This $210,577.98 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service on May 17, 2024, supports the delivery of conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities (CFDA 15.931) program. The primary awardee, The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division, will provide internship opportunities in natural resource science...
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...
This $108,353.45 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the "Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities" (CFDA 15.931) program supports The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to provide hands-on natural resource management experience for youth interns. The project goals are for the interns to gain practical experience in fuel reduction, invasive plant management, and ecological restoration through activities such as...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $294,041.59, is funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will be used by the non-profit organization The Great Basin Institute (GBI), through its Nevada Conservation Corps division, to recruit and train interns to serve as members of the Capitol Reef Resource Management Team. These interns will gain hands-on experience in natural, cultural, and...
This $558,027.61 Cooperative Agreement award, issued on July 12, 2024 by the National Park Service's Pacific West Region, supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The funding engages non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations like The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps to carry out activities such as trail maintenance, invasive...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $105,741.91 in funding to Southern Utah University to recruit interns and youth crews to support visitor services, interpretation, resource management, and facilities maintenance projects at Zion National Park. Key activities include interpretive programming, visitor engagement, resource monitoring, and park maintenance. The project will...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $166,716 to Southern Utah University (SUU) to recruit and support multiple interns and youth crews to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects at Pipe Spring National Monument. Through the partnership between SUU's Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative (IIC) and the National...
This one-year Cooperative Agreement award for $266,138.45, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), supports a project to rapidly publish long-term natural resource monitoring data collected by eight NPS Inventory and Monitoring networks. The award will fund three 52-week internships for individuals to gain experience in natural resource management through activities such as data evaluation, report...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $144,306.32, was issued by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will support The Great Basin Institute, a non-profit organization, in recruiting a natural resource research associate to assist with natural resource management and restoration planning in national parks. The project will also engage youth and young adults in...
The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $273,087.78 cooperative agreement to Southern Utah University (SUU) on April 11, 2024. Under this agreement, SUU will partner with Zion National Park to recruit and support a minimum of 18 full-time summer interns and part-time interns during the academic year. The interns will gain practical experience in all functional areas of the park, including...