This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $3,154,430.00 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands. Starting in Summer 2025, the award will support approximately 50 interns to complete 12 to 52-week science-based internships focused on high...
The U.S. National Park Service has awarded a $140,000.12 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The project will create a "Pyramid of Opportunity" for underserved high school students to gain exposure to careers and skills for entry-level seasonal positions with land management agencies. Each year, the project will provide paid 6-week internships...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $165,440.00 to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to support natural and cultural resource conservation activities across 29 national parks in the Southwest. The key products and services to be delivered include: Engaging youth and veteran interns in long-term ecological monitoring and data management within the Chihuahuan...
The National Park Service awarded a $437,402 Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) to Capacity Builders Inc., a non-profit organization based in Farmington, New Mexico. The agreement aims to create short-term work and training opportunities for qualified Native American students between the ages of 18-30 (or up to 35 if a veteran) to assist NPS staff with priority interpretation, education, outreach, community relations,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $106,893.70 to support an administrative internship program at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The award, with a performance period from August 2024 to April 2026, will enable the non-profit organization American Conservation Experience to work alongside park administrative staff to organize and maintain park records....
This one-year Cooperative Agreement award for $266,138.45, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), supports a project to rapidly publish long-term natural resource monitoring data collected by eight NPS Inventory and Monitoring networks. The award will fund three 52-week internships for individuals to gain experience in natural resource management through activities such as data evaluation, report...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under the Youth Conservation Services program (CFDA 12.010) provides $101,343.43 in funding to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to support environmental internships and habitat management services at USACE project sites in West Alton, Missouri from February 2025 through March 2026. Specifically, the award will enable SCA to place interns to assist with habitat restoration, greenhouse management,...
The American Conservation Experience was awarded a $219,041.85 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The goal of the project is for youth interns to gain practical experience in natural resource management and restoration through invasive plant removal, fuel reduction, and other conservation activities on public lands in Tucson,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $639,758 to support 67 non-federal short-term positions for a total of 1,724 weeks across 58 park units and programs. The participants will conduct research, fieldwork, and data collection to support natural resource management in national parks, including species surveys, habitat assessments, water/soil sampling, fossil documentation, and other data...
This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Park Service, is funded through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The $382,239.04 award to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) will support the delivery of natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and career development projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project provides fellowships and internships for emerging leaders in...