Cooperative Agreement P25AC02177
- This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), engages a qualified non-profit organization, Conservation Legacy, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and volunteer management projects across approximately 40 National Parks. The $3,333,333.33 award supports the placement of 40 interns to assist with annual volunteer events, enhance...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $131,999.97 to Conservation Legacy to engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The key objectives are to provide participants with hands-on historic preservation trades experience, support parks with deferred maintenance,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will provide $225,706.27 to fund two public history interns and one resource management intern at a park in Massachusetts. The project aims to enhance youth engagement and improve resource management during America 250 celebrations. Key activities include expanding public programs, preserving cultural and natural resources, and increasing visitor...
- This Cooperative Agreement award under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), funded by the National Park Service, provides $406,733.33 to Conservation Legacy to hire 10 interns to staff visitor centers, provide orientation services, perform patrols, present interpretive programs, and support events at 10 Southeast region national parks with limited frontline staff. The interns will also assist with volunteer program management, including...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), seeks to engage undergraduates and graduate students in conservation efforts and raise awareness of national parks through the Latino Heritage Internship Program. The $622,748.94 award, dated July 15, 2025, will support the non-profit organization Environment for the Americas, Inc. (EFTA) in placing interns at various National Park...
- The National Park Service (NPS), through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $100,688 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to provide youth with training, place-based learning, trade education, and mentoring focused on trails maintenance and vegetation management on public lands. The project will engage conservation corps participants in hands-on work including vegetation management,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), engages the non-profit organization Kupu to provide youth internship opportunities supporting natural and cultural resource conservation efforts at two national parks in Guam and Saipan. Specifically, the $171,036 award will enlist up to four youth interns to assist park staff with essential tasks such as trail clearing, cultural...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $213,546.67 from the National Park Service, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), will support three Conservation Legacy interns to work at the National Mall and Memorial Parks. The interns will engage in various cultural and education-based activities, including working with school groups, delivering presentations and educational talks, creating web and social media content, handling visitor correspondence,...
- The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $3,305,803 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy to support the Scientists in Parks Program. The program provides opportunities for participants to complete internship projects in national park units that address natural resource issues and meet management needs. Projects objectives and outcomes are defined by the benefiting NPS unit and advance interns'...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), provides $105,408.83 to The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to recruit and support a youth intern to assist with the parks facilities and energy program. The intern will collect data for the facility management software system, implement educational and outreach programming, and update content for park publications,...
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 PROVIDES UP TO EIGHT LOCAL YOUTH WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE ACTIVELY AT LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM. PARTICIPANTS WILL CONNECT WITH VISITORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY FACILITATING ACTIVITIES, SUPPORTING FAMILY PROGRAMS, LEADING INFORMAL TALKS, AND FOSTERING DIALOGUE TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE WHO PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND GAIN LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE CAN RETURN AS RANGER INTERNS, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH INTERPRETIVE STAFF TO FURTHER REFINE THEIR SKILLS AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS WITHIN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 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.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $43.0k | 9/15/25 |