Updates & Stories

The start of many

By: Candice McElroy After a week-long Fire Academy at Camp Ripley learning about fire behavior and earning red card certification, AmeriCorps… Read More

Team of environmental stewards

                Environmental stewardship shouldn’t be a solo endeavor. The greatest impact is made when organizations, individuals and communities come together to… Read More

Learning and burning

Before Corps crews can really get to work on conservation projects, members are given thorough training, both in the classroom and… Read More

Getting things done with Detroit Lakes DNR -Wildlife & our NW District

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Area Wildlife office in Detroit Lakes, MN currently manages 52 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) encompassing 26,995 acres in… Read More

The Mississippi and its unseen tributaries

“The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit.” –… Read More

Happy Spring!

Spring is here! One of the best parts about living in the Midwest is getting to experience the changing seasons. Driving… Read More

AmeriCorps changes lives

By: Rafa Contreras-Rangel After being an AmeriCorps member for over a year now, I can honestly say the program has changed my life. Many of… Read More

More than a year of service

By: Kristina Luotto We are celebrating AmeriCorps week. AmeriCorps and other national service programs have recently been in the news for… Read More

Women of the Corps

By: Kou Yang As of recent, the “green industry” has shown a tremendous rise in employment and economic growth. According to… Read More

The importance of AmeriCorps

By: Erika Birnbaum          Once upon a time there were six lost strangers. The first had traveled across the country from the middle to the… Read More