To nurture a diverse generation of forest stewards in East Bay youth to participate in four Stewardship Weekends to plant native species, remove invasive species, and restore trails and pathways.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
Photo by Guenther Thiedema
Explore the projects that received funding through the Matching Awards Program in recent years.
Note: the years listed below correspond to the NFF's fiscal year.
Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp
Stewardship Weekends
To nurture a diverse generation of forest stewards in East Bay youth to participate in four Stewardship Weekends to plant native species, remove invasive species, and restore trails and pathways.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
GLORIA Great Basin
Monitoring Plant Communities with Diverse Community Scientists
To monitor plant community change on mountaintops by conducting surveys with diverse community participants to supply the forest with critical long-term data and engage diverse participants in science.
Inyo National Forest | CA
Wheel Fun (FUN)
Coconino Dreaming – A National Forest Sleepaway Camp for 45 Rural Arizona Youth
To provide 45 underserved youth from multiple rural Arizona counties with a unique workweek long, empowering outdoor recreation and stewardship experience fostering resilience, building confidence, and creating lasting connections.
Coconino National Forest | AZ
Seeds
Northern Michigan Forest Initiative: Fortifying Youth Leadership in The Great Lakes State
To engage young adults with the function and importance of healthy forests through job skill training and restorative projects while increasing public engagement. To enhance habitat through focused riparian, trails and, vegetation management.
Huron-Manistee and Ottawa National Forests | MI
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Wilderness Stewardship and Education Across the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
To amplify Wilderness stewardship and education activities in the Bob Marshall Complex and its gateway communities while providing volunteer service opportunities to historically underrepresented, indigenous and veteran populations.
Flathead, Helena-Lewis and Clark, and Lolo National Forests | MT
Ecology Project International
Yellowstone Wildlife and Winter Ecology: Empowering the Next Generation of Public Land Stewards
To empower youth to become stewards of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s public lands through hands-on research and habitat restoration.
Custer Gallatin National Forest | MT
The Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewards Youth Corps Forest Health and Restoration Projects
To employ a Youth Crew Coordinator to complete necessary administrative and field tasks, as well as all-inclusive training that enables youth from underserved communities to implement conservation projects that promote forest health and stewardship.
Santa Fe, Cibola, and Carson National Forests | NM
Friends of Pathways
Game Creek Universal Trail Design
To make the national forest more accessible, particularly for those with adaptive mobility devices, Friends of Pathways will hire a conservation corps crew to reconstruct 1.36 miles of trail to complete a loop that meets Universal Design Standards.
Bridger-Teton National Forest | WY
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Rogue Valley Youth Training & Employment Program
To engage a diverse, multicultural youth crew from underserved communities to implement on-the-ground ecological restoration projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, as part of the Rogue Forest Master Stewardship Agreement.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | OR
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Community Engagement Project
To involve community members and local youth in on-the-ground restoration and stewardship of natural resources on public lands through service activities, school field trips, and youth employment programs.
Six Rivers and Klamath National Forests | OR
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Bull Trout Citizen Science Program
To increase engagement with local communities, Mid-Columbia Fisheries’ Bull Trout Task Force will expand to include a citizen science component and hire two seasonal Education and Outreach Assistants from a local, historically underserved population.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | WA
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
Pathways to the Profession: Empowering Diverse Youth through Advancing Public Lands Stewardship
To cultivate the next generation of landscape stewards by providing diverse youth with an empowering “pathway to the profession” opportunity on public lands through mentorship, training, and landscape stewardship.
Plumas National Forest | CA
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Stewards for Sustainable Recreation and Habitat Restoration in the Roan Highlands
To ensure the persistence of one of the most endangered and climate-sensitive habitats in North America, we will engage and educate a new generation of stewards through hands-on restoration and education in the Roan Highlands.
Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests | NC
Trout Unlimited
Bridging Culture in Cattle Country
To engage and collaborate with Hispanic and Tribal ranchers, and recreationists from rural and urban communities on projects to reduce conflicts and improve and restore watersheds and rangelands on national forest lands in northern New Mexico.
Santa Fe National Forest | NM
Washington Trails Association
Trail Stewardship in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
To engage the hiking community in stewarding the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, resulting in a strong network of trail stewards and more accessible recreation opportunities that serve diverse users, including an ADA trail.
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WA
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers 2024 Partnership for Stewardship
To foster a diverse community of volunteers, empower them with leadership and technical skills, and engage them in the restoration and stewardship of our National Forest lands.
Pike San Isabel and Arapaho Roosevelt National Forests, and Pawnee National Grassland | CO
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Youth in Wilderness
To provide free-of-cost wilderness backpacking outings to local underserved youth of Monterey and Santa Cruz county who neighbor the Ventana and Silver Peak wilderness areas.
Los Padres National Forest | CA
North Cascades Institute
Youth Leadership Adventures
To introduce teens from underserved communities to the benefits of spending time in the natural world through immersive multi-day backcountry trips and stewardship activities, giving them the knowledge and tools to continue to recreate outside.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
Ascend Wilderness Experience
Trinity Alps Wilderness Teen Stewardship Program
To engage local youth in stewardship and research activities in the Trinity Alps Wilderness through multi-day outings collaboratively facilitated by Ascend, US Forest Service, and California State Polytechnic University Humboldt.
Shasta Trinity National Forest | CA
TEENS Inc.
TeamWorks Trail and Forest Health
To maintain and improve trails in the Buffalo Creek Recreation Areas, TeamWorks crews will work to correct erosion, promote recreation resource connectivity and forest health through noxious weed mitigation.
Pike National Forest | CO
Wilderness Workshop
Habitat Restoration Program
To provide on the ground benefits to ecosystems and deepen the connection of local and underserved communities to surrounding public lands. We partner with the Forest Service on 3-6 restoration projects annually to achieve these two important goals.
White River National Forest | CO
Kenai Watershed Forum
Stream Watch: Volunteer Impact on Habitat and Community Engagement
To utilize trained volunteers to perform educational messaging, hands-on habitat restoration, and create a culture of stewardship. Efforts will provide the public the tools to protect salmon habitat and high use areas in the Chugach National Forest.
Chugach National Forest | AK
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
Youth Stewardship and Trail Restoration on the Yuba River Ranger District
To empower paid youth crews and volunteers to complete backlogged trail maintenance and improve user access, experience, and safety of trails in the Yuba River drainage while mitigating effects of usage on local watersheds.
Tahoe National Forest | CA
The Greening of Detroit
The Green Corps Wilderness Trip: Engaging Detroit’s Next Generation of Conservationists
To employ underserved teens and young adults from Detroit in meaningful hands-on conservation activities in Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that promote forest health and ecosystem functioning, and improve recreational spaces.
Hiawatha National Forest | MI
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc.
YouthWork: Empowering Diverse Youth through the Conservation of Michigan's National Forests
To engage diverse youth and address vital maintenance projects on Michigan National Forests, YouthWork will recruit opportunity youth to serve on projects enhancing public lands while fostering the next generation of forest stewards.
Hiawatha and Huron-Manistee National Forests | MI
Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona
Southeastern Arizona Youth Land Stewardship 2024
To employ a crew of up to 8 youth and young adults to address deferred maintenance on non-motorized trails. Three weeks of a full 6-week program will be dedicated to this work.
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | AZ
Taproot Collaborative
Engaging Local Communities in the Pinaleño Sacred Springs Restoration Monitoring Project
To engage the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other local communities in watershed restoration and monitoring on a culturally sacred and biologically rare Sky Island Mountain Range in Arizona.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
Friends of Cedar Mesa
Improving Watershed Health in Bears Ears National Monument
To collaborate with the US Forest Service to improve watershed health, climate resiliency, recreation access, and support ecosystem health at two priority spring locations within the Monticello Ranger District of the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
Manti-La Sal National Forest | UT
Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association
Eagle Cap and Hells Canyon Deferred Maintenance Trails
To improve recreation trails within the Wallowa Mountains and Hells Canyon area by working to bring deferred maintenance system trails up to current standards regarding log and brush clearing and water management structures.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | OR
Chico State Enterprises
Nature and Forest Therapy for Rural Wildfire-Impacted Communities and Underserved College Students
To inspire meaningful connections with the Plumas and Lassen National Forests, we will provide Nature and Forest Therapy experiences and volunteer stewardship days for cohorts of rural, wildfire-impacted individuals and underserved college youth.
Plumas and Lassen National Forests | CA
Pikyanivi Warmth for Hopi and Tewa
Suftumalaykyang Tutskwat Pehiknani
To awaken and rekindle Hopi and Tewa values of land and resource stewardship of ancestral lands through hands on meadow restoration, harvesting of firewood for Hopi and Tewa families and engaging dialogues with Hopi and Tewa leadership.
Coconino National Forest | AZ
Alaska Geographic
Empowering Alaska's Teens through Inclusive Stewardship Expeditions in the Chugach National Forest
To empower Alaska teens through immersive expeditions, involving them in building a connector trail for the Iditarod National Historic Trail and conducting vital campsite maintenance and invasive species control in the Prince William Sound.
Chugach National Forest | Alaska
Great Burn Conservation Alliance
Great Burn Community Stewardship
To foster the connection between people and place to further conservation and stewardship in the Great Burn ecosystem and includes trail maintenance, campsite clean-up, monitoring and sustainable recreation education.
Nez Perce-Clearwater, Idaho Panhandle, and Lolo National Forests | ID, MT
Boulder Climbing Community
Sustainable Recreation in Boulder Canyon
To ensure that our community has the best cared for climbing areas in the country, the Boulder Climbing Community (BCC) will engage the local community to work alongside BCC staff to perform much needed stewardship work in Boulder Canyon.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest | CO
Mosquito Range Heritage Initiaitve
Empowering Community Conservation in the Mosquito Range
To educate and engage residents of all ages, particularly youth, in stewardship projects that protect and preserve our landscapes, waterways and wildlife that make our Mosquito Range such a treasured place.
