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…

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. The teaching traditional building skills training project will involve youth participants in hands-on projects that encompass various traditional building trade practices, including timber framing, stone and brick masonry repair, wood window repair and glazing, blacksmithing, roofing, and siding. Under the guidance of park carpenters and historical architects trained in these skills, participants will learn valuable craftsmanship techniques while preserving historical structures. This initiative aims to equip youth with practical skills and knowledge in traditional building methods, fostering a deeper appreciation for heritage conservation.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 benefitfrom the development and execution of these programs and projects.