15.931: youth and veteran organizations conservation activitiesthis program utilizes qualified non-profit youth-serving organizations to carry out natural resource conservation, education, and…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities) provides $109,440 to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps program to carry out natural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project is focused on reducing hazardous fuels and extreme fire behavior in Southwestern forests by implementing mechanical thinning and prescribed fire treatments. The project will also monitor the effects of these treatments to determine if fire and resource management objectives are being met, assess the effectiveness of prescriptions, and identify potential improvements or additional research needs. The award period is from May 28, 2024 to May 31, 2025. As a sub-awardee on this grant, Conservation Legacy will engage youth, veterans, and young adults in hands-on conservation work such as trail maintenance, habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, and cultural site preservation across public lands.

15.931: youth and veteran organizations conservation activitiesthis program utilizes qualified non-profit youth-serving organizations to carry out natural resource conservation, education, and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. The project is focused on reducing hazardous fuels and extreme fire behavior in southwestern forests by implementing fuel treatments such as mechanical thinning and prescribed fire. Through the fire ecology program, the effects of mechanical thinning and prescribed fire treatments are monitored and studied, and the information is used to 1) determine if fire and resource management objectives, such as reducing the potential for extreme fire behavior in the wildland urban interface (WUI), are being met 2) measure the effectiveness of fire and thinning prescriptions 3) determine if improvements can be made or if additional research is needed. The effects of wildfire on vegetation and fuels are also monitored.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, 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.