Matching Awards Program Past Awards

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

http://www.https://www.arkcollaborative.org

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

http://www.borderlandsrestoration.org

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

https://www.g5trailcollective.org/

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

http://www.conservationnw.org

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

http://www.idahotrailsassociation.org

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

http://www.kenaiwatershed.org

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

http://www.lomakatsi.org

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

http://www.mkwc.org

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

http://www.midcolumbiafisheries.org

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

http://www.mountainstudies.org

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

http://ricotrailsalliance.org

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

http://www.youthcorps.org

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

http://www.appalachian.org

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

http://www.mountainsfoundation.org

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

http://www.treepeople.org

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

http://www.tuolumne.org

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

http://www.wildal.org

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

http://www.wildsouth.org

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

https://y2y.net/

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

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

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

http://www.cascadeforest.org

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

http://www.cfsnwmi.org/youthwork

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

http://www.ccdiscovery.org

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

http://www.nevadawilderness.org

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

http://www.friendsofpathways.org

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

http://www.scotchmanpeaks.org

To improve forest health and recreational resources by engaging volunteers in stewardship projects in the Superior National Forest.

Superior National Forest | MN

http://www.friends-bwca.org

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

http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org

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

http://www.https://www.gwpaz.org

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

http://www.greatburn.org

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

http://www.greenforestswork.org

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

http://www.nmwild.org

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

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

http://www.onda.org

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

https://sandyriver.org/

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

http://www.ecoseeds.org

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

http://www.suu.edu

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

http://www.tamba.org

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

http://www.teensinc.org

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

http://www.forestguild.org

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

http://thenatureconnection.net

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

http://www.tu.org

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

http://www.ugwa.org

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

http://www.voc.org

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

http://www.walamarestoration.org/

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

http://www.wta.org

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

http://www.whiteriverpartnership.org

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

http://www.yaakvalley.org

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

http://www.backcountryhunters.org

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

http://www.conservationnw.org

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

https://www.rivercare.org

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

http://www.saveblackwater.org

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

http://www.gallatinrivertaskforce.org

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

http://www.kenaiwatershed.org

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

http://www.kenaiwatershed.org

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

http://www.mkwc.org

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

http://www.midcolumbiarfeg.com

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

http://www.mtsgreenway.org

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

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

http://www.quailforever.com

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

http://www.youthcorps.org

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

http://www.ruralaction.org

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

http://www.sjma.org

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

http://www.redrocktrailfund.org

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

http://www.selwaybitterroot.org

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

http://www.sheridanclt.org

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

http://www.skagitcoop.org

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

http://www.wildernessstewards.org

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

http://www.tuolumne.org

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

http://www.https://www.vvcc.us

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

http://www.wlrv.org

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

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

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

http://www.bmwf.org

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

http://www.cascadeforest.org

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

http://www.cfsnwmi.org

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

http://www.comba.org

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

http://www.continentaldividetrail.org

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

http://www.corpsthat.org

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

http://www.fourcornersschool.org

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

http://www.nevadawilderness.org

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

http://www.greatburnstudygroup.org

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

http://www.idahotrailsassociation.org

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

http://www.lomakatsi.org

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

https://lpforest.org

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

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

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

http://www.mountainstudies.org

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

http://www.nmwild.org

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

http://www.ncascades.org

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

http://www.nfjdwc.org

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

http://www.nwyouthcorps.org

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

http://www.ruffedgrousesociety.org

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

http://www.srrc.org

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

http://www.sjma.org

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

http://www.sierratrails.org

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

http://www.sierrainstitute.us

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

http://www.yubariver.org

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

http://www.teensinc.org

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

http://www.forestguild.org

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

http://www.greeningofdetroit.com

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

http://www.treepeople.org

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

http://www.tu.org

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

http://www.voc.org

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

http://www.wta.org

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

http://www.whiteriverpartnership.org

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

http://www.wildsouth.org

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

http://www.yaakvalley.org

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

http://www.usaconservation.org

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

http://www.bishoppaiutetribe.com

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

https://www.corazonlatino.us

To improve forest health and recreational resources by engaging volunteers in stewardship projects in the Superior National Forest.

Superior National Forest

http://www.friends-bwca.org

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

www.gorgefriends.org

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

http://www.amigosdelyunque.org

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

http://www.mkwc.org

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

http://www.onda.org

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

http://www.psfuelreduction.org

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

http://www.redrocktrailfund.org

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

http://www.ecoseeds.org

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

http://www.selwaybitterroot.org

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

http://www.skagitcoop.org

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

http://www.wildernessstewards.org

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

http://www.suu.edu

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

http://www.swanvalleyconnections.org

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

http://www.thewatershedcenter.com

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

http://www.tu.org

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

http://www.tuolumne.org

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

http://www.ventanawild.org

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

http://www.abwilderness.org

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

http://www.bmwf.org

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

http://www.carolinaclimbers.org

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

http://www.comba.org

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

https://conservationlegacy.org

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

http://www.conservationnw.org

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

http://www.continentaldividetrail.org

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

http://www.fourcornersschool.org

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

http://www.friendsofpathways.org

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

http://www.scotchmanpeaks.org

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

http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org

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

http://www.greatburnstudygroup.org

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

http://www.kenaiwatershed.org

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

http://www.lomakatsi.org

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

https://www.middleforkwillamette.org

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

http://www.mountainstudies.org

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

http://www.nwtf.org

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

http://www.nwyouthcorps.org

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

http://www.oakcreekwatershed.org

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

http://www.rmconservancy.org

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

http://www.ruralaction.org

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

http://www.srrc.org

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

https://sandyriver.org

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

http://www.sierratrails.org

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

http://www.yubariver.org

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

http://www.teensinc.org

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

http://www.forestguild.org

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

http://www.tu.org

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

http://www.truckeeriverwc.org

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

http://www.voc.org

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

http://www.wlrv.org

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

http://www.wyopath.org

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

http://www.yaakvalley.org