Updates & Stories
Real World Experience
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow School is fantastic; learning new things, finding your passion, and making friends along the way is what college/university means… Read More
Kindred Spirits
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow I am not Drake, who once said, “No new friends, no new friends, no, no, no.” I, for one,… Read More
Photos from the Forest
by Jenny Sherren, North District Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member We have less than a month left in our term this year and I am shocked… Read More
Looking Back
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member As my term is shortly coming to an end, I have been thinking back to some… Read More
Blooming Bouquets
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member As we transition into fall, some Youth Outdoors crews have begun their next youth term!… Read More
Money, Money, Money…Money
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow College and university are expensive. In fact, the average amount of debt a student accrues by graduation is $36,510… Read More
Ponds and Problem Solving
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member This past week, my Youth Outdoors Crew and I had a small project… Read More
Corps members double time fighting wildfires
Featured photo of Crew member with hose by Blia Lor, field crew leader, St Paul field crew. So far this year, Conservation Corps Minnesota… Read More
The Mentor I Didn’t Know I Needed
By Alyssia Bell, IDEC fellow ” A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey. … Read More