Updates & Stories

Learning by doing

Karen Lor is Conservation Corps’ newest alum! Completing her term as an Individual Placement with the Superior National Forest this month,… Read More

Meet our 2017 bloggers!

Name: Aimee Junget Crew: St. Paul Crew Hometown: Chaska, Minnesota College (if attended): University of St. Thomas Favorite food: Pad Thai… Read More

Challenge by choice

By: Lauren Waldrip Pictured: Hiking amidst the pines affected by the 2011 Bastrop Wildfire March 2016 |… Read More

Don’t lose it

By: Alaine Dickman At last, water is in the forecast, but from below. Monday, April 17th both Water Trail crews head… Read More

Where are they now? Janessa Palmer

“The most incredible thing was realizing the impact we could have after 48 hours or less with a group of individuals. Seeing children and parents… Read More

Finding balance

By: Kristina Luotto Prior to my time with Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa, I found myself regularly overwhelmed by all the… Read More

Lunch Break

By: Alaine Dickman Lunch break 4/3/17: Fresh homemade salsa, organic blue corn chips, homemade linen napkin Intro: The opportunity to blog… Read More

Wildfire means wild blueberries

By: Erika Birnbaum The first fire of the season for Duluth was a unique prescriptive burn. The site was primarily rock… Read More

First Impressions

By: Aimee Junget I have now been a part of Conservation Corps for seven weeks–I can’t believe how it’s flown… Read More

5 important environmental stewardship tasks

By: Eric Chien The effective stewardship of Minnesota’s rich natural heritage and abundant resources takes a diverse and complex human effort. Read More