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,...
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,...
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 U.S. National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $124,388.66 to the Friends of Saguaro National Park, a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. The award supports the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" program, which offers 9-12 month paid...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $165,440.00 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to support natural and cultural resource conservation activities across 29 national parks in the Southwest. The key products and services to be delivered include: Engaging youth and veteran interns in long-term ecological monitoring and data management within the Chihuahuan...
The U.S. National Park Service has awarded a $140,000.12 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The project will create a "Pyramid of Opportunity" for underserved high school students to gain exposure to careers and skills for entry-level seasonal positions with land management agencies. Each year, the project will provide paid 6-week internships...
The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $3,305,803 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy to support the Scientists in Parks Program. The program provides opportunities for participants to complete internship projects in national park units that address natural resource issues and meet management needs. Projects objectives and outcomes are defined by the benefiting NPS unit and advance interns'...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $107,426 cooperative agreement to the Friends of Saguaro National Park (FOSNP), a non-profit organization, to support the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" program under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931). This program recruits and hires local youth interns from the Tucson, Arizona area to be mentored by NPS staff within the Division of Resource Management at Saguaro National Park. The interns...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service has awarded a $166,700 Cooperative Agreement to Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, a nonprofit organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This funding supports the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA #15.931), which utilizes qualified non-profit youth and veteran-serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), funds a project by Conservation Legacy (dba Southwest Conservation Corps) to engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The $359,466.67 award, which runs from May 2, 2025 to December 31, 2026, supports Conservation Legacy...