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…

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities (CFDA 15.931) program, is valued at $529,333.33 and runs from December 16, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The award supports Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization based in Durango, Colorado, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and career development projects on Department of the Interior lands. Through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, Conservation Legacy will engage youth aged 16-30 and veterans up to age 35 in hands-on activities such as trail maintenance, invasive species removal, habitat restoration, historic preservation, ecological monitoring, and cultural resource protection across national parks and public lands. This program aims to provide employment, education, and service opportunities that develop participants' workforce skills and support environmental stewardship.

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. The community volunteer ambassador (CVA) program is a 48-week professional internship designed to recruit, train, and place americorps members with a passion for service in designated national park sites across the country. Members contribute to their parks by expanding volunteer engagementand strategically applying inclusive community outreach efforts.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.