Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) for cultural and natural resource preservation and rehabilitation projects at Manzanar National Historic Site. The project aims to put America's youth to work by protecting, restoring, and enhancing America's great outdoors and communities through service, training, education, and employment opportunities. The project will include tasks such as cultural landscape restoration and maintenance, clearing and reestablishing the historic road grid, excavating, restoring and maintaining historic gardens and ponds, invasive plant and erosional soil removal, native plant community restoration, road and trail construction and maintenance, and general park maintenance.
• The project will provide educational work experience and training to diverse youth
• The project will promote the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of natural and cultural resources in national parks
• The project will support the development of responsible citizenship and productive community involvement
• The project will provide opportunities for youth to learn about the environment and develop vocational skills
• The project will enhance the natural and cultural resources of Manzanar National Historic Site