Youth

Youth Partners

Reclamation selected 16 entities from throughout the United States to participate in its youth conservation and youth intern partnership programs. The master cooperative agreements cover five years and will speed up award funding for youth programs as projects become available. No funding is associated or guaranteed with these agreements.

Eleven entities have been selected to enter into a cooperative agreement for the placement of youth interns and 10 entities have been selected to enter into a cooperative agreement for youth conservation crews. Five of these entities will have cooperative agreements under both programs. The entities were selected in a competitive process through two funding opportunity announcements released in September.

The following 11 entities have been selected for placement in youth intern partnership programs:

• Conservation Legacy, Durango, Colorado
• Greening Youth Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
• Hispanic Access Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Mobilize Green, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• The Student Conservation Association, Inc., Charlestown, New Hampshire
• The Great Basin Institute, Reno, Nevada
• ACE Epic Internship Program, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Montana Conservation Corps, Bozeman, Montana
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, San Antonio, Texas
• Northwest Youth Corps, Eugene, Oregon
• Minority Access Incorporated, Hyattsville, Maryland

Participants in Reclamation’s youth intern program will build understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources and learn how to maintain and manage these resources.

The following 10 entities have been selected for placement in youth conservation crews:

• Utah Conservation Corps, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
• Conservation Legacy, Durango, Colorado
• California Conservation Corps, Sacramento, California
• American Conservation Experience, Flagstaff, Arizona
• The Student Conservation Association, Inc., Charlestown, New Hampshire
• Northwest Youth Corps, Eugene, Oregon
• Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission, Fresno, California
• American Youthworks, Austin, Texas
• Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Taos, New Mexico
• Montana Conservation Corps, Bozeman, Montana

Youth conservation crew participants will perform conservation projects on Reclamation lands and assist Reclamation with performing research and public education tasks associated with natural and cultural resources.

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