15.931: youth and veteran organizations conservation activities this program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural…

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 biologists in ecological restoration, invasive plant management, native plant revegetation, and resource monitoring activities. The award period runs from December 16, 2024 to December 31, 2027. The project aims to engage youth, young adults, and veterans in meaningful environmental service work across public lands, offering workforce development opportunities while addressing critical conservation and restoration needs.

15.931: youth and veteran organizations conservation activities this program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. This project will provide hands-on training for interns who will be mentored by NPS biologists in natural resource stewardship work that includes ecological restoration, invasive plant management, native plant revegetation and resource monitoring. Beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi-public non-profit institutions and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefit from the development and execution of these programs and projects.