Pike and San Isabel National Forests | CO
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
2023 Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Partnership for Stewardship
To foster a diverse community of volunteers, empower them with leadership and technical skills, and engage them in the restoration and stewardship of our National Forest lands.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | CO
Public Lands Interpretive Association
Youth Stewardship and Empowerment on the Sandia Ranger District
To engage and empower students, K – 8th grade in Albuquerque and Tijeras to enjoy the Cibola National Forest, Sandia Ranger District and to provide opportunities for stewardship.
Cibola National Forest | NM
The Semilla Project
SemiYA!
To introduce BIPOC youth to the Gila National Forest with a focus on outdoor ethics, conservation, and stewardship of the Gila River as a foundation for leadership development and lifelong connection to the land.
Gila National Forest | NM
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Canyon Country Youth Corps 2023
To engage local, indigenous youth in conservation projects for the range programs of the Manti La-Sal National Forest. The range program includes building fence, restoring springs, and conducting habitat restoration.
Manti-La Sal National Forest | UT
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
Bilingual Stewardship and Education on the Humboldt-Toiyabe
To engage Spanish-speaking Forest users in responsible recreation education and offer bilingual volunteer stewardship opportunities on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | NV
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation
Student Stewards Program
To inspire students to better care for and protect their natural resources while conducting vegetation surveys and stewardship projects that support the Forest Service workload capacity and data collection needs.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | NV
Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association
Bishop Area Climbing Education and Stewardship
To support the Inyo National Forest with education and stewardship with two Climbing Rangers to provide education on the cultural resources and Leave No Trace practices in highly visited climbing areas within the Forest and adjacent public lands.
Inyo National Forest | CA
L.A. Works, Inc.
Connecting Underserved Communities with the Angeles National Forest
To transport and mobilize cohorts of historically marginalized inner-city volunteers to complete stewardship projects in the Angeles National Forest that are needed as part of the National Forest Service’s ongoing priorities and programs.
Angeles National Forest | CA
Outdoor Outreach
Outdoor Outreach Forest Explorers
To provide fifty San Diego youth from low-income communities with transformative and meaningful experiences within the Cleveland National Forest.
Cleveland National Forest | CA
Salmon River Restoration Council
Salmon River Noxious Weeds Stewardship Project 2023
To reinvigorate a stewardship ethic in the Salmon River watershed, among both locals and visitors, through educational and volunteer work events.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests | CA
Southern California Mountains Foundation
Big Bear Valley Trails Education and Improvement
To engage the local community of the San Bernardino Mountains and the neighboring communities of San Bernardino and Riverside County in forest stewardship through trail etiquette, safety education, and trail maintenance.
San Bernardino National Forest | CA
The Watershed Research and Training Center
Community-Based Trail Stewardship
To engage Youth Conservation Corps crews and volunteers in hands-on trail-related work improving forest health and the public's recreation access through stewardship of the Weaverville Community Forest.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CA
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
Tuolumne River Watershed and Trail Restoration
To educate and engage community members in restoration projects on trails and in meadow and riparian ecosystems within the Tuolumne River watershed. Volunteers will revegetate sites along the river, maintain trails, and restore degraded meadows.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
Cascadia Wild!
Rare Carnivore Monitoring
To engage volunteers in conservation and connecting to nature, we teach traditional wildlife tracking skills in the National Forest. Volunteers survey for rare carnivores, providing valuable data for conservation management and wildlife studies.
Mt. Hood National Forest | WA
Center for Eco-Dynamic Restoration
Community Engagement and Stewardship at the Sams Walker Restoration Area
To engage local students and other volunteers in restoration and monitoring activities on their local National Forest System Land, and to restore native flora to increase ecological integrity.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Forest Stewardship and Restoring Eastern Oregon Streams
To engage Indigenous youth and young adults in conservation and stewardship career pathways through the Tribal Stewards program and to inspire public connection to and stewardship of national forest lands through restoring bull trout habitat.
Malheur National Forest | OR
Carolina Climbers Coalition
Table Rock Climbers Access Trail
To build and maintain a one-mile loop trail circumnavigating the iconic Table Rock which will serve as access to popular rock climbing routes as well as provide a loop trail opportunity connecting to the Mountains to Sea Trail.
Pisgah National Forest | NC
Friends of Panthertown
Panthertown Valley Community Engagement and Stewardship
To maintain and improve 30 miles of backcountry trails and dispersed campsites on Nantahala National Forest, and to enable sustainable recreation by engaging with volunteers and community partners to accomplish stewardship work in Panthertown Valley.
Nantahala National Forest | NC
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Invasive Species Mitigation and Education in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
To address non-native invasive weeds in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, and continue to engage in and grow the work of removing and treating weeds, mapping locations and engaging with the public through education.
Helena-Lewis and Clark, Lolo, and Flathead National Forests | MT
Mountain Studies Institute
Ecosystem Restoration on the San Juan National Forest
To engage youth and community volunteers through service learning, stewardship, and outdoor experiences to enhance resilience on the San Juan National Forest by restoring wetlands and watersheds, improving forest health, and managing invasive weeds.
San Juan National Forest | CO
TEENS Inc.
TeamWorks Trails and Forest Health
To maintain trails in the Buffalo Creek Recreation Areas, collaborating with Colorado Mountain Bike Association to correct erosion and promote recreation resource connectivity, and improve forest health through significant noxious weed mitigation.
Pike-San Isabel National Forests | CO
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Volunteers Invest in Forest Health
To improve forest health and outdoor recreation infrastructure in Colorado by engaging 469 volunteers on 17 stewardship projects to make positive and tangible impacts for forest users, wildlife, and the larger ecosystem.
Pike-San Isabel, Rio Grande, Arapaho and Roosevelt, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison, and White River National Forests | CO
Wilderness Workshop
Habitat Restoration Program
To provide on-the-ground benefits to ecosystems and to deepen the connection of local and underserved communities to surrounding public lands, in partnership with the Forest Service on 3-6 restoration projects to focus on these two goals.
White River National Forest | CO
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grassland Habitat Connectivity Project
To verify, modify or replace barbed wire fencing to improve habitat permeability for pronghorn, as well as use volunteers to clear debris blocking the fence line and install signs to deter illegal off-road use.
Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands | NM, TX
The Forest Stewards Guild
Enabling Forest Stewards Youth Corps Forest Health and Restoration Projects
To employ a youth corps crew Field Coordinator and provide all-inclusive training to youth from underserved communities implementing on-the-ground conservation projects to promote forest health, reduce wildfire risk, and protect recreational areas.
Santa Fe, Cibola, and Carson National Forests | NM
Gila Chapter Back Country Horsemen of New Mexico
Gila Wilderness Centennial Project
To prepare for the Gila Wilderness 2024 Centennial and the resulting increased visitation by maintaining a minimum of 40 miles of hiking and equestrian trails and removing trash from dispersed camp areas in the Gila National Forest.
Gila National Forest | NM
Sky Island Alliance
Reclaiming Roads for Oaks in Coronado National Forest
To recover lost oak woodland forest in the southern Huachuca Mountains, close and revegetate three road segments that are administratively decommissioned by Coronado National Forest but suffer from trespass vehicular use.
Coronado National Forest | NM
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
Volunteer Wilderness Stewardship Projects 2023
To engage youth and adult volunteers in life changing, hands-on, wilderness stewardship experiences including trail clearing, improving wilderness access, trail connectivity, and other conservation activities.
Salmon-Challis National Forest | ID
Ascend Wilderness Experience
Trinity Alps Teen Stewardship Work Trip - Boulder Lakes & Tracy Trail
To lead eight teenage participants into the fire-affected Boulder Lakes area in the Trinity Alps Wilderness where they will learn work skills while engaging in rockwork and trail maintenance stewardship projects over a seven-day backpacking trip.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CA
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
Lost Sierra Trail Maintenance and Fire Recovery
To engage youth crew and volunteers in trail maintenance in the Lakes Basin Recreation area, Bucks Lake Wilderness, and South Park Trail System, improving user access, experience, safety, and mitigating post-fire hazards.
Plumas and Tahoe National Forests | CA
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
Youth Engagement in Robbers Creek Watershed Restoration Phase II
To engage youth in the implementation of the Robbers Creek Watershed Restoration Project to restore diverse Sierra Nevada ecosystems and ultimately benefit the over 20 million people that rely on the Feather River Watershed.
Lassen National Forest | CA
TreePeople
Reforestation of Critical Conifers in the Angeles National Forest
To expand significant post-fire conifer reforestation efforts and an ongoing research study, designed to determine best management practices for propagation, planting, and establishment care, to improve survival of two important conifer species.
Angeles National Forest | CA
Conservation Northwest
River Protection and User Improvements in the Little Naches Recreation Corridor
To protect a side high water channel of the Little Naches River by better managing recreational use at Pileup Creek, which will protect riparian habitat and associated fish and wildlife species and improve user experience at this site.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | WA
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
Wild and Scenic Middle Fork River Recreational Access Improvements
To improve recreational access to the Wild and Scenic Middle Fork Snoqualmie River for users of different types and levels of mobility by expanding and reconnecting an ADA accessible picnic area, and improving the trailhead and trail connections.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
Friends of the Inyo
Trail Projects on the Inyo, Humboldt-Toiyabe, and Sierra National Forests
To care for the Forest Service lands of the Eastern Sierra through specific trail projects and volunteer engagement opportunities aimed to augment ecosystem health and public engagement.
Inyo, Humboldt-Toiyabe, Sierra National Forests | CA
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
Big Laurel Branch Wilderness Field Crew
To support the needs for trail improvements and natural conditions on a remote section of the Appalachian Trail in the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness, while creating meaningful experiential employment and volunteer opportunities for community members.
Cherokee National Forest | TN
The Pisgah Conservancy
Black Mountain Trailhead Connector Trail
To construct 0.2 miles of new trail connecting the new Black Mountain parking lot with the existing Black Mountain and Sycamore Cove trail complex to improve trail connectivity, public access, and high-quality recreational experiences for all users.
