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,...
This $154,518 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides funding for the Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to engage young adults in environmental and conservation activities. The project involves mentoring participants in sustainable trail maintenance practices, including repairing trail tread, rehabilitating high-use trails, removing brush, and addressing deferred maintenance...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $218,399.95, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), supports Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps to perform natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. The key activities include: 5 miles of boundary fence removal and installation on the southeast boundary, and maintained archaeological site vegetation and soil...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $178,933.33 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to fully rehabilitate the 3-mile Bullhead Trail on Department of the Interior lands. The project aims to address safety hazards and resource damage by improving trail drainage, re-benching, widening, cutting back vegetation, and regrading the trail tread. The National Park...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $104,862.00, was provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities (CFDA 15.931) program. The award supports a partnership between the Rocky Mountain National Park Trail Crew and the Rocky Mountain Youth Conservation Corps (RMYC) to repair trail damage caused by a 2020 wildfire event. The project will involve re-aligning destroyed trail sections, rebuilding lost structures, and re-establishing...
The National Park Service awarded a $191,171.60 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to the Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to enhance trail infrastructure and restore natural resources in Yellowstone National Park. Over a 16-week period, youth crews from the Montana Conservation Corps will repair damaged trails, replace deteriorated structures, and mitigate environmental impacts along 20 miles of key pathways in the park....
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), will engage youth and young adults in hands-on training and skills-based activities to protect cultural, natural, and historical resources. The total award amount is $153,415.77 and will run from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The project will be implemented by the Student Conservation Association (SCA), a non-profit...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $111,419 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region will support youth conservation activities carried out by the Colorado Youth Corps Association under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The overall goal of the project is to employ youth to protect natural resources within Curecanti National Recreation Area and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park through...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will provide $132,624.00 to the Farmworkers Institute of Education and Leadership Development, Inc. to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The project aims to enhance trade skills, work experience, leadership,...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will provide $225,706.27 to American Conservation Experience (ACE) to enhance youth engagement and improve resource management at a park during the America 250 initiative. The project will fund two public history interns and one resource management intern to carry out activities including expanding public programs, preserving cultural and natural...