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…

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded Rocky Mountain Youth Corps a Cooperative Agreement totaling $187,142 effective July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award funds conservation and workforce development activities at Pecos National Historic Park in Pecos, New Mexico, where the organization will deploy young adults and veterans to address critical maintenance needs while providing participants with hands-on training in historic preservation trades.

Under this agreement, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will deliver a comprehensive workforce development program that combines natural and cultural resource conservation with professional skills training. Participants will gain practical experience in tool usage, risk management, vegetation management, and historic preservation techniques while contributing to the reduction of the park's maintenance backlog. The project directly benefits young adults, veterans, and the general public by creating career pathways in cultural resource preservation and fostering stewardship values among participants, while simultaneously advancing the National Park Service's resource management objectives across federal lands.

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 aims to address the maintenance needs of pecos national historic park while providing young adults and veterans with hands-on experience in historic preservation trades. Participants will learn essential skills such as tool usage, risk management, and vegetation management, while gaining an understanding of the national park service s history. The project will help reduce the maintenance backlog and foster a sense of stewardship among participants, benefiting both the parks and the community by creating a skilled workforce dedicated to preserving cultural and natural resources.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.