Updates & Stories

Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Karolyn Preiss

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

Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Christopher Jurewitsch

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

Treating Invasives at Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area

By Jaycie Korth, Energy Corps/ AmeriCorps Member View from outlook point with trail map.   For the past 2… Read More

Bison

By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member   For the Rochester pines, one of our main ongoing projects has… Read More

A tool for the change in the seasons, the Minnesota Fall Color Finder

By Jake Richards, Data Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails   While every season… Read More

Tick Talk Comic

By DeVonte Roberts, St. Paul Field Crew Leader A two panel comic strip with two ticks. One says “”You were late to work… Read More

Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Molly Urban

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

We’re the Land of 10,000 Lakes; Let’s Act Like it!

By Adriene Matthews, Agriculture and Outreach Specialist Individual Placement Member / AmeriCorps Member placed at Cottonwood SWCD.   There are several different types… Read More

We’re the Land of 10,000 Lakes; Let’s Act Like it!

By Adriene Matthews, Agriculture and Outreach Specialist Individual Placement Member / AmeriCorps Member placed at Cottonwood SWCD.   Herman is giving a rainfall… Read More

Why You Should Visit Devils Tower

By Arjay Ruotolo, Iowa Trails Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member   In the Black Hills of Crook County, Wyoming resides the geologic monolith… Read More