This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving 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. Pinnacles national park (pinn or park) and conservation legacy (recipient) will collaborate to create a youth internship program, stewards of the future, to provide job opportunities to inspire youth engagement through applied conservation projects. With support from existing community partnerships, the project will reach underserved communities surrounding pinn, which have traditionally low visitation due to economic challenges. A diverse group of local and urban youth will be recruited and obtain skills that will aid them in their future careers. Through this task agreement, the recipient will provide administrative, developmental, and logistical support, while the park will provide service projects, training, and mentorship to the youth interns.beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi-public non-profit 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.