Cooperative Agreement L23AC00610

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), provides $102,325.70 to Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) to engage young adults in natural resource conservation projects at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. The project activities include removing invasive plants, maintaining trails, and installing erosion control structures to enhance visitor...

The California Conservation Corps will receive $338,496 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region. The award is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on Department of...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management California Region awarded a $223,680 cooperative agreement to the California Conservation Corps from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The award will support the ARCATA CCC WSP INTERN PLACEMENT SITE, providing intern placement opportunities for youth with the California Conservation Corps at worksites on public lands in Fortuna, California. Consistent...

The State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through its Wildlife Conservation Board division, received a $4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support the acquisition of 638.64 acres of conservation lands in eastern Riverside County, California to complement habitat preservation goals under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $369,034.98 to the non-profit organization American Conservation Experience (ACE) to engage nine local youth interns in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects across four National Historic Sites in California. The interns will assist with critical tasks such as staffing visitor centers, conducting...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $119,967.50 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.676) to the California Conservation Corps (CCC) for the Watershed Stewards Program (WSP). The WSP will engage 42 CCC corps members in watershed restoration projects across California's high-need watersheds, with 2 corps members serving at the Lodi U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office (LFWO). The corps members placed at LFWO will assist...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $284,951.32, was granted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI Region 8) to the nonprofit organization American Conservation Experience (ACE). The award is funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676). Under this agreement, ACE will recruit 8 members to contribute to the California Condor Recovery Project alongside staff at Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge...

The National Park Service awarded a $201,713 cooperative agreement to Mesa Youth Services Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Mesa Youth Services will utilize its Western Colorado Conservation Corps division, doing business as Mesa County Partners, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through September 30, 2021. This program...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), provides $363,184 to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps to support biological technician and communications placements at the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. The project is funded through the FWS's Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), which aims to engage youth and veterans in conservation work, environmental...

The National Park Service (NPS), through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $100,688 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to provide youth with training, place-based learning, trade education, and mentoring focused on trails maintenance and vegetation management on public lands. The project will engage conservation corps participants in hands-on work including vegetation management,...