Updates & Stories
How I Gained Confidence Exploring the Outdoors Solo
By Ashley Rezachek, Communications Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas Program. It would be inaccurate to… Read More
Barbed Wire: Search and Destroy
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member July started out on our second week with Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. Our project… Read More
Prairie Restoration and Pocket-sized Toads
By Madeline Peterson, Anoka Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Summer is in full swing! The days are long and hot, and there’s a lot… Read More
From CCC to Now
By D’artagnan Johnson, Youth Outdoors Crew 6 Member / AmeriCorps Member The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established in 1933… Read More
An Ode to Leafy Spurge
By Lucy Tschida, Youth Outdoors Crew 6 Member / AmeriCorps Member After a couple demanding weeks of pulling introduced (“invasive”) species in the metro… Read More
Respecting your Local Wildlife
By Caroline LaBorde, Minnesota Valley Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Midnight Raccoon snack, the tent did not survive Disrespecting animals is a one-way ticket… Read More
Insectivorous plants and psychedelic rocks
By Alexis Wyss, Moose Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Here are some photos of the Moose Crew! In the photo of us going… Read More
Restoring Resources Changed My Life
By Braden Kowalski, Duluth Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member When I first thought of joining the Corps, I really didn’t know exactly… Read More
My Trip to Three Scientific and Natural Areas in One Day
By Ashley Rezachek, Communications Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas Program. The late spring days were… Read More