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…

Southern Utah University received a $105,741.91 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (National Office) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), effective May 20, 2025, through December 31, 2027. The award supports the recruitment and deployment of interns and youth crews to perform conservation, education, and volunteer service activities across Zion National Park. The program delivers services including interpretive programming and roving, native seed collection, data collection, and cyclic maintenance projects that support the park's Visitor Services, Interpretation, Resource Management, and Facilities divisions.

The agreement is designed to generate enhanced visitor engagement, resource monitoring, and park maintenance outcomes while providing career training and professional development opportunities for youth and young adult participants. Primary beneficiaries include non-profit youth-serving organizations, academic institutions, and state and local government agencies focused on natural and cultural resource conservation and management. The program also produces broader public benefits through improved visitor experiences and resource stewardship at the national park.

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 recruits interns and youth crews to work across various areas in zion national park to support visitors at the park. They will support the visitor services, interpretation, resource management, and facilities divisions with projects such as interpretive programming, roving, native seed collection, data collection, and cyclic maintenance projects. Deliverables include enhanced visitor engagement, resource monitoring, and park maintenance 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.