This program utilizes qualified nonprofit youth and veteranserving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation education volunteer service and education…

This $151,741.51 cooperative agreement was awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division, doing business as Conservation. The funding will support a project that continues a highly successful mapping program to create helpful working maps of Joshua Tree National Park. The project will recruit and manage a research associate who will be involved in all aspects of maintaining the geographic information system (GIS) at Joshua Tree National Park. The project engages youth and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service activities on Department of the Interior lands. The award period runs from August 2024 to August 2026.

This program utilizes qualified nonprofit youth and veteranserving 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. This project will continue the highly successful mapping program that has created helpful working maps of joshua tree national park. This project will recruit and manage a research associate RA who will be involved in all aspects of maintaining GIS at joshua tree national park. Beneficiaries include state and local governments private public profit nonprofit organizations and institutions who are positioned to contribute at least 50 percent of the value of projects included in the list of approved centennial challenge projects.