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

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Park Service (NPS), provides $143,036.97 in funding to the American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931).

The award supports ACE in engaging young adults and veterans aged 16-30 and up to 35 years old, respectively, in hands-on job training, education, and volunteer service opportunities related to conservation, restoration, maintenance, and educational activities across national parks, historic sites, and other federal lands. Specific project activities may include invasive species management, trail maintenance, habitat restoration, cultural resource preservation, environmental monitoring, and educational programming. This funding enables ACE to develop participants' professional skills and foster environmental stewardship through practical conservation work on public lands.

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carryout 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 interns will work closely with NPS curatorial staff (archivist, museum curator, and museum technician) and have opportunities to connect with staff across divisions, including with interpretive rangers working with the public. Beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and localgovernment 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.