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 a Cooperative Agreement totaling $104,288.96 to The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps on August 19, 2025, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award funds a youth internship initiative at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Boulder City, Nevada, through December 31, 2026. Two youth interns will receive hands-on training and career development in natural and cultural resource management, including instruction in data management, field techniques, and park management practices.

The project deliverables center on resource conservation and community engagement activities. Interns will develop and implement monitoring protocols for the monument, conduct community outreach programs, and lead volunteer-led habitat restoration events. These activities directly support local conservation efforts at the monument while building workforce capacity in the natural and cultural resource management field. Beneficiaries include the participating youth interns, local nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, state and local government agencies, and the general public through enhanced resource stewardship and volunteer engagement opportunities at the national monument.

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 will engage two youth interns at tule springs fossil beds national monument providing hands-on experience in resource management and career skills. Interns will develop monitoring protocols, conduct community outreach, and lead volunteer events focused on habitat restoration. They will receive training in data management, field techniques, and park management practices, supporting local conservation efforts and fostering career readiness in natural and cultural resource management. 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.