This program seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service…

This program seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. This project will engage two full-time interns for 12 weeks as part of the parks volunteer services team, providing hands-on learning opportunities across a variety of skills. Interns will assist in the safe completion of conservation and maintenance projects, support resource education, problem-solving, and crew oversight. Project work may include trail and carriage road maintenance, vegetation management, social science data collection, painting, and other conservation tasks. Training will be provided for most projects before and during the season, offering interns experience in multiple conservation fields and opportunities to shadow different work groups.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.