Updates & Stories
National Park Service Centennial
Conservation Corps joined REI for their National Parks Centennial Celebration and Film Fest on April 28 in Bloomington. Knowledgeable parks staff… Read More
A busy Earth Week
Corps crews, Smokey the Bear, elementary school students, neighbors, nonprofits and corporations came together during Earth Week to support environmental protection. Read More
Minnesota’s first phragmite mitigation
Invasive species removal is a constant task for crew members, who often don’t even want to say the word ‘buckthorn’ by… Read More
Crews go underground
Conservation Corps crews don’t just work in open green spaces. Last month, a Northeast District crew worked a mile below ground… Read More
What do we do exactly?
By: Rafael Contreras-Rangel In my last blog I shared my story on how I got to the Corps and explained how… Read More
Wilson’s Creek and me
By: Kristina Beckham Hello Readers, My name is Kristina Beckham (insert arrow to the sorority posing girl all the way to… Read More
The fire world is a small world
By: Danielle Yaste… Read More
National AmeriCorps director visits crew in St. Paul
YO crew members, St. Paul Parks and Rec staff & AmeriCorps director, Bill Basl at Lilydale Regional Park. Bill… Read More
Starting the Corps season off strong
Northwest district crew members on deployment in St. Louis, Mo. In early February, a group of nine Northwest District crew… Read More
April is environmental stewardship month
Photo Credit: http://www.nationalservice.gov/focus-areas/environmental-stewardship While Earth Day is every day here at the Conservation Corps, this is a big month for… Read More