This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service Midwest Region under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $118,745.47 to Wiscorps Inc., a non-profit conservation corps, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects at Voyageurs National Park. The project focuses on preventing the spread of invasive species, such as zebra mussels, and providing youth with professional development opportunities in natural and cultural resource management. The award period runs from September 2023 through December 2026. As a subrecipient, Wiscorps Inc. has also participated in federal grants with the Wisconsin Department of Administration for wetlands and upland habitat management and restoration projects, as well as career training for youth conservation crews at Indiana Dunes National Park.

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. This project will assist in the prevention of the spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species into uninfested waters at park and provide youth with professional development opportunities in natural and cultural resource management. This project protects natural resources which are high value to park visitors and the state of minnesota such as the parks walleye fishery and the parks waters while giving youth hands-on experience. Beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions, state and local government agencies, quasi-public non-profit institutions and other and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families, students, and the general public will receive a benefit from the development and execution of these programs and projects.