Natural Resource and Recreation Maintenance Training and Education for Local Offenders

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The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to award a cooperative agreement to provide training and educational opportunities to local county offenders. These education and training opportunities exist through the need for natural resource and recreation maintenance services on US Army Corps of Engineers project lands at the Bonneville project. The goals and objectives of this cooperative agreement are to facilitate a mutually beneficial partnership for implementation of best management practices with regards to environmental stewardship, high and low density recreation areas, and operations/facilities maintenance, natural resource and recreation maintenance services include but are not limited to: a. Vegetation Management (control of invasive plant species, plantings of native species, and /or removal of species for dam safety or security purposes) b. Park and Trail Maintenance c. Litter Control Performance of this cooperative agreement will be at Bonneville Lock and Dam in the counties of Skamania, Washington and Multnomah, Oregon. This cooperative agreement will be awarded pursuant to 33 USC 2339(a) Conservation and Recreation Management. The goal of this funding opportunity is to provide training and education opportunities to offenders at the local county correction facility.

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