed monitoring, collection, and management...

This $996,201.66 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243), provides funding to American Conservation Experience (ACE) to engage youth and veterans in conservation work on public lands across New Mexico. The project will deliver hands-on experience for participants in natural resource management activities such as terrestrial data collection, invasive species management, habitat...

The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $218,128 cooperative agreement to the Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to support the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program. Through this award, the Montana Conservation Corps will deploy two crews of youth and young adults over an 11-week period from May 30, 2022 to August 12, 2022. The crews, consisting of up to 20 members each led by experienced crew leaders, will perform hazardous fuels reduction, vegetation management, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $609,333.33 to engage youth in conservation and natural resource management projects across New Mexico. The primary awardee, Conservation Legacy, will deliver a range of hands-on services through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, including habitat restoration, rare plant conservation, wilderness management, range management,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), will enable Enterprise for Youth to engage a diverse group of local and urban youth from underserved communities in internships at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, John Muir National Historic Site, and Fort Point National Historic Site. The $205,000 award, with a...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $100,266.64 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to conduct vegetation management activities on the Kelly Dam Unit in Arizona. Specifically, Conservation Legacy will provide crew time to treat 71 acres of the unit with herbicide over two phases - 4 weeks in 2024 and 4 weeks in 2025. This cooperative agreement supports the BLM's efforts to engage youth and...