The scientists in parks program provides opportunities for participants to meet natural resource management needs in national park units, advance their academic and professional goals, increase…

The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $3,305,803 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy to support the Scientists in Parks Program. The program provides opportunities for participants to complete internship projects in national park units that address natural resource issues and meet management needs. Projects objectives and outcomes are defined by the benefiting NPS unit and advance interns' academic and professional goals. The funding will support Conservation Legacy, doing business as the Southwest Conservation Corps, in utilizing qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through March 2027.

The scientists in parks program provides opportunities for participants to meet natural resource management needs in national park units, advance their academic and professional goals, increase diversity and inclusion within natural resource fields of the NPS, and foster life-long connections to national park resources.complete internship projects in national park units that address natural resource issues of the national park system. The objectives and outcomes for each project are defined by the benefiting NPS unit that hosts the intern.