Pisgah National Forest | NC
Athens-Wayne Outdoor Asset Development Corporation
Creating Equitable Outdoor Experiences: Accessible Mountain Biking
To engage users with varying physical ability levels and youth while protecting forest health, by establishing 5.35 miles of adaptive mountain biking trails, piloting remote trail condition sensing, and constructing a new connector trail.
Wayne National Forest | OH
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc.
YouthWork's Michigan Forest Stewardship: Engaging Diverse Youth in Direct Conservation Activities
To restore, enhance, and protect open lands, young forests, watersheds, habitats, and recreation opportunities while providing vital skills to vulnerable YouthWork members as they care for and engage with our National Forests.
Huron-Manistee and Hiawatha National Forests | MI
Seeds
Building Leaders and Restoring Habitat
To engage and educate young adults about the function and importance of healthy forest ecosystems. To enhance and protect habitat through focused riparian, trails, and vegetation management with the Huron-Manistee National Forest.
Huron-Manistee National Forest | MI
The Greening of Detroit
Green Corps: Shaping Detroit’s Next Generation of Conservationists
To employ underserved teens and young adults from Detroit in meaningful hands-on conservation activities in Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that promote forest health and ecosystem functioning, and improve recreational spaces.
Hiawatha National Forest | MI
White River Partnership
Upper White River Ecosystem Restoration Project
To implement on-the-ground ecosystem restoration and stewardship projects in partnership with the Green Mountain National Forest and other federal, state, and local partners and community volunteers.
Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests | VT
Alleghany Highlands Trail Club
North Mountain Trail
To rehabilitate the North Mountain Trail by fully brushing the trail corridor, sawing downed trees, and performing tread work where there is significant damage.
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest | VA
American Conservation Experience
Fort Valley Hazardous Fuels Reduction
To implement a 48-acre hazardous fuels reduction project in Coconino National Forest over 12 weeks, including training and deploying a crew of 8 emerging forest managers to complete the project.
Coconino National Forest | AZ
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Enhancing Volunteer Stewardship of National Forests Along the Appalachian Trail
To host volunteer trainings along the Appalachian Trail across six National Forests, which will address essential maintenance needs. The trainings will serve to enhance the skillsets of existing volunteers while also training new volunteers.
George Washington and Jefferson, Cherokee, Nantahala-Pisgah, and Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests | VA, TN, NC, GA
Borderlands Restoration Network
Coronado National Forest Grassland Restoration by Youth, Volunteers, and Restoration Practitioners
To control erosion and enhance wildlife habitat through installation of erosion control structures and seeding degraded drainages. Youth, volunteers, and nonprofit staff will conduct the work, improving the forest for years to come.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
Curry Watersheds Nonprofit
Elk River Port Orford Cedar Planting
To plant Port Orford cedar that are genetically resistant to an invasive root disease that has decimated this keystone species on National Forest lands in the upper Elk River watershed, and to educate students and the public about the species.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | OR
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Forest Health Experiences on the Manti La-Sal National Forest
To engage local, indigenous youth in conservation projects on the Manti La-Sal National Forest. The range program includes building fence, restoring springs, and conducting habitat restoration projects.
Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT
Friends of Cedar Mesa
Twin Kivas Site Conservation in Bears Ears National Monument
To conduct Tribal-led site conservation at Twin Kivas cultural site in Bears Ears National Monument including stabilization and trail routing and enhancing outdoor experiences in the region with Ancestral Lands Youth Corps.
Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
2022-2023 Superior National Forest Stewardship
To improve forest health and recreational resources by engaging volunteers in stewardship projects in the Superior National Forest.
Superior National Forest | MN
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Increasing Land Stewardship Capacity in the Columbia River Gorge
To increase land stewardship capacity in the Columbia River Gorge and inspire a sense of belonging in the outdoors through the Land Stewards program and strategic partnerships with underserved youth groups in the community.
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | OR
Great Burn Conservation Alliance
Great Burn Ecosystem Stewardship
To improve recreational experiences and forest health in the Great Burn Ecosystem through campsite naturalization, trail maintenance, and weed management. This project is carried out by youth and stewardship crews, staff and volunteers.
Lolo and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests | MT, ID
Kenai Watershed Forum
Stream Watch: Volunteer Driven River Restoration and Stewardship in Chugach National Forest
To provide river restoration, stewardship, and education by trained volunteers that will benefit ecosystem health while promoting sustainable recreation at the Kenai-Russian River Complex in Chugach National Forest.
Chugach National Forest | AK
Kettle Range Conservation Group
Restoring Habitat Viability Through Beaver Relocation
To restore habitat using relocated beavers to create natural water storage enhancing late summer streamflow resulting in multiple water storage complexes in tributary creeks to the Kettle and Columbia Rivers.
Colville National Forest | WA
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program
To engage a diverse, multicultural youth crew from underserved communities to implement on-the-ground ecological restoration projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, as part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Community Stewardship
To involve local community and employ youth in on-the-ground efforts to improve watershed heath and nurture native plant diversity through targeted removal of priority invasive plants, salmon habitat enhancement, and forest restoration.
Six Rivers and Klamath National Forests, CA
Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund
Upper Cathedral Rock Trail Renovation
To complete the final phase of Upper Cathedral Rock Trail renovation in Sedona, Arizona to increase sustainability and addresses severe erosion and proliferation of social routes through rock work, fencing, cairns, signs, social route closures.
Coconino National Forest | AZ
Sheridan Community Land Trust
Red Grade Trails Expansion
To construct three miles of trails as part of the Red Grade Trails system, the first connection for equestrian users and the second connection for hikers, walkers and runners to link the upper and lower trails.
Bighorn National Forest | WY
Taproot Collaborative
Pinaleño Sacred Springs Restoration Project Phase 1: Emerald Spring
To restore watershed health to a critical high-elevation wet meadow in the Pinaleno Mountains, working with partners from the Coronado National Forest, San Carlos Apache Tribe, and the University of Arizona.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
Three Rivers Land Trust, Inc.
Restoring the Uwharrie Trail
To restore sections of the 40-mile Uwharrie Trail through erosion control, fallen tree removal, and tread repair within the Uwharrie National Forest with efforts completed by local volunteers and members of the Uwharrie Trailblazers.
Uwharrie National Forest | NC
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
Riparian Restoration and Trail Repair in the Tuolumne River Wild and Scenic Corridor
To continue improvement of 10 miles of 5 trails and 12 dispersed campsites on 18 miles of the Wild & Scenic stretch and Middle Fork Tuolumne River. To plan and implement tree planting, erosion control and rehabilitation work at these sites.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association
Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Deferred Maintenance Trails
To maintain trail in the Eagle Cap and Hells Canyon Wilderness Areas by clearing 116 miles of trails in 2022 that have not been maintained in 3 or more years and assist the USFS in reducing their backlog.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | OR
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Allegheny National Forest Collaborative Stream Ecosystem Health Improvement - Phase II
To restore ecosystem health and function by replenishing large woody materials in streams and floodplains to reduce erosion and sedimentation. This will increase the availability and complexity of aquatic habitat and improve floodplain connectivity.
Allegheny National Forest | PA
Wild Alabama
Wild Alabama Community Conservation Corps
To integrate forest visitors into solutions for wilderness management challenges that exceed USFS capacity, including trail maintenance and other stewardship such as forest restoration and non-native invasive plant removal.
Bankhead and Talladega National Forests | AL
Wild South
Wild South Community Conservation Corps
To integrate National Forest communities into solutions for wilderness and wild & scenic river management challenges, including reduction of recreation impacts, restoration of forest ecosystems, and enhancement of water quality.
Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests | TN, NC
Wilderness Volunteers
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
To address critically needed deferred trail maintenance and restoration work with the Eagle Cap Wilderness in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. This project will restore approximately five miles of braided trail sections along Echo and Traverse Lakes.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | OR
WildPlaces
Post-Fire Meadow and Giant Sequoia Stewardship
To take immediate action protecting fire-impacted meadows and sequoia groves by improving resiliency to erosion and wildfire. Volunteers will steward three severely burned meadows and three giant sequoia groves through multiday stewardship events.
Sequoia National Forest | CA
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
Restoring Chiricahua Trail System
| To employ crews and engage volunteers to repair the upper 1.3 miles of the South Fork #243 and rejoin it with Crest #270C, as well as restore 3.5-miles of Crest #270C between Sentinel Peak and its fork to Snowshed Trail in the Chiricahua Wilderness.
Coronado National Forest | AZ |
Ascend Wilderness Experience
Trinity Teen Stewardship Program - Boulder Lakes Trail Restoration
| To actively engage youth in the restoration of the Boulder Lakes trail, which was impacted by the 2021 River Complex Fire.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CA |
Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
Bartram Trail Youth Engagement and Trail Improvement
To perform tread repair, erosion control and rerouting on the Bartram Trail in the Nantahala and Chattahoochee National Forests. The program is intended to enhance recreational and employment opportunities for youth and young adults.
Nantahala-Pisgah and Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests | GA, NC
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Noxious Weed Mapping and Mitigation
To address non-native invasive weeds in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, the Foundation will continue to engage in and grow the work of removing and treating weeds, mapping locations and engaging the public in that effort.
Helena-Lewis & Clark, Lolo and Flathead National Forests | MT
Center for Eco-Dynamic Restoration
Sams Walker Restoration
To restore a 10 acre field and 1.3 acre meadow with native plants to enhance ecological integrity. This project also introduces land stewardship and restoration to students and volunteers.
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WA
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc.
Michigan Forest Stewardship Project: Celebrating Diversity with the Next Generation of Stewards
To restore, enhance, and protect openlands, young forests, watersheds, habitats, and recreation opportunities while providing vital skills to vulnerable YouthWork members as they care for and engage with our National Forests.
Huron-Manistee and Hiawatha National Forests | MI
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
Volunteer Support for Priority Trail Maintenance
To improve forest health and provide outdoor experiences by engaging volunteers in ongoing, priority projects to control invasive weeds, remove unnecessary barbed-wire fencing, and maintain hiking trails in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | NV
Friends of the Inyo
Trail Projects and Volunteer Engagement
To continue to care for the Forest Service lands of the Eastern Sierra through specific trail projects and volunteer engagement for the augmentation of ecosystem health and public engagement.
