Updates & Stories
My Trip to Three Scientific and Natural Areas in One Day
By Ashley Rezachek, Communications Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas Program. The late spring days were… Read More
When There’s Too Much
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member The Brainerd crew was scheduled to work in Banning State Park pulling… Read More
Looking Back on Arbor Month
By Madeline Peterson, Anoka Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member One thing that drew me to Conservation Corps, and to the Anoka Field Crew Leader… Read More
Clearing a Path
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow There is so much always around me The bushes are thick with their summer leaves Twigs and branches… Read More
One Rough Day
By Caroline LaBorde, Minnesota Valley Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member It always amazes me how a day, an hour can change the trajectory of life. Read More
Why do we cut down trees?
Bella Araiza, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member Eastern Iowa Field Coordinator, Brad Lathrop, cutting black locust. Photo by… Read More
Helping hands for Minnesota floods
by Austin Godwin, Iowa Polk Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member The past two weeks I was able to meet the best people and… Read More
Internship at the MPCA
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow “It’s a great day at the MPCA” Those words couldn’t be any truer. I am currently interning at the… Read More
How I Connect with Nature
By Ashley Rezachek, Communications Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas Program. “One thing I’ve learned in… Read More
Earth Day at Wargo Nature Center
By Madeline Peterson, Anoka Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member When my project host told me about an individual service project opportunity at the… Read More