Updates & Stories
AmeriCorps Service Term, Internship, Job… What’s the Difference?
By Sommer Meyer, Central Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member As you scroll through the Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI) website, you… Read More
The Circle of Life: Cutting and Planting Trees in Conservation Corps
By Sommer Meyer, Central Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member Planting trees is often seen as a very conservation-centered activity, and it is!… Read More
Volunteer Day
By Natasha Carlson, Bemidji Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member We had a volunteer day where the Bemidji crew, a field specialist, and a field… Read More
My First Wildfire
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member A fire truck poised for action along an ATV trail–the primary route for the… Read More
My Journey from Crew Member to Crew Leader: Growing as a Leader at Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa
By Braden Kowalski, Duluth Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Last summer, I served as a crew member with Conservation Corps Minnesota… Read More
Serving Together
By Natasha Carlson, Bemidji Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Something I really enjoy about Conservation Corps is I get to meet all kinds of… Read More
Give Invasive Species the Boot
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member You may have seen this sign at the entrance of many a park… Read More
Planting Trees
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Holes, waiting for trees to be planted. The Three Rivers Conservation Corps Crew had… Read More
Fire in Minnesota
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member As the season for prescribed burning has hit, it may behoove one to… Read More
Wild Animals
By Oscar Diaz, Veterans Corps Crew 3 / AmeriCorps Member Hog nose snake at Wild River State Park One of the best… Read More