Inyo, Humboldt-Toiyabe, and Sierra National Forests | CA
Green Forests Work
Ecological Restoration on National Forest Land in Kentucky and West Virginia
To provide young adults and/or veterans with training and work opportunities through the ecological restoration of degraded lands in our National Forests.
Monongahela and Daniel Boone National Forests | KY, WV
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Stewardship and Watershed Restoration
To engage Indigenous youth in stewardship careers and restoring springs and creeks on the Malheur National Forest.
Malheur National Forest | OR
Salmon River Restoration Council
Salmon River Riparian and Fish Habitat Enhancement Project 2022
To enhance fisheries restoration projects we propose surveying for and treating invasive species and adding cover/complexity for juvenile fish through brush bundling and stream manipulation, at and in close proximity to project sites.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests | CA
Seeds
Fostering Young Leaders as Community & Forest Stewards
To develop young leaders through work experiences at the Huron-Manistee National Forest to restore open lands and native ecosystems, mitigate damage from illegal forest usage, and protect wildlife.
Huron-Manistee National Forests | MI
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
Volunteer Wilderness Stewardship
To engage youth and adult volunteers in enjoyable, hands-on wilderness stewardship experiences that include opening and connecting trails, learning Wilderness Stewardship Performance monitoring and other conservation activities.
Salmon-Challis National Forest | ID
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
Youth Engagement in Robbers Creek Watershed Restoration
To engage the youth in the implementation of the Robbers Creek Watershed Restoration Project which will restore diverse Sierra Nevada ecosystems and ultimately benefit the over 20 million people that rely on the Feather River Watershed.
Lassen National Forest | CA
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Middle Skagit Knotweed Control
To use youth work crews to control invasive knotweed species on Forest Service properties along the Skagit River. These invasive species have degraded the quality of the riparian habitats for endangered Chinook salmon and altered forest succession.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
South Yuba River Citizens League
Loney Meadow Recreation and Restoration
To engage youth community members to: 1) build a bridge within a meadow restoration project to improve recreational connectivity and 2) maintain stream channel restoration features through fence installation and planting of native riparian species.
Tahoe National Forest | CA
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
U.S. Naval Academy Wilderness Field Crew
To support the needs for trail improvements and natural conditions within wilderness areas in the Southern Appalachians, while creating meaningful experiential employment and volunteer opportunities for a cohort of young public lands stewards.
Cherokee, Pisgah, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests | NC, TN, VA
TEENS Inc.
Buffalo Creek Youth Corps
To maintain and improve trails in the heavily utilized Buffalo Creek Recreation Areas, TEENS, Inc.’s TeamWorks crews will collaborate with COMBA to correct erosion, promote recreation resource connectivity and improve forest health.
Pike National Forest | CO
Upper Gila Watershed Alliance
Tamarisks and Trails
To prepare for the Gila Wilderness Area's 2024 centennial by eradicating invasive tamarisks along 16 miles of the Gila River and maintaining a minimum of 35 miles of hiking and equestrian trails in the Gila National Forest.
Gila National Forest | NM
Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition
Copper Chief Trail Construction & Area Restoration
To expedite soil and plant restoration and complete Season 2 construction of the Copper Chief Trail, a 10-mile recreational multi-use, non-motorized trail project on the Prescott National Forest near Cottonwood and Clarkdale, Arizona.
Prescott National Forest | AZ
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Promoting Forest Health and Resiliency Through Volunteer Engagement
To restore Colorado’s recreational trails and ecological resources in response to wildfire, climate change, and increased recreation by engaging 464 volunteers to conduct 20 stewardship projects on four National Forests (with three Wilderness areas).
Pike-San Isabel, Rio Grande, Arapaho and Roosevelt, and White River National Forests | CO
Washington Trails Association
Critical Trail Restoration
To create a sustainable trail network in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by mobilizing volunteers and partners to conduct trail maintenance on 29 trails, creating improved recreation opportunities and protecting the surrounding environment.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
White River Partnership
Upper White River Ecosystem Restoration
To implement on-the-ground ecosystem restoration and stewardship projects in partnership with the Green Mountain National Forest and other federal, state, and local partners and community volunteers.
Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests | VT
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Cameron Peak Fire Restoration
To restore habitat, water quality, and ecosystem function, volunteers will thin stands adjacent to USFS treatments; clear miles of wilderness trail corridor; restore trails after the Cameron Peak Fire; and replace grassland exclosure fencing.
Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest and Pawnee National Grasslands | CO
Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative
Purgatoire and Cucharas Watersheds Community Stewardship & Forest Health
To advance community stewardship, outdoor experiences, and National Forest health across two sister watersheds in Colorado through on-the-ground 'dirty knees and fingernails' restoration work that engages youth, veterans, and community volunteers.
Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands | CO
Borderlands Restoration Network
Coronado National Forest Grassland Restoration by Youth, Volunteers, and Restoration Practitioners
To control erosion and enhance wildlife habitat, youth, volunteers, and nonprofit staff will install erosion control structures and seed degraded drainages. Along with USFS forest thinning, these activities will improve the forest for years to come.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
Camp Grier
Stewarding Old Fort's Trails on the Pisgah National Forest
To fund a four-week Young Adult Conservation Crew as well as volunteer outreach, recruitment, and coordination for the G5 Trail Collective's Trail for All program in Old Fort, North Carolina.
Pisgah National Forest | NC
Conservation Northwest
Advancing Watershed Health and Sustainable Recreation in the Upper White River Watershed
To improve watershed health in the Upper White River watershed of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest by safeguarding riparian areas along the Greenwater River from the impacts of unsustainable recreation.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
Idaho Trails Association
Payette National Forest Trails Program 2021-2022
To reopen fire-impacted trails in the South Fork Salmon River and French Creek areas, near the growing outdoor recreation hub of McCall, ID. These trail projects will put youth, all-female, and general volunteer crews to work on non-motorized trails.
Payette National Forest | ID
Kenai Watershed Forum
Stream Watch: Volunteer-Driven River Restoration and Stewardship in Chugach National Forest
To provide river restoration, stewardship, and education by trained volunteers that will benefit ecosystem health while promoting sustainable recreation at the Kenai-Russian River Complex in Chugach National Forest.
Chugach National Forest | AK
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program
To engage a diverse, multicultural youth crew from underserved communities to implement on-the-ground ecological restoration projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, as part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | OR
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Community Stewardship Project
To involve local community volunteers and employ youth in on-the-ground efforts to improve watershed heath and nurture native plant diversity through targeted removal of priority invasive plants, salmon habitat enhancement, and forest restoration.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests | CA
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Ecosystem Restoration on National Forest Lands in Central Washington
This integrated project will restore and protect ecosystem function on two National Forest sites and provide paid outdoor experiences for eight young workers. The work will thin a dense forest, restore fish habitat, and protect habitat near a river.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area | WA
Mountain Studies Institute
Engaging Community in Service Learning Stewardship for a Resilient San Juan National Forest
To engage youth and community volunteers to enhance resilience of San Juan National Forest landscapes by 1) restoring alpine wetlands and watersheds; 2) improving forest health; and 3) managing invasive weeds while providing outdoor experiences.
San Juan National Forest | CO
Rico Trails Alliance
Circle Trail
To improve a newly-designated non-motorized trail, that will serve as the most direct hiking and mountain biking connection between the small historic mining town of Rico, Colorado and the Black Hawk section of the Colorado Trail.
San Juan National Forest | CO
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
Forest Fuel Reduction and Firewood Distribution
To provide comprehensive workforce training to opportunity youth while they treat a highly vulnerable area of the Carson National Forest. The Project will take place in conjunction with ongoing conservation efforts and community engagement programs.
Carson National Forest | NM
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Restoration of Globally Rare Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Habitat - Roan Highlands
To restore globally-endangered Appalachian grass and shrub bald habitats on some of the most beloved and visited sites along the Appalachian Trail in the Roan Highlands by recruiting volunteers to remove invasive and aggressive woody vegetation.
Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests | NC, TN
Southern California Mountains Foundation
Deep Creek Restoration
To provide ecological restoration of approximately 20 acres of unauthorized trails/roads located within the Deep Creek watershed of the San Bernardino National Forest.
San Bernardino National Forest | CA
TreePeople
Phase II: Forest Aid Restoration Site & Native Species Maintenance in the Angeles National Forest
To continue necessary maintenance on 10 restoration sites of federally listed endangered species Berberis nevinii in the Copper Fire Burn Area, using 250 local volunteers for weeding of invasives, watering, and stewardship.
Angeles National Forest | CA
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
Tuolumne River Recreational Rehabilitation in the Wild and Scenic Corridor
To improve 10 miles of 6 trails and 12 dispersed campsites/river bars along 18 miles of the Wild & Scenic Tuolumne River with staff and volunteers. To plan and implement riparian tree planting, erosion control and rehabilitation work at these sites.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
Wild Alabama
Wild Alabama Community Conservation Corps
To integrate forest visitors into solutions for wilderness management challenges that exceed USFS capacity, including trail maintenance and other stewardship such as forest restoration and non-native invasive plant removal.
Bankhead and Talladega National Forests | AL
Wild South
Wild South Community Conservation Corps
To integrate forest visitors into solutions for wilderness and wild & scenic river management challenges that exceed Forest Service capacity, including the reduction of recreation impacts and the restoration of forest ecosystems.
Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests | NC, TN
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Reducing Road Impacts to Wildlife and Watersheds on the Lolo National Forest
To protect and enhance priority fish and wildlife habitat by using contractors and volunteers to restore ~5 miles of road along Beatrice Creek, securing 1,000 acres of grizzly habitat and reducing road impacts for fish on Lolo National Forest.
