The Interior Department has announced $4.2 million in grants to support conservation employment and mentoring opportunities for more than 600 young people ages 15-25 on public lands across the country as part of a White House initiative to develop a 21st century Conservation Service Corps – 21CSC.
The Corps is a national public-private partnership designed to put young people and returning veterans to work protecting, restoring and enhancing America’s great outdoors.
This year, Interior said it plans to provide conservation employment opportunities to nearly 17,000 youth in national parks, wildlife refuges, and on other public lands.
