Cooperative Agreement L19AC00285

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $361,600 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to allocate funding for 10 one-year Internship Positions Spaces (IPS) across Arizona's BLM Gila District between fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The objective of this award is to engage youth and veterans in conservation and natural resource management projects on public lands, including...

The American Conservation Experience was awarded a $219,041.85 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The goal of the project is for youth interns to gain practical experience in natural resource management and restoration through invasive plant removal, fuel reduction, and other conservation activities on public lands in Tucson,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides $173,261.60 in funding under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to support 27 weeks of 3-person terrestrial ecological monitoring crews stationed at the BLM Arizona Strip District Office. The purpose is to collect high-quality ecological monitoring data while providing youth with hands-on natural resource management experience. The prime awardee, Conservation Legacy, will...

The Cooperative Agreement award P24AC00925, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931), supports a partnership between Saguaro National Park (SAGU) and the Friends of Saguaro National Park (FOSNP) non-profit organization. The $120,989.34 award, effective from June 24, 2024 to December 31, 2025, enables FOSNP to recruit and hire local youth interns as "Next Generation Ranger Corps" members....

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $396,900.78 Project Grant to American Conservation Experience under the Youth Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 15.546) to recruit youth for conservation corps work maintaining public lands from September 2021 through September 2026. As described in the CFDA, this program aims to promote education, job training, citizenship, and natural and cultural resource stewardship through hands-on youth involvement. Under this award,...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $107,426 cooperative agreement to the Friends of Saguaro National Park (FOSNP), a non-profit organization, to support the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" program under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931). This program recruits and hires local youth interns from the Tucson, Arizona area to be mentored by NPS staff within the Division of Resource Management at Saguaro National Park. The interns...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931) provides $285,428.99 to the Friends of Saguaro National Park to recruit, hire, and mentor local youth for paid internships at Saguaro National Park. The purpose of this project is to provide professional development and hands-on experience for youth from underrepresented communities in Tucson, AZ, to gain skills in park management,...

This $108,353.45 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the "Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities" (CFDA 15.931) program supports The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to provide hands-on natural resource management experience for youth interns. The project goals are for the interns to gain practical experience in fuel reduction, invasive plant management, and ecological restoration through activities such as...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), supports a project that engages young adults in natural and cultural resource conservation activities at Saguaro National Park. The $157,612.21 award to American Conservation Experience, a non-profit conservation corps organization, funds internships focused on invasive plant management and wildlife monitoring. Interns will...

The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $273,087.78 cooperative agreement to Southern Utah University (SUU) on April 11, 2024. Under this agreement, SUU will partner with Zion National Park to recruit and support a minimum of 18 full-time summer interns and part-time interns during the academic year. The interns will gain practical experience in all functional areas of the park, including...