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…

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the California Conservation Corps $138,404.21 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to support natural resource conservation and youth workforce development at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California. The cooperative agreement, effective September 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, funds the training and placement of two youth interns who will conduct fish population monitoring, support watershed restoration activities, complete two small-scale restoration projects, and provide environmental education to local students.

The deliverables under this agreement include vital ecological data collection, professional field training support, hands-on restoration project completion, and community watershed education programming. Beyond the immediate conservation outcomes, the project is designed to enhance intern job readiness and professional skills while increasing environmental awareness among participating students and the broader community. This award reflects the NPS program's dual mandate to address resource management needs on federal lands while creating meaningful career development and educational opportunities for young adults in California's gateway communities.

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 trains two youth interns to support fish population monitoring and watershed restoration in california s point reyes national seashore and golden gate national recreation area. Interns will gather vital data, assist professionals in the field, complete two small restoration projects, and engage with local students through watershed education. Beneficiaries include the interns, local ecosystems, and students, with expected outcomes of enhanced job readiness, community involvement, and increased environmental awareness.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.