Sec. 24.

(1) Work training programs conducted by the corps shall provide corpsmembers with work experience related to the conservation, improvement, or development of natural, cultural, and recreational resources and the enhancement, preservation, and maintenance of public lands, waters, and historic and archaeological resources that will increase corpsmembers' likelihood of obtaining future employment or enhancing future educational opportunities, or both. Work experience may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Planting, pruning, and cutting of trees.

(b) Restoration or development of lakes, ponds, and waterways to be used as hunting and fishing sites and for other recreational purposes.

(c) Wildlife habitat development or enhancement.

(d) Parks and recreational site development or restoration.

(e) Trail development or restoration.

(f) Flood and drainage control programs, such as the cleaning and repair of waterways.

(g) Prevention of shore and soil erosion.

(h) Litter removal.

(i) Assistance in fire prevention and suppression.

(j) Assistance with conducting prescribed ecological fire treatments.

(k) Assistance in times and places of natural disasters.

(l) Reclamation of strip-mined land.

(m) Insect and pest control.

(n) Survey, protection, maintenance, and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sites.

(o) Survey and analysis of parks, recreation sites, and trails.

(p) Outreach and educational programs.

(q) Activities that lead to improved public access, recreation opportunities, and natural resource based economic activities on public lands.

(r) Administration or supervision of projects operated by the corps.

(2) Work training programs shall be undertaken on lands open for public use and shall be selected on the basis of the natural, cultural, or recreational resource benefits each offers, the opportunities for public use each offers, and the on-the-job training value of each.

(3) Work experience shall not include work on any project for removal or cleaning up of any toxic waste or other hazardous substance.

History: Add. 2012, Act 576, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013