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 American Conservation Experience a cooperative agreement valued at $369,034.98 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) effective September 5, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Under this agreement, American Conservation Experience will recruit and place nine local youth interns at four historic sites in California—John Muir National Historic Site, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park, and Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial—to deliver conservation, education, and volunteer service activities.

The interns will provide direct support to park operations and public engagement by staffing visitor centers, conducting educational programs, performing landscape maintenance, implementing wildland fire abatement through mowing, and treating invasive weeds. The program is designed to yield dual benefits: enhanced park operations and increased community engagement at the four historic sites, while simultaneously providing youth participants with valuable career skills and professional development in natural and cultural resource conservation and management. The deliverables directly support the NPS mission of resource preservation while creating meaningful workforce development and educational opportunities for young adults in local 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 internship program recruits nine local youth to work alongside park staff at four historic sites: john muir national historic site, eugene o neill national historic site, rosie the riveter wwii home front national historic park and port chicago naval magazine national memorial. Interns will assist in various critical tasks, including staffing visitor centers, conducting educational programs, maintaining landscapes, wildland fire abatement through mowing, and invasive weed treatments. Deliverables include enhanced park operations and increased community engagement. The expected outcome is that interns gain valuable career skills and contribute to preserving cultural and natural landscapes for public and visitor use.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.