Work with NPS Youth Partners

Appalachian Conservation Corps members pose with chainsaws at Deep Cut.

ACC Photo

Lots of Partners, Lots of Opportunities

Manassas National Battlefield Park partners with many organizations to perform maintenance, trail restoration, building preservation, and natural resources conservation work. These organizations help the park complete important projects while engaging diverse populations to work in our park.

 

Members of an American Conservation Experience crew pose near a work site.

NPS Photo/Donato

21st Century Conservation Service Corps

Through the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, young people and veterans will accomplish meaningful work, and gain important personal and professional skills while building a lifelong connection to the outdoors. For a complete list of partners providing job and internship opportunities in this endeavor visit 21csc.org

 

List of Service Corps

You can also search for opportunities by checking the websites of the National Park Service Service Corps partner organizations listed below:

Organizations:	Locations Served:
Alexandria Seaport Foundation	Alexandria, Virginia Seaport/Potomac area
American Conservation Experience	(Crews) Arizona, California, Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee (Recent Graduate Internships) Nationwide
Appalacian Conservation Corps	Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and some locations in Pennsylvania
Appalachian State University / Appalachian State Conservation Corps	Southeastern United States, focus on North Carolina and Virginia
Appalachian Trail Conservancy	Locations in areas along the Appalachian Trail
California Conservation Corps Foundation	Sequoia and Kings Canyon, California; Yosemite, Lassen Volcanic and Redwood National Parks
Chesapeake Bay Trust	Maryland and Virginia counties along the Chesapeake Bay
Conservation Legacy	Nationwide
Conservation Corps North Bay	Marin and Sonoma, California counties
Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa	North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana
The Corps Network	Nationwide
Environment for the Americas	Nationwide
Farmworker Institute of Education and Leadership Development	California
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education	Utah, Colorado, Arizona New Mexico
Great Basin Institute	Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Washington
Greater Miami Service Corps	Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana
Green City Force	New York
Greening Youth Foundation	Nationwide
Groundwork USA	Nationwide
Hispanic Access Foundation	Nationwide
HistoriCorps®	16 States (CO, WY, UT, ID, CA, AK, SD, TX, NM, MO, KY, WV, WI, MN, MI, NC, NH)
KUPU	Hawaii, Pacific Island territories
Limitless Vistas, Inc.	States along the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico
Los Angeles Conservation Corps	Greater Los Angeles area
Montana Conservation Corps	Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska
National Association of Resource & Development Councils (NAR&DC)	Nationwide
North Cascades Institute	Northern Cascades area of Washington State
Northwest Youth Corps	Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Arizona
Outward Bound Adventures	California, Utah, Washington
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps	Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
SEEDS	Michigan
SER-Jobs for Progress National Inc.	25 States and Territories (CA, CO, DC, FL, ID, IL, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI)
Sequoia Community Corps Community Services and Employment Training	Tulare County, California
The Student Conservation Association	Nationwide
Texas Conservation Corps dba American Youthworks	Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
Utah State University	Utah
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps	Vermont, New York, North Carolina, Michigan
Wilderness Inquiry Inc.	16 States and Territories (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, PA, NY, NJ, DE, DC, MD, KY, FL, CA, TX, GA)

 

NCCC team members lay flooring with park maintenance staff.

NPS Photo: Donato

Groups that work with the NPS

In addition to the Service Corps listed above, Manassas National Battlefield Park also hosts interns from several organizations to provide interns with job training, academic programming, leadership skills, and additional support through a strategy of service that improves communities and the environment. Some of those organizations include:

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Internship Program (HBCUI)
Latino Heritage Internship Program
Mosaics in Science Internship Program (ages 18-35)
Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP) Program
Urban Archeology Corps
Corps Network
AmeriCorps
Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program

 

YCC team members after clearing park trails

NPS Photo

Interested in other opportunities for youth to engage with our park?

Visit our Youth Opportunities webpage to learn more.