This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service, is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award totaling $622,748.94 supports Environment For The Americas, Inc., a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and interpretation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, the funding will enable the Latino Heritage Internship...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), a non-profit organization, to support HACU's programs under the ARS Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The funding will be used to facilitate internship opportunities, cultural exchanges, and capacity building efforts focused on increasing Hispanic representation and success in STEM fields and other federal...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $615,057.78 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization. The agreement, with a performance period from September 2024 to July 2027, will provide approximately seven 52-week internships to support BLM's minerals and natural resource management efforts in New Mexico. The ACE interns will contribute to various aspects of...
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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $470,442 Cooperative Agreement under the CFDA 15.243 Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA). The purpose of the award is to provide assistance to BLM's Youth Program by recruiting and placing 8 twelve-week Direct Hire Authority (DHA) resource assistant interns in California, Montana, and Alaska. The internships will engage young adults, with a focus on diverse applicants, in public...
This $609,333.33 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on September 12, 2024, supports the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The grant recipient, Conservation Legacy, will use the funding to provide internships and hands-on conservation work experiences for youth across New Mexico. Activities will include supporting plant conservation and restoration, rare plant program management, wilderness conservation, range...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $244,333.00, was granted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to American Conservation Experience (ACE) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). Over a 5-year period, the award will enable ACE to recruit and field 271 Resource Assistant interns each summer to assist the BLM across multiple resource disciplines nationwide. The interns will support a range of activities, including trail building and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA 15.243 - Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program provides up to $136,000.00 to support a project that will engage youth in natural resource management activities in New Mexico. The award will fund up to four Native Plant Materials Interns annually to perform tasks such as seed monitoring, seed scouting, seed collection, data management, broadcast seeding, site preparation, and...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded a 5-year, $196,000 Cooperative Agreement to Southern Utah University (SUU) under the federal Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The purpose of the agreement is to provide work-based learning and experiential learning opportunities through internships and service-learning programs to support public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM's Kanab Field Office in southern Utah. The funded project will engage youth,...
The National Park Service awarded a $437,402 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to Capacity Builders Inc., a non-profit organization based in Farmington, New Mexico. The agreement aims to create short-term work and training opportunities for qualified Native American students between the ages of 18-30 (or up to 35 if a veteran) to assist NPS staff with priority interpretation, education, outreach, community relations,...