Specifications include, but are not limited to: • To establish a disadvantaged and at-risk youth work program in order to perform conservation work of public value in the most cost-effective manner; • To utilize such a program as a means of needed assistance to protect, conserve, rehabilitate and improve the natural, historical and cultural resources of the state; and • To utilize such a program to increase educational, training and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk youth for the purpose of improving work skills, instilling work ethic and increasing employability ; • Increased work skills • Increased stewardship • Increased community involvement • Increased education and lifelong learning • Opportunity to earn academic credit • Safely completed projects • Positive Youth Development (PYD)