The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $1,085,000 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this award, Conservation Legacy will complete invasive plant control and removal work across NPS lands to encourage native species recovery and restoration, and increase resilience to future stressors. The project will provide on-the-job training and work experience for...
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 $666,665 cooperative agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program) will engage Indigenous youth and young adults in meaningful conservation projects at National Park Service sites across the country. The project is operated by Conservation Legacy and its Southwest Conservation Corps program, which specializes in delivering workforce development, training, and hands-on conservation experience on public lands....
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...
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,...
This $1,029,837.34 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) supports Northwest Youth Corps, a non-profit organization, in delivering conservation and natural resource management services on Department of the Interior lands in Idaho. The three-year project, which commenced on November 1, 2024 and will conclude on December 31, 2026, engages youth and young adults aged 16-35 in hands-on environmental...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $149,338.80 Cooperative Agreement to Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. Through this 31-month Cooperative Agreement, NYC will collaborate with...
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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Park Service (NPS), provides $139,394.13 in funding to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports a 2-year project (9/6/2024 - 12/31/2026) that will engage youth participants, including students and recent graduates specializing in biological and physical sciences, in a mentor-based natural resource management program...
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 (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 training and workforce development opportunities for young adults and veterans in tribal and rural communities near NPS units in the western U.S. Key project activities include providing Public Land Corps hiring certification, delivering forestry and natural resource management training, and engaging participants in hands-on restoration work to improve the resiliency of sagebrush, woodland, and riparian ecosystems and associated cultural landscapes at City of Rocks National Reserve, Castle Rocks State Park, and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.