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 $105,408.83 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division on September 4, 2025. The award funds a youth intern position that will support park facilities and energy management operations at a national park location in Springdale, Utah through December 31, 2026. The intern will contribute to facility management software system (FMSS) data collection, assist facilities and energy program staff, and develop educational content and outreach materials for park publications, social media platforms, and the park mobile application to enhance visitor experiences and support long-term park lifecycle management.

The project is designed to provide the youth intern with hands-on professional experience in visitor services, resource management, data administration, and facilities maintenance while delivering tangible products that support park operations and visitor engagement. Program beneficiaries include the partnering non-profit organization, academic institutions, state and local government agencies, youth and young adults participating in career training and development, and the general public who benefit from enhanced interpretive programming and improved facility management practices on Department of the Interior 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 will recruit a youth intern to assist the parks facilities and energy program staff, collect data for facility management software system (fmss), and implement education and outreach programming. Deliverables include updated educational content for publications, social media, and the park s APP, enhancing visitor experiences, and supporting data collection for long-term park life-cycle management. The intern will gain hands-on experience in visitor services, resources, data management, and facilities maintenance.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.