Lolo National Forest | MT
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
SaddleBrooke Community and Coronado National Forest Invasive Species Management
To engage citizens and to protect and restore the National Forest by engaging the local community and youth to learn about and to manually dig out invasive grass species.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
http://www.desertmuseum.org
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Invasive Weed Management and Treatment in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2021
To control the spread of noxious weeds in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, the foundation will pull or chemically treat identified weeds at six sites. The effort will be led by a Crew Leader and involve dozens of volunteers.
Flathead and Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forests | MT
http://www.bmwf.org
Cascade Forest Conservancy
Cascades Beaver Project
To restore aquatic and riparian habitat and build climate resilience through the reintroduction of beavers to areas they former occupied.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc.
Michigan Forest Stewardship Project: Engaging the Next Generation of Forest Stewards
To restore, enhance, and protect openlands, young forests, watersheds, habitats, and recreation opportunities while providing vital skills to vulnerable YouthWork members as they care for our National Forests.
Huron-Manistee and Hiawatha National Forests | MI
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Engaging Youth Corps in Outdoor and Forest Health Experiences on the Manti-La Sal National Forest
To engage local, indigenous youth in conservation projects in the range and recreation programs, building trails, fencing, and habitat restoration which will introduce them to career possibilities on their federal lands.
Manti La-Sal National Forest | UT
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
Volunteer-Driven Conservation Projects on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
To improve forest health and provide outdoor experiences by engaging volunteers in ongoing, priority projects to control invasive weeds and remove un-needed barbed-wire fencing, thus improving and inspiring a lifelong commitment to forests.
Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest | NV
Friends of Pathways
Mitigating COVID-19 Forest Visitor Impacts
To mitigate the impacts of the record number of users who visited the Bridger-Teton National Forest, looking to escape to the outdoors during the 2020 pandemic, Friends of Pathways will employ a youth trail crew to complete a slate of rehab projects.
Bridger-Teton National Forest | WY
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
2021 Scotchman Peaks Volunteer Trail Restoration and Recreation Program
To engage community volunteers who will restore, stabilize and maintain trails, reduce sediment, improve forest heath and native trout habitat, while increasing and enhancing recreational opportunities on National Forest lands.
Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests | ID
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
2021-2022 Superior National Forest Stewardship Project
To improve forest health and recreational resources by engaging volunteers in stewardship projects in the Superior National Forest.
Superior National Forest | MN
Friends of the Inyo
Trail Projects and Volunteer Engagement on the Inyo, Humboldt-Toiyabe, and Sierra National Forests
To care for the Forest Service lands of the Eastern Sierra through specific trail projects and volunteer engagement for the augmentation of ecosystem health and public engagement.
Inyo, Sierra, and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests | CA, NV
Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona
Southeastern Arizona Youth Land Stewardship: Engaging Rural Youth
To incorporate a two-week National Forests module into the Southeast Arizona Youth Land Stewardship Program. 10 participants from underserved communities in rural Arizona will complete projects to support sustainable recreation and restoration goals.
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | AZ
Great Burn Conservation Alliance
Forest Stewards Program
To improve recreational experiences and forest health in the northern Bitterroot Mountains through campsite naturalization, trail maintenance, and weed management. This project is carried out by youth and stewardship crews, staff and volunteers.
Lolo and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests | MT
Green Forests Work
Engaging the Appalachian Conservation Corps in the Ecological Restoration of Coal Mines
To provide young adults and veterans with training and work opportunities through the ecological restoration of degraded lands in our National Forests.
Monongahela and Daniel Boone National Forests | KY, WV
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Gila National Forest Stewardship, Trails, and Rehabilitation
To address trail maintenance, stewardship and rehabilitation projects in the Gila National Forest while engaging youth and diverse and under-served community members, and educating the public on wilderness principles and best practices.
Gila National Forest | NM
Nez Perce Tribe
Nez Perce Tribe Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy
To host an annual Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy focusing on understanding ecosystem functions by working firsthand on watershed and habitat restoration projects integrating cultural knowledge and food gathering activities.
Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest | ID
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Restoring Riparian Ecosystem Functions and Trail Conditions on the Malheur and Fremont-Winema NF
To restore creeks in the Malheur National Forest and improve public access and safety in the Fremont-Winema National Forest while expanding public understanding of natural resources.
Malheur and Fremont-Winema National Forests | OR
Sandy River Watershed Council
Sandy River Cold Water Refuge Habitat Restoration
To maintain Sandy River temperatures as a cold water sanctuary for Columbia River migrating salmon and steelhead trout, by removing invasive weeds and planting riparian vegetation to shade and provide structure by a Native American Work Force Team.
Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area | OR
Seeds
Hearts in the Woods: Inspiring Community and Forest Health
To restore foraging and breeding habitats for early successional wildlife species and improve recreational opportunities such as wildlife viewing, hunting, and hiking trails within the Huron-Manistee National Forests.
Huron-Manistee National Forest | MI
Southern Utah University
Dixie National Forest Wilderness Trail Restoration and Youth Stewardship Project
To restore trails, improve visitor experience, and promote responsible recreation by repairing 44 miles of Wilderness trails with five youth, hosting six volunteer trail patrollers, and facilitating two Leave-No-Trace trainings.
Dixie National Forest | UT
Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association
General Creek Watershed Trail Maintenance
To repair and upgrade neglected and damaged trail infrastructure in the General Creek watershed, to provide future connectivity options and enhance the recreation opportunities on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | CA
TEENS Inc.
Buffalo Creek Recreation Area & Indian Creek Non-Motorized Trail Maintenance
To maintain and improve trails in the heavily utilized Buffalo Creek and Indian Creek Recreation Areas, TEENS, Inc.’s TeamWorks crews will collaborate to correct erosion, promote recreation resource connectivity, and improve forest health.
Pike National Forest | CO
The Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewards Youth Corps Leadership Development and Fire and Fuels Crew Extension
To employ youth from underserved communities on youth corps crews that implement on-the-ground conservation projects to promote forest health, reduce wildfire risk to communities, and protect recreational opportunities from catastrophic wildfire.
Santa Fe and Cibola National Forests | NM
The Nature Connection
The Nature Connection: Wilderness Trail Crew Job Pathway Program
To employ and provide mentorship opportunities for diverse local youth on a wilderness trail crew. Students will work alongside agency and non-profit staff to maintain and improve trails seeing an explosive growth in use due to the pandemic.
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest | CO
Trout Unlimited
Spread Creek Fish Passage Project Phase 2
To support native fisheries conservation in the Spread Creek watershed through eliminating entrainment, ensuring unimpeded migration, and protecting streambank and channel stability on National Forest System lands.
Bridger-Teton National Forest | WY
Upper Gila Watershed Alliance
Tamarisks and Trails
To eradicate invasive tamarisk along 45 miles of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness Area and to maintain at least 25 miles of trails in the Gila Wilderness Area.
Gila National Forest | NM
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Volunteers Invest in Colorado's Forests
To improve recreational amenities and ecological resiliency in two National Forests, including one Wilderness area, by engaging at least 92 unique volunteers on six hands-on trail rehabilitation and ecological restoration projects.
Pike-San Isabel and Rio Grande National Forests | CO
Walama Restoration Project
Invasive Vegetation Management in Oregon's White River Watershed
To remove invasive vegetation across 296 acres in the Mt. Hood National Forest. These activities are a collaborative effort that will include community engagement with the direction of professional crews to improve forest health improvement projects.
Mt. Hood National Forest | OR
Washington Trails Association
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Trail Restoration Project
To maintain and improve trails in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by mobilizing a network of volunteers and community partners to conduct trail maintenance on 28 trails, creating a sustainable trail system for generations to come.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
White River Partnership
Upper White River Ecosystem Restoration Project
To implement on-the-ground ecosystem restoration, stewardship, and monitoring projects in partnership with the Green Mountain National Forest and other federal, state, and local partners and community volunteers.
Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forest | VT
Yaak Valley Forest Council
Restoration and Recreation in the Yaak Watershed
To improve native trout habitat, promote native vegetation in riparian ecosystems, and provide recreation opportunities on healthy National Forest lands by conducting weed abatement, sediment reduction, and trail maintenance projects.
Kootenai National Forest | MT
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Wildlife Habitat and Trail Improvement Projects
To improve trail access in Idaho within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, and to modify fencing in New Mexico to improve pronghorn movement across the Kiowa National Grasslands by raising or replacing the bottom barbed wire.
Salmon-Challis National Forest and Kiowa National Grassland | ID, NM
Conservation Northwest
Protecting Aquatic Resources and Engaging Communities in Washington’s National Forests
To protect aquatic resources on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests, we will restore an unauthorized riverside campsite and trails, close an unnecessary road, and fix riparian fencing, with the help of volunteers.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests | WA
Conservation Resource Alliance
Rooting Youth to our National Forests
To engage youth from an economically disadvantaged community to assist in increasing forest diversity and promote recreational use through trail maintenance, tree plantings and removal of non-native plants within the Huron-Manistee National Forest.
Huron-Manistee National Forest | MI
Friends of Blackwater
Botanical Restoration of the Blackwater Rail Trail
To manage invasive plants and actively plant areas to help in the restoration of ecological function and ecosystems services to a heavily impaired stream in a high visitor use area on the Blackwater Rail Trail in the Monongahela National Forest.
Monongahela National Forest | WV
Gallatin River Task Force
Upper Deer Creek River Access Restoration Project
To create a more resilient and protected riparian and stream habitat with naturally vegetated banks, while also providing for safer river access, a high quality recreation experience, and community engagement in natural resource protection.
Custer-Gallatin National Forest | MT
Kenai Watershed Forum
Stream Watch Volunteer Program
To engage volunteers in an action oriented, results based program that promotes river stewardship on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. This dedicated, award-winning group completes river projects on the Russian and Kenai Rivers within the National Forest.
Chugach National Forest | AK
Kenai Watershed Forum copy
Stream Watch Volunteer Program
To engage volunteers in an action oriented, results based program that promotes river stewardship on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. This dedicated, award-winning group completes river projects on the Russian and Kenai Rivers within the National Forest.
