Updates & Stories

Let’s catch up with Zach Pickard! Zach served with CCMI as an AmeriCorps member in 2010, based in Moose Lake. Now he lives in Huntsville,… Read More

Let’s catch up with Karolyn Preiss! Karolyn served with CCMI in 2023 as a Field Crew/AmeriCorps member, partnering with the Three Rivers Park District. Since… Read More

Let’s catch up with Christopher Jurewitsch! Christopher first participated as a youth in CCMI’s Summer Youth Corps program in 2015 and then returned in 2017… Read More

Let’s catch up with Kate Severson! Kate served with CCMI during the summer of 2012 in the Boundary Waters. Kate now works for Voyageurs National… Read More

Let’s catch up with Molly Urban! Molly served in the field crew program in Rochester, Minnesota as a crew member in 2020 and as a… Read More

Addison Tansom served in the Field Crew Program in central Minnesota in 2021 and 2022. Now, she works on sustainable waste management initiatives with the… Read More

Jacqueline served as a Field Specialist in 2022 for the Field Crew Program in Iowa! During that year, Jacqueline helped train in several crews and… Read More

Let’s talk about transferrable skills. Some come to the Corps to get started in a conservation career. Other’s come for the service aspect. Some are… Read More

Let’s get to know Sam Fryer! Sam served in the Individual Placement Program in 2024, where he was placed with a SWCD and… Read More

Meet Alexis Schmidt. Alexis served with Conservation Corps MN & IA in the Field Crew Program in Duluth, Minnesota on the Arrowhead and Moose Crews. Read More