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 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. Perform management and research actions that will preserve native fish and organisms that depend on them. This is aligned with the mission of the national park service to preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The park service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. Remove non-native lake trout from yellowstone lake via gillnetting. Implant acoustic tags in non-native lake trout in yellowstone lake and track them to preferred habitat and spawning areas to benefit in their removal. Remove non-native rainbow and brook trout from tributaries of the yellowstone river. Provide informational and educational outreach programs to the public regarding native trout conservation in yellowstone national park. Performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes: performance goals: remove 6,000 non-native lake trout from yellowstone lake via gillnetting. Remove 300 rainbow or brook trout from tributaries to the yellowstone river. Implant as many as 200 acoustic transmitters in non-native lake trout. Beneficiaries: all the organisms that live in the greater yellowstone ecosystem that depend on each other to maintain a natural and healthy coexistence, along with the 4 million people that annually visit and appreciate the natural environment in yellowstone national park. 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 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.