Award purposeto support the work of the roseburg district through the project entitled, northwest youth corps restoration improvement of public areas douglas county, or project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $324,324.22 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to the Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) on January 13, 2025. The purpose of the award is to support the work of the Roseburg District through the project titled "Northwest Youth Corps Restoration Improvement of Public Areas Douglas County, OR". Under the guidance of BLM staff, NYC teens and young adult crews will carry out trail maintenance, campground improvements, vegetation management, and other natural resource projects in the Douglas County, Oregon area. The project aims to engage youth in earning money while learning about natural resource management and potential career paths. Key deliverables include trail work, campground maintenance, invasive species removal, and native species planting, with the youth receiving training in the use of various hand tools and equipment. The project will run through September 30, 2028.

Under the guidance of BLM staff, NYC teens and young adult crews will carry out work managed out of the BLM swiftwater field office. Youth will earn money and learn about natural resources issues and careers as they complete projects.projects may consist of the following crews will maintain and improve trails such as the north umpqua trail, wolf creek falls trail, susan creek falls trail, and others as identified. Trail work ranges from logging out to building boardwalks and bridges. Crews will also maintain campgrounds such as lone pine campground, rock creek campground, susan creek campground, and others as identified. Crews will clear vegetation from campgrounds and improve developed recreation facilities. Crews may also remove or limb vegetation such as maples and plant native species to promote healthy ecosystems.activities to be performed.activities to be performedall crews will be trained to use hand tools including loppers, hand saws, pole saws, shovels, pulaskis, mcleods, hazel hoes, pick axes, rock bars, and rock hammers. Additionally, while the training that youth receive depends on the needs of the program, NYC offers the following trainings and credentials to young adults chainsaw sawyer USDA level 1, leave no trace, OSHA 10 hour training, tool safety, brushcutter certification, mechanized wheelbarrow, trail construction maintenance, invasive specific management, and other trainings as needed.expected deliverables or outcomesyouth earn money and learn about natural resources issues and careers as they complete projects. While the intended outcomes inform the methodologies and data collection processes used, in general, NYC measures conservation outcomes through project tracking logs, maintained by the crewleader in the field, and reviewed by program supervisors weekly. This activity log includes an outline of the expected deliverables defined by the project partner.intended beneficiariesfunding of this project allows NYC participants to acquire an ethic of service to others while gaining a deeper understanding of, and connection to, the natural or cultural environment.