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 federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $379,999.90 was granted by the National Park Service, Intermountain Region, to the non-profit organization Conservation Legacy (also known as Southwest Conservation Corps) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award funds a 3-year project where Conservation Legacy crews will work with Bandelier National Monument staff to remove invasive species from within the monument through hiking, setting up camp, and using chainsaws and herbicides. This project aims to support natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service activities on Department of the Interior lands, while providing workforce development, training, and hands-on conservation experience to youth and veterans.

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. Conservation legacy crews will work with bandelier national monument staff to remove invasive species from inside bandelier. This will be accomplished by hiking out to the project site, setting up camp, then using chainsaws to remove invasive trees and treating them with herbicides to prevent regrowth. This project funding covers three seasons of work. 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.