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The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) will receive $118,913.96 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region. The award is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931), which supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands.

Under the April 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 award period, SCA interns will conduct sea turtle conservation activities in Corpus Christi, Texas, including nest detection and documentation; stranded turtle response, rehabilitation, and release; public education; and youth service learning. Key deliverables include written reports, quantitative data on nests, eggs, hatchlings, and strandings, and increased public engagement in environmental stewardship. The program aims to benefit SCA interns through hands-on work experience while advancing sea turtle restoration goals in the local area.

Competitive award agreement requirementsfunding opportunity number: n/afunding opportunity goals text: n/arequirements for all agreementspurpose of award (summary of the goals and objectives of the project):(1) detection, documentation, and care of sea turtle nests and hatchlings, (2) detection, documentation, and protection of stranded juvenile and adult sea turtles, (3) public education to involve the public in sea turtle restoration efforts, and (4) encouraging park stewardship among youth through service learning.summary of project specific activities:SCA members will work in office and field environments to complete sea turtle conservation tasks, including (1) data collection and entry to document sea turtle nests and stranding events, (2) nest protection, hatchling releases, public education, and related restoration tasks, and (3) training and mentorship sessions.performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:milestones depend upon environmental conditions, which generally include stranding throughout the project period, nesting through june, and hatching/releases through august. Other milestones include public education and data entry and analysis throughout the project period, with report writing august through october. Tangible outcomes will include written reports, the number of nests detected, number of eggs extracted and incubated, number of hatchlings emerged and released, and number of public education events and contacts made, as well as the number of juvenile and adult sea turtles recovered, rehabilitated, and released. Other outcomes are expected to include improved public engagement, increased environmental stewardship, and personal and professional development of SCA members.beneficiaries:interns of the the student conservation association, INC.