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 $115,973.33 to Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) on July 23, 2025, for a project extending through December 31, 2026. The awardee will engage approximately 18–24 local youth participants in trail system maintenance and enhancement activities at Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Participants will receive job training and direct mentorship from NPS park staff while performing cyclic maintenance activities, including trail surface repairs, vegetation control, and installation of trail barriers designed to improve visitor safety and preserve natural and cultural resources.

The program delivers workforce development and environmental stewardship services to benefit youth participants, academic institutions, state and local government agencies, and the general public through conservation work on federal lands. By combining meaningful conservation outcomes with career pathway development, the cooperative agreement addresses critical resource management needs at the monument while equipping young adults with marketable skills in natural and cultural resource conservation and management.

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 engage local youth in the maintenance and enhancement of trail systems at petroglyph national monument. Participants will receive job training and mentorship from park staff while performing cyclic maintenance activities including trail surface repairs, vegetation control, installation and securing of trail barriers to improve visitor safety and preserve natural and cultural resources. The program will mentor about 18-24 youth, equipping them with valuable skills and ensuring visitor access and safety.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.