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 Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), a non-profit organization, received a $102,890.30 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports NCPE's administration of internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, NCPE interns will assist the Joshua Tree National Park Cultural Resources Team with historic preservation efforts in the Pion Mountain Mining Historic District, including implementation of preservation fieldwork, records and database management, and data collection. This award furthers the program's goal of providing hands-on training and professional development for young adults and veterans in the areas of cultural resource management and historic preservation.

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. Ncpe interns will work as part of the joshua tree national park cultural resources team. They will assist and or receive training in the following activities: assist with historic preservation efforts in the pion mountain mining historic district, including assisting with implementing preservation field work in remote areas of the park, updating records and digital database systems, and collecting data in the field. 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.