Chugach National Forest | AK
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Community Stewardship Project
To involve local community volunteers and employ youth in on-the-ground efforts to improve watershed heath and nurture native plant diversity through targeted removal of priority invasive plants, salmon habitat enhancement, and forest restoration.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests | CA
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Okanogan-Wenatchee Habitat Restoration 2020
To improve ecosystem function and resiliency, young workers will implement priority work to treat forest stands, improve habitat in streams, and repair fencing to protect sensitive habitat.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | WA
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
Camp Brown Accessible Loop Trail, Picnic, and Day Use Access Improvements
To partner with the U.S. Forest Service and community volunteers to complete an accessible loop trail, river access, and picnic area improvements at Camp Brown, enhancing access to the Wild and Scenic Middle Fork Snoqualmie River.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
Northeast Tennessee Regional Foundation for Economic Development
Holston Mountain Recreation & Partnership Enhancement
To enhance outdoor recreation experiences on Holston Mountain by bringing a trail system that has multi-day opportunities for hikers, bikers and equestrians back to Forest Service standards and creating a framework for future partnerships.
Cherokee National Forest | TN
Pheasants Forever, Inc / Quail Forever
Coronado National Forest Grassland Restoration by Youth, Volunteers, and Restoration Practitioners
To control erosion and enhance wildlife habitat, youth, volunteers, and nonprofit staff will install erosion control structures and seed degraded drainages, along with thinning, these activities will improve the forest for years to come.
Coronado National Forest | AZ
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - New Mexico
Carson National Forest Fuel Reduction Project
To restore the natural fire regime and prevent catastrophic wildfire by engaging a crew of opportunity youth to remove overgrown fuel resources and collaborate with community-based organizations adjacent to the Carson National Forest.
Carson National Forest | NM
Rural Action
Building the Baileys: Youth Trail Building to Enhance Conservation in the Wayne National Forest
To build 1.75 miles of the Baileys Trail System Phase II, restore populations of at-risk native herbs, and utilize community volunteers and Appalachian Conservation Corps members in both the trail construction and forest health parts of the project.
Wayne National Forest | OH
San Juan Mountains Association
Chicken Creek Community Restoration and Education Project
To organize volunteers and education program participants to conduct restoration efforts on heavily-impacted user-developed trail networks in and around the Chicken Creek area of the Dolores Ranger District.
San Juan National Forest | CO
Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund
Bell Rock Area Trail Sustainability Initiative
To realign eroded outdated trails and eliminate social routes, creating sustainable forest access where demand is high to protect a unique sensitive ecosystem while documenting best management practices.
Coconino National Forest | AZ
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
2020-2021 Frank Church Volunteer Wilderness Stewardship Project
To maintain recreation infrastructure and connectivity across the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness through youth and community volunteer engagement while expanding the capacity of the USFS and providing enjoyable wilderness experiences.
Salmon-Challis and Payette National Forests | ID
Sheridan Community Land Trust
Red Grade Trails Project
To develop 2 miles of non-motorized trails as part of a larger program developing 15-22 trail miles, and to decommission several miles of user-built, unsustainable trails which will improve forest health.
Bighorn National Forest | WY
Skagit River System Cooperative
Skiyou Island Floodplain Restoration Phase II
To improve ecosystem resiliency, the project will restore riparian and floodplain habitat by planting native species on 5 acres and controlling invasive species on 47 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands located along the Skagit River.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
Wilderness Field Crew Project
To support the needs for trail improvements and natural conditions within wilderness areas in the Southern Appalachians, while creating meaningful experiential employment opportunities for a talented cohort of young public lands stewards.
Cherokee, Chattahoochee-Oconee, Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests | TN, SC, GA
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
Rim Fire Tree Planting Project
To support continued volunteer restoration efforts in the Stanislaus National Forest in the wake of the devastating Rim Fire of 2013. Volunteers will help restore the forest through the planting of 10,000 native trees.
Stanislaus National Forest | CA
Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition
Blowout Wash Trail Project
To expedite soil and plant restoration and complete Phase 2 (9 miles) of the Blowout Wash Trail System, a 27 mile recreational multi-use, non-motorized trail project on the Prescott National Forest near Cottonwood and Clarkdale, Arizona.
Prescott National Forest | AZ
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Partnership for Stewardship Project
To restore sensitive habitats by engaging volunteers to re-route and maintain trails, install an accessible boardwalk, exclude cattle from a riparian zone, and clear downed trees from wilderness trails in Colorado National Forests and Grasslands.
Pawnee National Grassland and Arapaho-Roosevelt, Pike-San Isabel, and San Juan National Forest | CO
Access Fund
Lover's Leap Restoration & Stabilization
To leverage the support of volunteers, community members and professional expertise in critical restoration, improvement, environmental protection and stabilization of Lovers Leap, a popular destination on the Eldorado National Forest in California.
Eldorado National Forest | CA
http://www.accessfund.org
Ascend Wilderness Experience
Youth Conservation Work Trip - Doe Lake Trail Restoration
To complete trail restoration after damage from the Coffee Fire burnout in 2014 on Doe Lake Trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness and to provide opportunities for local youth to get work experience in wilderness stewardship projects.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CA
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Invasive Weed Suppression in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2020
To continue invasive weed suppression with crews of volunteers at seven locations in and around the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Outcomes include habitat restoration work including mapping, pulling, and chemical treatment of weeds.
Helena-Lewis and Clark and Flathead National Forests | MT
Cascade Forest Conservancy
Gifford Pinchot Stewards: On-the-Ground Restoration in the National Forest
To provide stewardship opportunities for community volunteers through diverse projects including post-fire seeding, riparian planting, fuel loads reduction, invasive plant mitigation, and the installation of nesting boxes.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc.
Michigan Forest Habitat Stewardship Project - YouthWork Conservation Corps
To restore and enhance openlands, young forests and recreation trails in the Huron-Manistee National Forest while providing valuable job and life skills to vulnerable YouthWork members as they form meaningful connections caring for public lands.
Huron-Manistee National Forest | MI
Colorado Mountain Bike Association
Buffalo Creek Recreation Area and Indian Creek Non-Motorized Trail Maintenance
To maintain and improve trails in the heavily utilized Buffalo Creek and Indian Creek Recreation Areas, by hiring a diverse crew of youth to correct erosion, promote recreation resource connectivity and improve forest health.
Pike-San Isabel National Forest | CO
Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Continental Divide Trail-Wide Stewardship
To rehabilitate and build segments of the Continental Divide Trail and a high-volume alternate route that have experienced erosion, flooding, overgrowth, and/or disintegrating trail structures by engaging diverse volunteers and partners.
Arapaho and Roosevelt and Gila National Forests | CO, NM
CorpsTHAT
CorpsTHAT Conservation Corps
To provide deaf youth opportunities around stewardship, job training, and outdoor opportunities. The conservation corps will connect them to conservation and outdoor career pathways that barred deaf people due to language barriers and discrimination.
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests | VA
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Engaging Youth Corps in Outdoor and Forest Health Experiences on the Manti-La Sal National Forest
To engage local youth in field work in the Manti-La Sal National Forest building trails and engaging in rangeland work. CCYC youth will develop meaningful connections with each other and the work that is vital to the health of our community.
Manti-La Sal National Forest | UT
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
Volunteer Support for Priority Projects on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
To improve forest health and provide outdoor experiences by engaging volunteers in projects to control invasive weeds, remove unnecessary fencing, and maintain trails, thus improving public lands and inspiring a lifelong commitment to our Forests.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | NV
Great Burn Conservation Alliance
Great Burn Conservation Alliance Forest Stewards Program
To improve recreational experiences and forest health in the northern Bitterroot Mountains through trail maintenance, campsite naturalization, weed management, wildlife conflict mitigation, all carried out by youth, hired crews, and volunteers.
Lolo and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests | ID, MT
Idaho Trails Association
2020 Idaho Trails Program
To plan, coordinate, and provide all tools and supplies for eleven week-long volunteer trail work projects on designated non-motorized trails in Idaho's National Forests.
Idaho Panhandle, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Payette, Boise, Sawtooth, Salmon-Challis, Bitterroot and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests | ID
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program
To engage a diverse, multicultural youth crew from underserved communities to implement on-the ground ecological restoration projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest as part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | OR
Los Padres Forest Association
Cold Spring-Mono Jungle Trail Reroute
To continue trail construction of the Cold Spring-Mono Jungle Reroute with an ultimate goal of getting users out of the riparian area. The new route would safely mitigate the damage and destruction occurring within the Santa Ynez drainage.
Los Padres National Forest | CA
Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group
Reducing Road Impacts to Endangered Species at Fishtrap Creek
To protect and enhance priority fish and wildlife habitat, we will use contractors and volunteers to realign 600 feet of near-stream road, construct in-stream woody debris structures, and store 6.1 miles of headwaters roads in Fishtrap Creek.
Lolo National Forest | MT
Mount Shasta Trail Association
Gateway Trail Community Engagement Project
To improve the quality, condition, and care of Outdoor Experiences and Forest Health in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest by engaging youth, volunteers, and under-served populations in hands-on trail building and stewardship activities.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CA
Mountain Studies Institute
San Juan Resilience Task Force – Phase 4
To engage youth and volunteers in response to the 416 Fire and enhance resilience of three iconic San Juan NF landscapes by: 1) restoring rare alpine wetlands; 2) improving forest health; and 3) eradicating invasive species from meadows and trails.
San Juan National Forest | CO
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Gila National Forest: Wilderness Trail Improvements
To address a backlog of maintenance and recreational access issues to improve trails near the Gila, Blue Range, and Aldo Leopold Wlderness areas and engage diverse youth and other under-served populations through restoration and stewardship projects.
Gila National Forest | NM
North Cascades Institute
Mazama Park Trail Maintenance Project
To connect teens from identities under-represented in the USFS with USFS mentors and engage them in meaningful direct work improving the high-use trails surrounding Mazama Camp in the Mt. Baker National Recreation Area.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WA
North Fork John Day Watershed Council
2020 Military Veteran Wilderness Trails Project
To create access by recovering miles of lost trails in the North Fork Wilderness due to wild fires and reclamation. Military service veteran crews will work to restore the trails for recreational use by the public and other users.
Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur National Forests | OR
Northwest Youth Corps
Building Watershed Resiliency in the Malheur National Forest
To build watershed resiliency and restore native salmon and trout habitat in the Malheur National Forest through construction of buck-and-pole fencing and maintenance of beaver dam analogs by a Northwest Youth Corps Native American crew.
Malheur National Forest | OR
Ruffed Grouse Society
Ruffed Grouse Society Forest Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project
To provide high quality foraging and breeding habitat for early successional wildlife and increase recreational opportunities by restoring young forests and openlands within the Huron-Manistee and Finger Lakes National Forests.
Finger Lakes and Huron-Manistee National Forests | MI, NY
Salmon River Restoration Council
Restoring Botanical Resilience on the Salmon River
To effectively treat invasive plants in the Salmon River watershed, an integrative approach involving revegetation will be incorporated into manual treatments at sites of high-density infestations and at two sites of in-stream restoration.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests | CA
San Juan Mountains Association
Weminuche Wilderness Trail and Ecosystem Stewardship Project
To implement trail and ecosystem stewardship projects in the Weminuche Wilderness on the Needle Creek Trail and the Elk Creek Trail, a key segment of the Colorado Trail.
San Juan National Forest | CO
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
Middle Fork Feather River Recreation Trails
To complete trail maintenance on 26 miles of trails around the Middle Fork of the Feather River, a Wild & Scenic River, improving user access and minimizing soil loss. Work will be completed by the SBTS crew, Youth Crew and volunteers.
Plumas National Forest | CA
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
Butterfly Valley Wilderness Urban Interface Fuels and Forest Health Project
To restore forest health, mitigate catastrophic wildfire in a Wilderness Urban Interface and protect the livelihood of the community while safeguarding downstream water values. To engage the Butterfly Valley community and youth on fire management.
Plumas National Forest | CA
South Yuba River Citizens League
Youth Outdoor Leadership Opportunity: Loney Meadow Restoration Improvement Project
To engage under served youth community members to: 1) build a bridge in a formerly restored meadow to improve recreational connectivity and 2) maintain restoration features by reinforcing restoration structures and planting native riparian species.
Tahoe National Forest | CA
TEENS Inc.
Magnolia Non-Motorized Trails Project
To mitigate the impact of increased recreation, TEENS, Inc. Youth Corps will improve trail connectivity and forest health by decommissioning and realigning trails, install route finding signs, and map and remove noxious weeds in a very popular area.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests | CO
The Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewards Youth Corps Fire and Fuels Crew: Extending Prescribed Fire Opportunities
To employ youth from underserved communities on youth corps crews that implement on-the-ground conservation projects to promote forest health, reduce wildfire risk to communities and protect recreational opportunities from catastrophic wildfire.
Santa Fe and Cibola National Forests | NM
The Greening of Detroit
Green Corps: Engaging Underserved Youth in Forest Stewardship
To employ underserved teens and young adults from Detroit in meaningful hands-on conservation activities in Hiawatha National Forest that promote forest health and ecosystem functioning, and improve recreational spaces.
Hiawatha National Forest | MI
TreePeople
Forest Aid: Restoration Site and Native Species Maintenance in the Angeles National Forest
To perform maintenance of 12 restoration sites with federally listed endangered species Berberis nevinii in the Copper Fire Burn Area using 450 local volunteers to aid with weeding of invasive species, watering and stewardship.
Angeles National Forest | CA
Trout Unlimited
Ninemile Creek Restoration Project
To reclaim a placer mine-damaged reach along Ninemile Creek by regrading placer mine piles and rebuilding the floodplain, wetlands and stream channel. The project will restore the damaged reach to provide a healthy ecosystem.
Lolo National Forest | MT
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Recreation Enhancements and Ecosystem Resiliency in Colorado Forests, Grasslands & Wilderness
To improve recreation amenities and ecological resiliency in three National Forests and one National Grassland (including three Wilderness Areas), VOC will engage 462 volunteers on 19 trail restoration and wildlife habitat projects.
Arapaho and Roosevelt, Pike-San Isabel, and Rio Grand National Forests and Comanche National Grassland | CO
Washington Trails Association
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Trail Restoration Project
To restore and improve trails in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by calling on a vast network of trail maintenance volunteers and community partnerships to engage 200 volunteers in restoring 26 trails.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest | WA
White River Partnership
Upper White River Ecosystem Restoration Project
To implement on-the-ground ecosystem restoration, stewardship, and monitoring projects in partnership with the Green Mountain National Forest and other federal, state, and local partners and community volunteers.
Green Mountain National Forest | VT
Wild South
Wild South Community Conservation Corps
To integrate forest visitors into solutions for wilderness management challenges that exceed Forest Service capacity, including trail maintenance and other stewardship as well as forest restoration and non-native invasive plant removal.
Bankhead, Pisgah, and Talladega National Forests | AL, NC
Yaak Valley Forest Council
Restoration and Recreation in the Yaak Watershed
To conduct weed abatement, sediment reduction, and trail maintenance projects in order to improve native trout habitat; promote native vegetation in riparian ecosystems; and provide recreation opportunities on healthy National Forest lands.
Kootenai National Forest | MT
American Conservation Experience
Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project – Dry Lake Hills Phase 2 - 2019
To implement a 70-acre hazardous fuels reduction project in Coconino National Forest over 16.5 weeks, including training and deploying a crew of eight emerging forestry professionals to complete the project.
Coconino National Forest
Bishop Indian Tribal Councils
Bishop Indian Tribal Councils Bishop Paiute Tribe Natural Resource Internship Trails Project
To provide Tribal interns experience in trails work in culturally important places on the forest, culminating in work at the end of the season on a trail and meadow restoration project in the upper Lamarck Basin in the John Muir Wilderness.
Inyo National Forest
Corazon Latino
Rehabilitation of the Rio Sabana Recreation Area and Trail at El Yunque National Forest
To rehabilitate and restore the Rio Sabana trail and facilities in Puerto Rico that were affected by Hurricane Maria, including the establishment of a Certified Forest Therapy Trail along a section of the trail, which will support Mission Continues Veterans.
El Yunque National Forest
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
2019 Superior Forest Stewardship Project
To improve forest health and recreational resources by engaging volunteers in stewardship projects in the Superior National Forest.
Superior National Forest
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Public Land Stewardship in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
To prevent the spread of invasive plants in the Columbia Gorge post-Eagle Creek fire by leading volunteer stewardship outings on public lands, training volunteer crew leaders, maintaining boot brushes, and educating users.
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Fundacion Amigos de El Yunque, Inc.
Restoring the El Yunque National Forest PR 186-Scenic Byway
To rehabilitate recreation areas along Puerto Rico's 186 Scenic Byway. The ultimate goal is to disperse recreational use and improve watershed conditions resulting in improved water quality and enhance outdoor recreational experience.
El Yunque National Forest
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Community Stewardship Project
To involve local community volunteers and employ youth in on-the-ground efforts to improve watershed heath and nurture native plant diversity through targeted removal of priority invasive plants, salmon habitat enhancement, and forest restoration.
Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Native Fish Habitat Improvement and Trail Stewardship of Eastern Oregon National Forest Lands
To restore ecosystem health, improve access, and deepen public understanding of natural resources, by leading projects that enhance fish habitat, improve trails, and connect people to the land.
Fremont-Winema and Malheur National Forests
Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction, Inc.
Pine Interpretive Trail
To provide the opportunity for forest enjoyment to people that our trail system is presently unable to accommodate, this project will construct a loop trail that will provide access from the parking lot for people with physical limitations in addition to traditional user groups.
Tonto National Forest
Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund
Western Gateway Watershed and Trail Enhancement Project - Phase II
To create non-motorized trail recreation and restore sensitive natural resources of the Verde River Watershed, engaging stakeholders in hands on stewardship through the completion of the final 8.1 miles of trail and associated restoration actions.
Coconino National Forest
Seeds
Forest Health and Outdoor Experiences for Underserved Youth
To provide habitat restoration and trail maintenance services at various locations throughout the Huron-Manistee National Forest, as well as outdoor experiences for underserved urban and rural youth
Huron-Manistee National Forest
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
2019-2020 Frank Church Volunteer Wilderness Stewardship Project
To maintain recreation resource connectivity across three National Forests and expand USFS capacity through youth and citizen engagement, and to provide hands-on wilderness stewardship, enjoyable recreation, and resource improvements in the Frank Church River-of-No-Return Wilderness.
Salmon-Challis, Payette and Bitterroot National Forests
Skagit River System Cooperative
Skiyou Island Floodplain Restoration
To improve ecosystem resiliency, the project will restore riparian and floodplain habitat by planting native species on 10 acres and controlling invasive species on 19 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands located along the Skagit River.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
Wilderness Field Crew
To support the needs for trail improvements and natural conditions within wilderness areas in the Southern Appalachians, while creating meaningful experiential employment opportunities for a talented cohort of young public lands stewards.
Nantahala-Pisgah, Cherokee, and Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
Southern Utah University
Cedar Mountain Outdoor Experience Trails Project: Falls, Rims, a Lake and Bristlecones
To improve outdoor experiences on the Dixie National Forest, a 5-person YCC crew will repair 45 miles of popular trails: Bristlecone Pine, Cascade Falls, Navajo Lake Loop and the Virgin Rim Trail; and 8 volunteer Urban Rangers will patrol trails.
Dixie National Forest
Swan Valley Connections
Mission Mountains Wilderness and Swan Front Backcountry Trails Maintenance
To maintain recreational trails in the Mission Mountains Wilderness and Swan Front in the Flathead National Forest to improve and enhance recreational users' experience in the backcountry.
Flathead National Forest
The Watershed Research and Training Center
South Fork Trinity River Recreational Trail Improvements for Designated Uses
To reduce negative impacts to sensitive plants, soils, and waterways and to improve the recreational experience within the South Fork Trinity River, the Hayfork Youth Conservation Crew will implement maintenance and restoration projects on hiking and OHV trails.
