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

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $130,594.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports the California Conservation Corps (CCC), a state government entity, in carrying out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and training projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities under this award include natural resource management and restoration planning, watershed restoration, stream and fisheries monitoring, and habitat surveys. The project will provide career development and educational opportunities for youth and veterans aged 16-30 and up to 35, respectively, in the areas of natural and cultural resource conservation and management. The award period is from August 12, 2024, to October 31, 2025.

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 support natural resource management and restoration planning in the parks and will ultimately help protect park resources for future generations. Interns will learn about and gather data to support natural resource management watershed restoration stream and fisheries monitoring and habitat surveys.beneficiaries 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.