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 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 enables youth work crews to develop facility maintenance skills while contributing to the preservation of resources in yellowstone national park. The crews will complete a variety of high priority park projects including rebuilding boardwalks in highly visited geyser basins, installing food storage containers (bear boxes) in primary front country campgrounds within high density grizzly bear habitat, and mitigating tripping hazards and erosion on hiking trails. These projects will enhance the visitor experience by making their time in the park more enjoyable and safer.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.