The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $118,557 cooperative agreement to the Colorado Youth Corps Association under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will support preservation trades training opportunities for young adults and veterans on National Park Service led preservation projects through December 2024. The Colorado Youth Corps Association, a statewide coalition of accredited youth conservation corps,...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $116,666.64 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to provide preservation trades training to young adults and veterans on NPS-led preservation projects. The award under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will run from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The purpose is to promote job skills training in the trades sector and develop a stewardship ethic for cultural...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $1,085,000 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this award, Conservation Legacy will complete invasive plant control and removal work across NPS lands to encourage native species recovery and restoration, as well as increase resilience to future stressors. The project will provide on-the-job training and conservation experience for youth, furnishing...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $225,855.47 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to the Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA), a non-profit organization, on April 29, 2024. The funding enables CYCA to provide youth, young adult, and veteran conservation crews to perform natural and cultural resource management projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include trail maintenance, invasive...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $133,333.33 was issued on August 7, 2024 by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award engages the non-profit organization Conservation Legacy, through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and youth development projects on Department of the Interior lands. The program aims to...
The National Park Service has awarded a $106,666.67 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this award, Conservation Legacy, through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, will carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and training projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities will include trail maintenance, invasive species removal,...
The National Park Service awarded a $180,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, for the period of December 16, 2024 to April 30, 2027. Through this funding, Conservation Legacy, operating primarily through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, will engage several young adults in practical, hands-on experience in conservation and invasive plant management activities at...
The National Park Service awarded a $141,900 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to the Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA). The funding supports restoration and invasive plant treatment projects to protect rangelands in Colorado from June 2025 through November 2027. CYCA, a non-profit organization, will deploy youth crews and individual interns to perform a variety of conservation activities such as vegetation...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $256,375.68 Cooperative Agreement to the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). This award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to February 27, 2026, will support a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities focused on cultural resource stewardship for the National Parks within the African American Civil Rights Network. Key project...
The National Park Service awarded a $108,719.98 Cooperative Agreement to Mobilizegreen, Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The agreement, which runs from May 2024 to March 2025, is designed to utilize qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and career development projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include...