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…

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $299,186.84 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The agreement, effective from April 11, 2024 through March 1, 2027, engages ACE to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and educational projects on Department of the Interior lands in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Key activities include water quality sampling and study, aquatic invasive species management, and broader aquatic resource management. The agreement aims to provide hands-on job training and career development opportunities for youth and veteran program participants while addressing conservation needs in the 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. The national park service and american conservation experience will collaborate on a variety of aquatic resource management field projects in lake mead national recreation area to engage youth program participants in water quality sampling and study- aquatic invasive species management- and the broader management of aquatic resources. 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.