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

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $318,348.87 to Northwest Youth Corps to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and maintenance projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include invasive species control, habitat restoration, trail maintenance, and educational programming that engage youth and veterans aged 16-35 in hands-on environmental stewardship and job training. The award period runs from August 12, 2024 through December 31, 2027, supporting Northwest Youth Corps' specialized services in conservation and resource management across public lands in the Pacific Northwest region.

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 targets the goals and values outlined under the legacy restoration fund maintenance action team a servicewide facility maintenance program which will support engage and stimulate maintenance and preservation trades work while providing transferrable skills training and an ethic of resource stewardship to program participants. This project directly addresses the deferred maintenance backlog at small and medium sized national parksbeneficiaries include private nonprofit institutions and organizations public and private nonprofit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasipublic nonprofit 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 will receive a benefit from the development and execution of these programs and projects.