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
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
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
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
Corpsmembers Aid in Flood Response
Featured Photo by Noah Voss, Central Field Crew Leader. AmeriCorps Members from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa have spent thousands of hours responding to… Read More
When There’s Too Much
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member The Brainerd crew was scheduled to work in Banning State Park pulling… Read More
Why do we cut down trees?
Bella Araiza, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member Eastern Iowa Field Coordinator, Brad Lathrop, cutting black locust. Photo by… Read More
The Joys of Spring
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member My crew and I spent several weeks working with The Nature Conservancy doing prescribed burns. Read More
Bladder Bags and Canoes?
By Alexis Wyss, Arrowhead Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member This spring I was fortunate to be part of one of the crews serving… Read More
The Call of the Wild-Life: Western Chorus Frogs
By Sommer Meyer, Shakopee Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Right behind Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store in Jordan lies the… Read More