Updates & Stories
Fighting the Wildfires
By Molly Urban, Southern Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member I’ve had a total of 24 days on wildfire response so far this year, and it’s… Read More
Report From the Fire Line
By Calvin Keibler, Iowa Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member When I got the call that I was being sent on my first wildfire assignment,… Read More
Where are they now? CCMI Alumni Highlight: Douglas Todey
Douglas Todey currently works at the Dickinson County Conservation Board as a Roadside Vegetation Manager. Douglas served in 2016 and 2017 with the Iowa Field… Read More
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa Deploys Crew for Derecho Clean-up in Iowa
In partnership with Volunteer Iowa and AmeriCorps Disaster Response Teams (A-DRT) Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa deployed a crew of five AmeriCorps members at… Read More
CCMI responds to local community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Every year Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI) engages over 430 youth and young adults across the Midwest in meaningful service, leadership development, and environmental… Read More
Time to say goodbye
by Caroline Fazzio, central district crew leader/ AmeriCorps member As the year comes to a close, so too do the many service terms of Corps… Read More
Conservation Corps MN & IA Responds to Iowa Flooding Disaster
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa deployed a crew to Hamburg, Iowa in response to the flooding natural disaster. This 30-day deployment of… Read More
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa Deploys AmeriCorps members to Southwest Iowa
HAMBURG, IOWA, April 11, 2019 – Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa deployed a crew to Hamburg, Iowa in response to the flooding natural disaster. This 30-day deployment of 13 AmeriCorps members and two staff will assist Iowa community residents in Southwest Iowa of who are recovering from last month’s massive floods compounded by snow melt. Read More
Reflections on disaster deployment: every disaster is different
By Erin Bjork, AmeriCorps member, Young Adult Program 2017-18 Conservation Corps MN & IA members with Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) members on their last… Read More
AmeriCorps members travel to South Carolina to help with disaster relief efforts
By Anja Hogan, NW District Manager Almost a month after Hurricane Florence made landfall, Conservation Corps folks finally got the call to deploy to… Read More