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 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,...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $306,667 cooperative agreement (P24AC00064) to Conservation Legacy, a national non-profit organization, through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). This 2-year award supports natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include repairing and stabilizing masonry walls at Tuzigoot Pueblo and Montezuma Well, as well as restoring a pre-contact irrigation...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $3,154,430.00 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Starting in Summer 2025, the award will support approximately 50 interns to complete 12 to 52-week science-based internships focused on high...
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...
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 $318,460 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will complete mission-critical historic preservation and maintenance work at multiple national park sites, including Katmai National Park and Preserve (AK), Yosemite...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service, is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award totaling $622,748.94 supports Environment For The Americas, Inc., a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and interpretation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, the funding will enable the Latino Heritage Internship...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $116,666.64 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to provide preservation trades training to young adults and veterans on NPS-led preservation projects. The award under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will run from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The purpose is to promote job skills training in the trades sector and develop a stewardship ethic for cultural...