Shasta Trinity National Forest
Trout Unlimited
Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Project - Phase 3
To improve ecosystem function and habitat for cutthroat trout and other native species, by restoring channel and floodplain processes on five miles of degraded stream and engaging volunteers in restoration.
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
Rim Fire Restoration, Phase 5
To continue community-based volunteer restoration efforts in the Stanislaus National Forest in the wake of the devastating Rim Fire of 2013, volunteers will help restore the forest while engaging youth and veterans in stewardship activities.
Stanislaus National Forest
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Wilderness Trails and Invasive Species Initiative
To restore trails and remove invasive plants in the Ventana and Silver Peak wilderness areas and adjacent front country, this project will deploy American Conservation Experience crews and Ventana Wilderness Alliance volunteers.
Los Padres National Forest
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation
Reducing Deferred Maintenance While Fostering Stewardship in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
To eliminate some of the deferred trail maintenance burden on the Custer Gallatin National Forest while providing meaningful volunteer opportunities that foster stewardship and build an appreciation for our wild lands.
Custer Gallatin National Forest
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
Invasive Weed Suppression in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
To continue invasive weed suppression at eight locations in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex to aid the Forest Service with maintaining wilderness values. Outcomes include habitat restoration including: mapping, pulling, and treatment of weeds.
Flathead, Helena Lewis and Clark, and Lolo National Forests
Carolina Climbers Coalition
Rehabilitation of Four Trails at Looking Glass Rock
To rehabilitate four designated Forest Service trails that lead to the base of Looking Glass Rock, located in the Pisgah Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest. These trails are heavily used by hikers and rock climbers.
Pisgah National Forest
Colorado Mountain Bike Association
Buffalo Creek Recreation Area Non-Motorized Trails Maintenance Project
To utilize local youth to maintain trails in the Buffalo Creek Recreation Area. Due to proximity to Denver, it has been impacted by increased use, and the crews will work to promote recreation resource connectivity while improving forest health.
Pike National Forest
Conservation Legacy
Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project - Dry Lake Hills Hand Thinning
To reduce hazardous fuels on steep slopes in the Dry Lake Hills region of the Coconino National Forest as part of the Flagstaff Watershed Protection Plan, engaging eight young adults in conservation work while gaining skills and experience.
Coconino National Forest
Conservation Northwest
Central Cascades Watershed Restoration
To improve habitat connectivity and watershed health in Washington’s Central Cascades by planting native vegetation near the wildlife crossings on Interstate 90 and restoring illegal motorized trails with the help of community volunteers and youth.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests
Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Continental Divide Trail - Lagunitas Trail Maintenance
To rehabilitate and maintain a five-mile segment of the Continental Divide Trail that has suffered from the results of erosion, lack of signage, and overgrowth of the trail corridor.
Carson National Forest
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Integrating Outdoor Experiences/Forest Health in the Manti-La Sal National Forest
To create healthier ecosystems by improving trails and protecting livestock within the Manti-La Sal National Forest with 32 local, underserved, native youth in San Juan County, Utah.
Manti-La Sal National Forest
Friends of Pathways
Friends of Pathways Youth Trail Crew
To improve trail conditions on the most heavily used and impacted areas around Jackson Wyoming by operating a nine-week Youth Trail Crew program of six to eight high school students in collaboration with the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
2019 Scotchman Peaks Volunteer Trail Crew Program
To increase recreation quality through maintenance and improvement of existing trails in Idaho's Scotchman Peaks and to encourage community engagement through volunteer work on USFS trails used by those living in the region and visitors alike.
Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests
Friends of the Inyo
Stewardship and Public Engagement on the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests
To maintain, rehabilitate, and restore the trails of the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests for the use and enjoyment of all, via the work of professional crews, volunteering community members, and visiting and local youth groups.
Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests
Great Burn Study Group
Forest Stewards 2019-2020
To improve recreational experiences and forest health in the northern Bitterroot Mountains. Hands-on project tasks include trail maintenance, campsite remediation, weed mitigation, and more, carried out with youth, hired crews, and volunteers.
Lolo and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
Kenai Watershed Forum
Stream Watch Volunteer Program: Protecting Alaska's Chugach National Forest Streambank Habitat
To employ an intern and support volunteers within the Chugach National Forest through Stream Watch, a strategic, action-oriented, results-based program that promotes river stewardship through hands-on restoration projects and peer-to-peer education.
Chugach National Forest
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Lomakatsi Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program
To engage a diverse, multicultural youth crew from underserved communities to implement on-the-ground ecological restoration projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest as part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Coal Creek Floodplain Restoration and Trail Improvement
To restore hydrologic function to lower Coal Creek and improve recreation opportunities by relocating a trail out of the floodplain, building three miles of single track, and regrading the area while enhancing hydrologic connectivity.
Willamette National Forest
Mountain Studies Institute
San Juan Resilience Task Force – Phase 3
To engage youth and volunteers in response to the 416 Fire to enhance resilience of three iconic San Juan National Forest landscapes by restoring rare alpine wetlands, improving forest health, and eradicating invasive species from meadows and trails.
San Juan National Forest
National Wild Turkey Federation
Nantahala National Forest Early Successional and Woodland Wildlife Habitat Restoration
To implement golden-winged warbler best management practices to restore early successional wildlife habitat around historic wildlife openings and prescribed fire to restore fire-adapted forest communities on the Nantahala National Forest.
Nantahala National Forest
Northwest Youth Corps
Northwest Youth Corps Malheur-Deschutes-Ochoco Tribal Stewards Project
To engage young Native Americans in salmon habitat and watershed enhancement and trail maintenance, which restore ecosystem resiliency and maintain recreational opportunities in Oregon's Malheur, Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests.
Malheur, Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests
Oak Creek Watershed Council
Oak Creek Ambassador Stewardship Engagement
To encourage stewardship through protecting Oak Creek and its surroundings. The Ambassador Program focuses on fostering stewardship ethics through hands-on actions that protect water quality and deepen a connection with the stream environment.
Coconino National Forest
Rocky Mountain Conservancy
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Trail Improvement and Forest Restoration Projects
To engage diverse youth and address trail improvement projects and ecosystem health issues, the Rocky Mountain Conservancy will support crews completing on-the-ground conservation work in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Rural Action
Off The Beaten Path: Restoration, Conservation, and Sustainable Trails in the Wayne National Forest
To utilize and engage community volunteers to protect and restore populations of at-risk native herbs, and to protect forest health through non-native invasive species management within the Baileys Mountain Bike Trail Corridor.
Wayne National Forest
Salmon River Restoration Council
Salmon River Oblong Spurge Eradication Effort
To effectively treat and make measurable progress in the ultimate eradication of oblong spurge within the Salmon River watershed with an emphasis on existing populations and at sites of proposed in-stream restoration.
Six Rivers National Forest
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council
Sandy River Delta Habitat Continuity Phase II
To connect a mosaic of previously restored Sandy River Delta habitats by eliminating edges and islands of invasive plants. Contract crews and community volunteers will replant sites with native trees and shrubs following invasive species removal.
Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
Lakes Basin Trail Maintenance and Invasive Species Removal
To complete trail maintenance on historic trails in the Lakes Basin Recreation Area that need brushing and drainage maintenance to keep trails open and safe to public. Work will be completed by a hired crew, Downieville High Crew and volunteers.
Plumas National Forest
South Yuba River Citizens League
Youth Outdoor Leadership Opportunity: Yuba Watershed Meadow Restoration
To restore mountain meadow ecosystem function, engage youth in Yuba River watershed restoration, and assess restoration success, by involving local youth in watershed stewardship through the Yuba Outdoor Leadership Opportunity program.
Tahoe National Forest
TEENS Inc.
Magnolia Non-Motorized Trails Project
To promote forest health and improve trail connectivity by repairing, maintaining, constructing and decommissioning trails and removing noxious weeds in an area that has been greatly impacted by an increase in recreation by bikers and hikers.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
The Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewards Youth Corps Fire and Fuels Crew Expansion
To employ youth from underserved communities on youth corps crews that implement on-the-ground conservation projects to promote forest health, reduce wildfire risk to communities and improve recreation connectivity.
Santa Fe and Cibola National Forests
Trout Unlimited
Sheep Creek Stream and Floodplain Restoration Project
To improve ecosystem function and floodplain connectivity, the Sheep Creek Stream and Floodplain Restoration Project will engage young adults and volunteers to implement restoration on 4.5 miles of stream and meadow habitats.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Truckee River Watershed Council
Community Engagement for Ecosystem Resiliency in the Truckee River Watershed
To improve ecological function of the Truckee River watershed through engaging the community in hands on restoration work. The project will complete one Truckee River Day, two volunteer weed pulls, and support additional weed removal.
Tahoe National Forest
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Volunteer “Force of Nature”
To engage volunteers while improving recreation amenities and wildlife habitat in 4 National Forests and 5 Wilderness Areas, VOC will engage 563 volunteers on 18 projects that expand trail access and sustainability, and improve ecological resiliency.
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison; Arapaho and Roosevelt; Pike and San Isabel; and Rio Grande National Forests
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
2019 Partnership for Stewardship
To restore habitat for rare native species by engaging volunteers to reroute trails, exclude cattle from a riparian zone, raise the water table for sage grouse using erosion control structures, and obliterate unused roads in the Rocky Mountain West.
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison; Pike and San Isabel; and Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
Wyoming Pathways
Pole Mountain Trail Project
To repair and restore up to 14,000 feet of core system trails on Pole Mountain, and to build sustainable and diverse trail stewardship capacity and lasting partnerships between the local communities and the Forest Service.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
Yaak Valley Forest Council
Restoration and Recreation in the Yaak Watershed
To conduct weed abatement, sediment reduction, and trail maintenance projects in order to improve native trout habitat; promote native vegetation in riparian ecosystems; and provide recreation opportunities on healthy National Forest lands.
Kootenai National Forest