Updates & Stories
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: David Olsen
David served on a Field Crew out of Rochester in 2004 and 2005, where he did projects like prescribed burning and rattlesnake habitat restoration. Now… Read More
Return from Spike
By Anna Landis, Shakopee Field Crew Member Photo by Jordan Francis. The first month of project work has been a blur as… Read More
Prairie Roots can Save the Planet
By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member As the effects of global warming continue to bear down on… Read More
Local Eco-Revolution
By DeVonte Roberts, St. Paul Field Crew Leader When I first moved to Minnesota I knew I wanted to get involved… Read More
My First Fell
by Marie Johnson, Southern Minnesota Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member It’s a brisk sunny day in late January, and I’m preparing to… Read More
Finding Fun Everywhere
By Joana Rose, Aquifer Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member One hot summer day when I was either eight or nine, my… Read More
The First Month: Training
By Lydia Clapp, Duluth Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member When I joined the conservation corps I knew there would be a myriad… Read More
The Deer of Fort Snelling
By Anna Landis, Shakopee Field Crew / AmeriCorps Member As our first week of project work comes to a close in Fort Snelling… Read More
All In a Month’s Work
By Brynna Cutright, St. Paul Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member If you’re anything like me, the unknown scares you. Graduating from University,… Read More
You Belong Here
By Mar Steibel, Iowa Rivers Field Crew Leader It’s day seven of eight of one of the most brutal hitches I ever… Read More