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,...
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'...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $240,798.45 to support American Conservation Experience, a non-profit conservation corps organization, in carrying out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and training projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will provide hands-on training for interns who will be mentored by NPS...
The National Park Service awarded a $108,719.98 Cooperative Agreement to Mobilizegreen, Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The agreement, which runs from May 2024 to March 2025, is designed to utilize qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and career development projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $101,104.92 to support natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The primary awardee, American Conservation Experience (ACE), is a non-profit conservation corps organization that will engage youth, young adults, and veterans in hands-on activities such as...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $1,387,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon. The funding will support a 3-year Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) initiative to build capacity in habitat restoration, climate adaptation, ecosystem resilience, fuels reduction, and stewardship of ecocultural resources through...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $349,902 cooperative agreement to Capacity Builders Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this award, Capacity Builders will utilize qualified non-profit organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, the organization will create short-term work and...