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Youth Conservation

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.546

Program objective

Promote and stimulate public purposes such as education, job training, development of responsible citizenship, productive community involvement, and furthering the understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources through the involvement of local youth and young adults in the care and enhancement of public resources.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. In 2015-16, the program accomplishments include providing work opportunities for over 264 diverse youth in cooperative efforts in cultural and natural resource conservation related to Reclamation projects, including trail building, habitat restoration of native plant and aquatic species; removing invasive plants; re-vegetation; and fuels reduction and creation of fuel breaks; installing wildlife friendly fencing; habitat improvement – erosion control and wetland restoration; collecting and/or monitoring stream flows, snow pack, or soil moisture; implementing specific water conservation projects (i.e., flumes), and removal, repair, and reconstruction of boardwalks, railings, and campsite concrete pads.

  2. 2018

    Information not available.

  3. 2019

    Great Northern Restoration Project (MT, ND, SD, WY) completed by the Montana Conservation Corps. A small crew of youth from the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation served for two weeks (630 hours) at the Belle Fourche Reservoir in South Dakota. The crew completed trash removal at recreation sites (50 pounds), a quarter of a mile of fencing maintenance, and repainted cabins for park visitors. The crew also completed 3 acres of wildfire fuels reduction of tress along the reservoir shore.

  4. 2020

    Promoted and stimulated public purposes such as education, job training, development of responsible citizenship, productive community involvement, and furthering the understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources through the involvement of local youth and young adults in the care and enhancement of public resources. Included work on projects on Reclamation lands, and internships within Reclamation offices.

  5. 2021

    No projects in FY20 or FY21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, however in FY22 the Youth Corps completed a 10 day work project removing invasive vegetation. The work was funded in FY19.

  6. 2022

    In FY22 there was a 10 day work project at the wetlands park to remove invasive vegetation. Recruitment and placement of youth interns at Reclamation facilities in the Western U.S. to gain understanding of roles in conserving water and power resources.

  7. 2023

    Established six cooperative agreements to place youth interns in various offices around Reclamation to learn through various conservation projects.

  8. 2024

    Established four cooperative agreements to place youth interns in various offices around Reclamation to learn through various conservation projects.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.

  1. Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721-1730) and Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. §§ 1701-07).