Cooperative Agreement P24AC01858

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 of $111,419 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region will support youth conservation activities carried out by the Colorado Youth Corps Association under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The overall goal of the project is to employ youth to protect natural resources within Curecanti National Recreation Area and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park through...

The National Park Service awarded Conservation Legacy $208,533.28 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) on September 1, 2022 to provide historic preservation services at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Willcox, AZ through March 2023. Conservation Legacy will utilize its Arizona Conservation Corps to address deferred maintenance on the historic Stafford Cabin at Chiricahua, including replacement of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities (CFDA 15.931) program provides $187,543.33 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to employ youth conservation crews to maintain and repair ancient stone structures at Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. The project activities include assessing structural conditions, repointing mortar, replacing stones,...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded Rocky Mountain Youth Corps a $103,337.02 cooperative agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) from June 14, 2023 to December 31, 2025. Through this award, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will select and oversee qualified youth participants to be mentored by National Park Service staff in performing vegetation management and fence maintenance repairs at...

The American Conservation Experience was awarded a $219,041.85 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The goal of the project is for youth interns to gain practical experience in natural resource management and restoration through invasive plant removal, fuel reduction, and other conservation activities on public lands in Tucson,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), will engage the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects at Pecos National Historic Park. The $187,142 award, effective July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, aims to address the park's maintenance needs while providing young adults and...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $141,900 Cooperative Agreement to the Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award, effective June 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027, will fund CYCA to perform restoration and invasive plant treatment services to protect rangelands in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and surrounding Curecanti National Recreation Area in...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $589,988.92, is funded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports the non-profit organization American Conservation Experience (ACE) in carrying out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and historic preservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, this project will complete mission-critical...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $166,666.67 Cooperative Agreement on August 17, 2023 to the non-profit organization American Conservation Experience (ACE) under the federal Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The project will engage youth in managing invasive plants, restoring native habitat, and propagating native plants at Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA). It will also introduce youth to occupational...