This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Grants Management funds the 2023-24 AmeriCorps Formula Fixed Amount Program for The Great Basin Institute in Nevada. The $1,316,736 award will support the recruitment, training, and management of AmeriCorps members to address unmet community needs in Nevada. The Great Basin Institute will use $265,308 of the funding to increase the living allowance for AmeriCorps members. This award is made under...
This $210,577.98 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service on May 17, 2024, supports the delivery of conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities (CFDA 15.931) program. The primary awardee, The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division, will provide internship opportunities in natural resource science...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $230,055.06 to The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and monitoring projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will recruit research associates to gain experience in natural...
This $558,027.61 Cooperative Agreement award, issued on July 12, 2024 by the National Park Service's Pacific West Region, supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The funding engages non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations like The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps to carry out activities such as trail maintenance, invasive...
This $108,353.45 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the "Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities" (CFDA 15.931) program supports The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to provide hands-on natural resource management experience for youth interns. The project goals are for the interns to gain practical experience in fuel reduction, invasive plant management, and ecological restoration through activities such as...
This $1,299,946 federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps State and National Program (CFDA 94.006) supports the engagement of approximately 57 AmeriCorps members to provide environmental stewardship and conservation services in New Hampshire. The primary grantee, Volunteer NH, will sub-award $486,000 to the Squam Lakes Association to engage 30 AmeriCorps members in improving 110 miles of trails, restoring 50 acres of public lands and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), will fund the Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The $460,204.85 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, will engage youth and veteran participants...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award of $197,472.64 was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The primary purpose of the award is for The Great Basin Institute, through its Nevada Conservation Corps division, to recruit and hire community outreach research associates located at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The associates will perform a variety of duties focused on preventing visitor injury...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award was issued by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The $587,230 grant, awarded on May 15, 2024, supports The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division in providing early career vegetation technicians and professionals with hands-on work experience in vegetation stewardship and ecological restoration projects within Yosemite National Park. The program aims to...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,215,745.95, is provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243). The funding will support The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division in delivering a range of natural resource management services across Nevada BLM districts. Key activities include enhancing and conserving rangelands to combat climate change through grazing management, vegetation...