This program utilizes qualified nonprofit youth and veteranserving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $478,928 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through the NPS's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931).

The project will educate youth by providing them with direct technical experience in managing native plant materials, removing invasive species, and restoring native habitats at Grand Teton National Park. The youth crew will assist the NPS in maintaining and improving the ecology of the region by spraying and mechanically removing invasive species, collecting seeds of local plant species, and planting native trees. This project aims to provide meaningful conservation experiences for young adults while addressing critical environmental management needs across federal lands.

This program utilizes qualified nonprofit youth and veteranserving 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 educate youth by giving them direct technical experience with the management of native plant materials, invasive species removal, and native habitat restoration techniques. The youth crew will assist the national park service at grand teton national park to maintain and improve the ecology of the region by spraying and mechanically removing invasive species, collecting the seeds of local species of plants and planting native trees.beneficiaries include private nonprofit institutions and organizations public and private nonprofit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasipublic nonprofit 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.