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), under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division a cooperative agreement totaling $131,940.86 on August 12, 2025, with completion targeted by December 31, 2026. The primary deliverable under this award is the implementation and management of a Restoration Specialist position to execute high-priority restoration projects across both National Recreation Areas within the North Cascades National Park Complex. The specialist will focus on post-fire seeding initiatives to stabilize popular visitor zones and undertake restoration work in high-value visitor-use areas and culturally significant locations within critical hydroelectric project footprints.

The restoration work directly supports the NPS mission to ensure positive visitor experiences while reducing long-term costs associated with erosion control and post-fire recovery efforts. The program benefits multiple stakeholder categories, including non-profit institutions, academic institutions, state and local government agencies, youth and young adult career development programs, and the general public through enhanced conservation outcomes and educational opportunities related to natural and cultural resource management on 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 funds a restoration specialist to implement and manage high priority restoration projects in both national recreation areas of north cascades national park complex. This work includes post-fire seeding to stabilize popular visitation zones of the park and restoration work to support high-value visitor-use and culturally important areas within the footprint of critical hydroelectric projects. The restoration specialist s work will ensure positive visitor experiences in the park and reduce long-term costs of delayed erosion control and post-fire recovery.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.