Updates & Stories
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa Deploys Crew for Derecho Clean-up in Iowa
In partnership with Volunteer Iowa and AmeriCorps Disaster Response Teams (A-DRT) Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa deployed a crew of five AmeriCorps members at… Read More
Is Social Media Bad for the Environment?
by David Minor, Communications Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program It’s an interesting question. Read More
Keeping It Interesting
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program This past month I… Read More
Start Small
by Kayla Wagner, Central District Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member Each Conservation Corps Crew is different. My crew is unique where we work solely for… Read More
2020: A Year of Growth
by Sidney Hauck, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa through the Individual Placement program My life has never been… Read More
9/11 Day of Service
The September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance (9/11 Day), is a chance to help others in tribute to those killed and injured on September 11,… Read More
The Bees Knees
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program Did you know, pollinators… Read More
CCMI moving forward in our work for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
“Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere” – Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 These words, on a yard sign in my neighborhood… Read More
Fall Is Coming
by Kelsey Jennings, Urban Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR State Parks and Trails through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program It is officially September,… Read More
Life Is Not Linear
by Kayla Wagner, Central District Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member I did not know what to expect out of life after college. When I graduated… Read More