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 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities) provides $141,234.61 to the Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to deliver natural and cultural resource conservation projects in Yellowstone National Park. The purpose of the award is to conserve native trout populations and their habitats within the park. Under this agreement, SCA youth crews will assist with invasive species removal, native trout monitoring, and habitat assessments. The project aims to enhance native fish populations, support ecological balance, and ensure ongoing recreational access for park visitors. The award term runs from May 14, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

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 purpose of this project is to conserve native trout and their habitats in yellowstone national park. Student conservation association youth crews will assist with removing invasive species, monitoring native trout populations, and performing habitat assessments. The project s success will enhance the native fish populations, support ecological balance, and ensure ongoing recreational access for visitors to the park.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.