Updates & Stories

Last month you heard from program participants about how hard they work. Now hear them tell you why it’s such a good deal! Then, make a donation to support the next 80 years of Corps opportunities for young people and our natural resources.  Read More

Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa is looking to expand our outreach and events to better serve our valued alumni. We would love to hear how you would like to be involved with Conservation Corps in 2014! Please take this short survey. Read More

A solar furnace has been installed in a Cedar Rapids home for low-income families as part of a demonstration project initiated by Theodore Westhues, Solar Heat Outreach Specialist.  Read More

Though it’s the time of year when crews are wrapping up their service terms, this week three crews kicked off a three-year project to establish a preserve and public park on 253 acres of land north of Ottawa, Illinois. Read More

In November, Conservation Corps Iowa crews worked four weeks to clear invasive cedar trees and honeysuckle from the Cedar Bend Savanna in Black Hawk County. Read More

After 33 years, the North Star Chapter of the CCC closed its doors this summer. In its heyday, the chapter… Read More

Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa was recently certified as a 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC),… Read More

Help support the next 80 years of Corps opportunities for young people and our natural resources. Read more about our hard work in 2013 and make a donation today! Read More

These are my boots. Two years ago on a snowy morning in January I drove up I-94 to the Fergus Falls DNR office to sign some paperwork and begin my first term in the Conservation Corps as a crew leader. I met the other three leaders I would be working with, and we packed our belongings into a giant white truck and traveled to Camp Friendship for orientation. Read More

The Eastern Bluebird, a species identifiable by its striking blue and orange color-scheme, was on the edge of extinction in the 1960s. Multiple environmental hazards, including widespread pesticide spraying, human destruction of nesting habitat and predatory invasive birds contributed to their decrease in numbers. Read More