Updates & Stories
Where are they now? CCMI Alumni Highlight: Kevin Dornink
Kevin Dornink currently works and owns Brothers Up North. They were recently featured by ABC 6 News in Rochester about their work… Read More
Where are they now? CCMI Alumni Highlight: Douglas Todey
Douglas Todey currently works at the Dickinson County Conservation Board as a Roadside Vegetation Manager. Douglas served in 2016 and 2017 with the Iowa Field… Read More
Virtual Career Event Engages AmeriCorps Members with Career Resources
This year, CCMI’s Careers After the Corps event went virtual to support social distancing practices and to more easily allow Corps members, alumni, and panelists… Read More
Ode to Winter
by Kayla Wagner, Central District Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member An iconic line from the famous show, Game of Thrones, is “Winter Is Coming.” Here… Read More
The End of an Adventure
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program In a previous… Read More
The Future is Green
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program When I think back… Read More
How to Adapt Environmental Education in a Pandemic
by Kelsey Jennings, Urban Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR State Parks and Trails through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program When I started in… Read More
The Minnesota Prairie Landowner Network
by David Minor, Communications Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program This… Read More
Here’s to New Experiences
by Kayla Wagner, Central District Field Crew Member/AmeriCorps Member Before I came to Conservations Corps Minnesota & Iowa, I was sharing my new opportunity with… Read More
Dustin Looman and Burn Crews Featured in Emmy Nominated Show
Southeast Minnesota’s unique topography, rare wildlife, and recreational opportunities are featured in “Driftless,” a Prairie Sportsman episode that has been nominated for… Read More