Updates & Stories
Where are they now? Rachel Sicheneder
The Corps was a great two years for Rachel Sicheneder who spent 2012 in Windom as a crew member and 2013 in Marshall as a… Read More
A year in the life
By: Danielle Yaste First off, I would like to forewarn you that I am getting a little overly sentimental about my Conservation Corps term winding… Read More
Crews keep Split Rock & Goosberry State Park visitors safe
Split Rock Lighthouse is a North Shore icon. Built in 1910 in response to frequent shipwrecks during 1905, this historic landmark and the surrounding state… Read More
The Detours: Fire, Flooding, and Frost
By: Danielle Yaste As the amount of months remaining in our term continue to wind down, my time spent reminiscing over… Read More
Arkansas Post
By: Kristina Beckham Headed back into Arkansas one last time for the year we make our way into Arkansas Post, five… Read More
Wild Rice on the St. Louis—Returning to Mecca
By: Danielle Yaste “What’re you guys working on out here?” A… Read More
How-to-guide to building a community orchard
By: Danielle Yaste When working on a project, very rarely does a crew get to see the entirety of the project, from start to finish. … Read More
Where Are They Now? Mary Hammes
Mary Hammes’ path to her current job with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency traversed three Corps programs: she served on a seasonal Superior National Forest… Read More
The journey
As the end of this journey nears I am filled with trepidation, but also hope. The uncertainty of the future is what keeps the mind sharp in the present. We must march on towards the goals we set only to form new ones when the previous is reached, such is the engine of progress. In the final weeks of my term here I look back fondly on the people I have met and worked with, the places I have seen and the changes I have made on a landscape I have grown to love. Read More
The after shot
Last time I left you all with the story of my pre-installation excitement. Now I can finally say that our mission is accomplished! Installation day has come and gone and the work went more smoothly than I had hoped. Ben and Roger from RREAL made the trek down to Anamosa, Iowa and showed some weatherization crew members and me what it means to be solar installation rock stars. You know that feeling you get when you hear your favorite guitar player lay down some tasty licks? That is what was going on inside my head as I stood in a dusty basement watching the whole thing go down. Read More