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 awarded Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) $153,333.34 under a Cooperative Agreement (P26AC00142) on January 30, 2026, through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931).

The award funds a five-person youth crew trained in historic preservation and vegetation management at Montezuma Castle National Monument and Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona through December 31, 2027. Deliverables include stabilizing masonry walls, repairing and backfilling rooms, rehabilitating 4,500 feet of an ancient irrigation canal, and removing invasive plants from Tevasci Marsh. The work restores cultural structures, improves canal integrity, and enhances ecosystem health. Participating youth gain technical skills applicable to future careers in conservation and resource management, while monument visitors benefit from safer, better-preserved sites and improved structural stability of cultural resources.

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 train a five-person youth crew in historic preservation and vegetation management at montezuma castle national monument and tuzigoot national monument. Activities include stabilizing masonry walls, repairing and backfilling rooms, rehabilitating 4,500 feet of an ancient irrigation canal, and removing invasive plants from tevasci marsh. Deliverables include restored cultural structures, improved canal integrity, and enhanced ecosystem health. Beneficiaries are participating youth, who gain technical skills for future careers, and visitors, who experience safer, better-preserved sites. Outcomes include improved structural stability, cultural resource protection, and long-term ecological resilience.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.