Project Grant 12DG11420004271

The Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), under a $133,333 Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant from the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will provide teacher training workshops on the Eco-Schools USA program curriculum and philosophy. Teachers will then implement the Eco-Schools program with their students, challenging them to evaluate their school's sustainability and design conservation-focused campaigns. Teachers will also participate in additional...

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,...

Under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region, Conservation Legacy received $225,333.33 to rehabilitate and maintain the Red Trail in Chickamauga Battlefield. Through this award, interns from Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps program will provide critical trail maintenance services, including removing invasive vegetation, repairing trail surfaces, and replacing signage. This work will improve public access and...

The California Conservation Corps will receive $338,496 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region. The award is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which seeks to utilize 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 National Park Service awarded a $121,158.35 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 aims to improve trail accessibility and maintenance at Joshua Tree National Park. Youth crews will work alongside National Park Service staff to convert a standard hiking trail to meet accessibility standards and perform maintenance on existing trails,...

The National Park Service awarded a $259,789.92 Cooperative Agreement to the California Conservation Corps (CCC) on July 23, 2025 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). This 5-month project aims to engage youth in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service activities within Sequoia National Park. Key deliverables include improved trail construction and rehabilitation, as well as training youth leaders to...

The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $614,172 Cooperative Agreement to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy under the National Trails System Projects program (CFDA 15.935). The agreement, which runs from August 2024 to December 2025, funds the Conservancy to perform deferred maintenance and rehabilitation projects on Appalachian Trail facilities and infrastructure across 11 states. Key products and services to be delivered include: Repairing and rehabilitating several miles of heavily...

The American Conservation Experience will assist Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff through a $102,720 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region on May 31, 2021. The agreement will support ACE crew members rehabilitating the Abrams Falls Trail in Gatlinburg, Tennessee to reduce erosion and improve visitor safety. This award advances the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program administered by the...

This $624,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the National Trails System Projects program (CFDA 15.935) is intended to engage volunteers, partners, and youth organizations in preserving and protecting resources along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (APPA). The recipient, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), will execute deferred maintenance projects in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. The work will rehabilitate critical...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $365,082.68 to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) to engage youth and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation projects along the Appalachian Trail across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut. The project aims to address deferred maintenance needs by training participants to rehabilitate the trail treadway, implement...