The National Park Service (NPS), through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $100,688 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to provide youth with training, place-based learning, trade education, and mentoring focused on trails maintenance and vegetation management on public lands. The project will engage conservation corps participants in hands-on work including vegetation management,...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $201,389 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to provide 8 youth/young adult crews over 16 crew weeks to complete trail maintenance and resource restoration projects at Yellowstone National Park. The project will engage participants in reopening flood-damaged areas, repairing trails, replacing deteriorated drainage structures, removing hazards,...
The National Park Service awarded a $437,402 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to Capacity Builders Inc., a non-profit organization based in Farmington, New Mexico. The agreement aims to create short-term work and training opportunities for qualified Native American students between the ages of 18-30 (or up to 35 if a veteran) to assist NPS staff with priority interpretation, education, outreach, community relations,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $131,999.97 to Conservation Legacy to engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The key objectives are to provide participants with hands-on historic preservation trades experience, support parks with deferred maintenance,...
This $388,400.29 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program), supports Montana Conservation Corps, Inc., a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and environmental stewardship projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project activities include work crews to assist in controlling aggressive, high priority invasive...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program) provides $257,813.29 to Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps program to carry out a 13-week youth conservation project and a 12-week individual placement program on Department of the Interior lands. Over the project period from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, the program will engage youth and veterans aged 16-35 in natural and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $154,518 to the Montana Conservation Corps, Inc. to engage young adults in environmental conservation and natural resource stewardship activities. Key products and services to be delivered include: Mentoring participants in sustainable trail maintenance and rehabilitation practices, such as repairing trail tread, removing woody...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $3,154,430 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to engage youth, veterans, and young adults in natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Starting in the summer of 2025, the funding will support approximately 50 paid internships ranging from 12 to 52 weeks, focused on...
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,...